Day of discovery for UK wildlife

[shyvera]

From BBC News:

A range of activities are taking place across the UK to mark International Day for Biological Diversity.

 

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The event is part of a campaign to highlight the loss of species and ecosystems due to human activity.

 

It marks the highlight of a collection of events this year, the UN International Year of Biodiversity.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/science_and_environment/10139906.stm

 

http://z8.invisionfree.com/DYK/index.php?showtopic=908

 

From Wikipedia:

Biodiversity is the variation of life forms within a given ecosystem, biome, or on the entire Earth. Biodiversity is often used as a measure of the health of biological systems. The biodiversity found on Earth today consists of many millions of distinct biological species. The year 2010 has been declared as the International Year of Biodiversity.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodiversity

Edited May 22, 2010 by shyvera

[jimmydasaint]

I hope the day went well and that more of the public have been educated about biodiversity. From a selfish point of view, biodiversity could find cures for human ailments. But from the more unselfish view, we have a responsibility to the planet to minimise the damage from human activities to the animals and plants around us. Good find.