The 2010 is the International Year of Biodiversity, and the destination of the Convention on Biological Diversity, the UN project that was born in 1993 with the aim of defending and protecting species and habitats on Earth.
biodiversity and its protection are issues of the day today, but also matters fairly "young" if - in fact - only the beginning of the nineties has begun to move steadily and concrete. The alarm, then as now, is the same: entire species of flora and fauna are disappearing because of human action, and they incorporated entire habitat or destroyed by urbanization excessive pollution.
If the first step was the establishment of the Convention, in 2002, signatory governments have set a series of goals to achieve them in 2010. We have now reached the deadline from the UN and the finding of the continuing seriousness of the situation of flora, fauna and habitats has led to the proclamation of the International Year of Biodiversity.
What has been done so far? In fact the UN had already included this aspect in their Millennium Development Goals, a set of seven points for the Protection of the Earth, its habitats, flora and fauna, and subsequently, the Convention has published over the years, the Global Biodiversity Outlook to take stock of the situation and set goals concrete. At the European level
did the European Environment Agency, which developed the system SEBI - an indicator which is able to capture the state of biodiversity in each country, aggregating scientific data collected in the field.
also arose also the European ecological network, which brings together all the sites of Community interest in the natural habitat. The Network was created precisely for the conservation of natural sites of great value and exceptional habitat for species of flora and fauna. Our area, for example, is very rich in these sites and are distributed throughout the country. The management of these areas depends on regions, but are often WWF LIPU or who take charge of the natural oasis and fight for their preservation and protection.
During the year there will be lots of celebrations, conferences and publications that accompany the path to the protection of biodiversity, both scientific and technical character, is a political - cultural. Meanwhile, the IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, has launched a Countdown to accompany you throughout the year to commemorate the objectives and promote their achievement.
source www.green.liquida.it
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