Launch of International Year of Biodiversity
Tuesday 12 January 2010
2010 is the International Year of Biodiversity, and at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh they are celebrating this by staging an exciting programme of events and activities. This special year is designed to celebrate the astonishing biodiversity of life on Earth and the myriad connections between plants, animals, fungi and microscopic life forms that make up the complex web of life. We ourselves are part of this jigsaw. Our daily lives depend upon it for food, fuels, medicines, materials and for nature's services including the provision of fresh air and clean water. We would be lost without biodiversity, and yet the expansion of human activities has nature on the retreat in ways that make the world a poorer place.
http://ltsblogs.org.uk/glowscotland/2010/01/11/launch-of-international-year-of-biodiversity/