The UN declared '2010' the International Year of Biodiversity. Through out 2010, animal lovers and wildlife conservationists from all over the world worked towards the safeguarding of the valuable resources, flora and fauna. Wildlife conservationists held conferences, launches of various outlooks, celebrations for the International day of Biodiversity etc.
I believe it is important to mention (thus, give credit to) the major role PUMA- the Sports Lifestyle company with UNEP and it's campaign "Play for Life" using football and football stars to promote the 2010 International Year of Biodiversity.
The UNEP's work in this arena has been inspiring, a few of the success stories being:
1. The Fiji locally managed Marine Area Network brought together community members, conservation practitioners, researchers and govt. officials to use community based marine resource management to provide for local livelihoods and enhance marine biodiversity.
2. In Cambodia, the villages from Tmatboey uses eco-tourism to attract domestic and international bird watchers and biodiversity conservation groups to protect Kulen Promtep Wildlife Sanctuary.
The first Indian Biodiversity Congress help in 2010 proves that wildlife conservation is not confined to one part of the world. Asia, having a few of the largest sanctuaries in the world taking to promotion of biodiversity is an example of success in the arena. The event showcased "The brilliance of biodiversity in Kerala ranging from flora to fauna of Silent Valley to the mangroves of Kannur". The participation of over 10 academic institutions suggests the enthusiasm of the young adults otherwise known as the future leaders of the world.
Similarly, ANIEC 2010 was launched in English, French and Spanish in November 2009 to seek views of the larger biodiversity on the design of the post 2010 biodiversity strategy.
(Source: http://www.cbd.int/aniec2010/)
The 2010 GREENWAVE events started on the International date live that runs through the Pacific and moved westwards each hour. Each hour, beggining at 20:10 local time GMT+12 time zone, new trees appeared on the map.
(Source : http://greenwave.cbd.int/en/map_2010)
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