Biodiversity is our
life
You are an integral part of nature; your fate
is tightly linked with biodiversity, the huge variety of other
animals and plants, the places they live and their surrounding
environments, all over the world.
You rely on this
diversity of life to provide you with the food, fuel, medicine and
other essentials you simply cannot live without. Yet this rich
diversity is being lost at a greatly accelerated rate because of
human activities. This impoverishes us all and weakens the ability
of the living systems, on which we depend, to resist growing
threats such as climate change.
2010 is the
International Year of Biodiversity, and people all over the world
are working to safeguard this irreplaceable natural wealth and
reduce biodiversity loss. This is vital for current and future
human wellbeing. We need to do more. Now is the time to
act.
With your help, it is easier than
it sounds.
1) Make your New Year resolution for 2010
to do something to support biodiversity.
2) Choose a simple, fun pledge from the
list on the International Year of Biodiversity UK website http://www.biodiversityislife.net/?q=do-one-thing
or you may know something you want to do already.
3) On 1 January 2010 - or as soon as you
can in 2010 - let people know what you're doing: Tweet, email,
Facebook or blog your pledge to inspire others to do something
similar. Please include the link to www.biodiversityislife.net/?q=do-one-thing
in your communication.
On Twitter you could begin your tweet by
saying:
"I'm supporting biodiversity by [type your
pledge in here and end with the following hashtag] #iyb"
OR
"Biodiversity is our life so I'm going to
[type your pledge in here and end with the following hashtag]
#iyb"
Together we can make a
difference.