Welcome to the RCEN's IYB Information Tool Kit! Members of our Biodiversity Caucus have created the following resources to help other groups - and individual Canadians - learn more about the International Year of Biodiversity, the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the Green Wave campaign. More importantly, this information will help you and people in your community get involved in the protection of biodiversity, whether it be at the local, national or international level.

Please feel free to download and share these resources widely!

Mainstreaming Biodiversity: Tips for How Your Organization Can Get Involved
Produced by the RCEN, this booklet provides tips and resources for individuals and organizations who would like to get involved in improving local biodiversity. It also focuses on the goals and targets of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity.
Download (529KB)

CBD Backgrounder: Biodiversity and the Convention from a Canadian Environmental Perspective
This accessible document aims to inform NGOs and civil society at large about the role of the CBD, and to help coordinate biodiversity efforts in Canada. It includes an update about recent CBD negotiations ahead of the 10th meeting of the Conference of the Parties of the CBD to be held in Japan in October 2010. The document also has a section on the International Day for Biodiversity’s “Biodiversity, Development and Poverty Alleviation” theme.
Download (257KB)

RCEN Biodiversity Best Practices Handbook: Case Studies from the ENGO Sector
This handbook features twelve biodiversity projects from within seven of Canada’s terrestrial ecozones. These best practices are representative of what environmental non-governmental organizations (ENGO) are doing to help increase or protect biodiversity from coast to coast to coast.
Download (2.3MB)

International Year of Biodiversity 2010 Presentation
Intended for environmental organizations, this presentation provides information about the International Year of Biodiversity, its main messages and how ENGOs can get involved in the celebrations! It also includes a list of important IYB-related events taking place in 2010.
Download (790KB)

The Green Wave for Biodiversity Presentation
This presentation tells you all you need to know about the CBD's Green Wave campaign, its history and how you can get involved. The Green Wave is a multi-year global campaign that enables children and youth to make a difference – one school, one tree, one step at a time.
Download (851KB), Youth version (1.2MB)

The RCEN gratefully acknowledges Environment Canada’s support in developing the IYB Information Kit.

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