International Year of Biodiversity Factsheets Now Available
The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is pleased to inform you that 30 fact sheets for the celebration of the 2010 International Year of Biodiversity are now available in on the CBD website at: http://www.cbd.int/2010/prints/?tab=5. These fact sheets provide a brief synopsis on all the important issues related to CBD and the Biosafety Protocol. They also cover all possible domains that are directly or indirectly related to biodiversity and the role of biodiversity in development, ranging from science, politics and education to agriculture, business and culture.
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