UN opens Biodiversity Year with plea to save world's ecosystems

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01 Jan 2010 - 18 Jan 2016

In a bid to curb the unprecedented loss of the world's species due to human activity - at a rate some experts put at 1,000 times the natural progression - the United Nations is marking 2010 as the International Year of Biodiversity, with a slew of events highlighting the vital role the phenomenon plays in maintaining the life support system on Planet Earth.

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Keywords: BIODIVERSITY, INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF BIODIVERSITY

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Related Topics: International Year of Biodiversity 2010

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