Category - biodiversity

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23 May 2012

UN chief calls for greater protection of the world’s oceans

Marking the International Day for Biological Diversity(22 May), UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon highlighted the fragile state of the world’s oceans.
3 Nov 2010

Biodiversity and environmentalists at Lausanne 3 and Nagoya

Biodiversity is shorthand for the rich diversity of the natural world on which we live, and it is under threat. Bob Carling examines issues arising from the Conference of the Parties to the Biodiversity Convention (COP10) and the Lausanne 3 global gathering of evangelical Christians.
21 Sep 2010

Cathedral bell tolls for lost species

Peterborough Cathedral will ring its tolling bell 492 times tomorrow (September 22) in tune with the crucial UN Biodiversity talks in New York – one toll for each animal and plant species that England has lost.
12 Aug 2010

British churches see bells as a peal for biodiversity

Church bells will ring out across Britain in September 2010, drawing attention to the corresponding international talks on biodiversity.