Celebrating Forest Biodiversity
20 May 2011 | Permalink [1]
Bioversity is working to identify threats such as logging and climate change to important Dipterocarp populations in Southeast Asia. Photo: Tianyake
2011 is the International Year of Forests, [2] a year to celebrate the importance of forests and trees and the role they play in people’s lives.
A highlight of the celebrations is the International Day of Biodiversity [3], held on May 22nd, which this year will celebrate forest biodiversity and raise awareness about conservation and sustainable development of all types of forests.
Welcoming this year’s theme, Emile Frison, Director General of Bioversity, said:
“Bioversity International is proud to celebrate the importance of forests for people during the International Year of Forests and Biodiversity. Our research aims to help people conserve valuable forest biodiversity, including genetic diversity, for use today and for future generations. We welcome the attention that the UN brings this year to the very important issues at the interface of people and forests.”
Bioversity is joining in with the celebrations by bringing you a week of forest and tree stories starting on Monday - so keep checking the website. And here is a message [4] from the Secretary General of the United Nations.
In the meantime, read more about our work with forests and trees [5].
Similar posts:
- MAPFORGEN: An online atlas to support the conservation of forest genetic resources [6]
- Kyrgyz conservationists save trees by helping farmers [7]
- Developing multi-resource forest management plans for the Congo Basin forests [8]
- Forest Genetic Resources Training Guide not only for geneticists [9]
- A fork in the road to Rio: Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan [10]
Web Address of the page:
http://www.bioversityinternational.org/announcements/archived/celebrating_forest_biodiversity.html?tx_wecdiscussion[abs]=143Links in this page
- [1] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/index.php?id=4543
- [2] http://www.un.org/en/events/iyof2011/
- [3] http://www.cbd.int/idb/2011/
- [4] http://www.cbd.int/idb/2011/messages/
- [5] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/research/conservation/forests_and_trees.html
- [6] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/announcements/archived/mapforgen_an_online_atlas_to_support_the_conservation_of_forest_genetic_resources.html
- [7] http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/oct/26/kyrgyz-conservationists-save-trees-helping-farmers/?page=all#pagebreak
- [8] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/announcements/developing_multi_resource_forest_management_plans_for_the_congo_basin_forests.html
- [9] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/index.php?id=3639
- [10] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l54Up2VFEB0&feature=player_embedded
- [11] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/browse_by/category/announcements
- [12] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/browse_by/category/research/conservation/
- [13] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/browse_by/tag/conservation
- [14] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/browse_by/tag/forests and trees