Showing posts with label Biodiversity conservation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Biodiversity conservation. Show all posts

Friday, July 30, 2010

International Year of Biodiversity

Humans have been keen on exploiting the natural resources ever since technology spread its tentacles of power and control, more than preserving the nature which is the reason for our existence , we are today destroying the nature at a fast speed.Every act of our modern lifestyle has some detrimental effect on the nature.UN along with IUCN have decided to celebrate this as the International Year of Biodiversity.Creating more awareness about the vastness of species, . threats to their survival and ways of preserving them, are the key points in Focus.Join hands to preserve this sphere of life - our Earth.

The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB)

TEEB is about the concern the corporate world is paying towards conserving the once rich biodiversity of earth, which is being threatened now.It includes initiative by several corporate giants on the issue of preserving our planets versatility of species.It is good initiative, striving to protect and rebuild the nature, which so often is a victim in the hands of MNC's and is almost always exploited for commercial purposes.