International year of Biodiversity 2010
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Large Herbivore Foundation joint the bioversity 2010 coalition
Large Herbivore Foundation joint the coalition of government bodies, civil society organisations, and business companies to established together the lead in communication on biodiversity: Coalitie Biodiversiteit 2010 (Coalition on Biodiversity 2010). Many activities willtake place throughout the year. The Coalition took off on 4 November 2009 at an event called Hoogste tijd voor Biodiversiteit (High Time for Biodiversity).
During the whole year of 2010, special attention will be paid to what opportunities biodiversity presents to you and your environment, how you and others can make maximum use of these opportunities, and why biodiversity is of vital importance for your, too
A broad coalition of local and regional authorities, charities and businesses, presided over by Regional Minister for Ecology Mr Onno Hoes of the Province of Noord-Brabant, the Netherlands, took up the challenge to communicate about biodiversity to a wide range of audiences during the International Year of Biodiversity 2010. This National Biodiversity 2010 Coalition was launched in Amersfoort, the Netherlands, on 4 November.
ECNC organized the National Biodiversity Meeting 'Time's up for biodiversity' as a final output of the project 'Biodiversity works in the region'. ECNC carried out this project, aimed at identifying inspiring and innovative practical biodiversity projects, for the Dutch Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (VROM). The conference brought together 150 participants and discussed practical ways to sustainably use and protect biodiversity and find new ways to communicate effectively about the results.
During the meeting Director-General Anita Wouters of the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality and Mr Onno Hoes emphasized the urgent need to tackle the loss of biodiversity on earth.
The Coalition's 'Amersfoort Declaration' was signed by twenty representatives of local and regional authorities, charities and businesses, including ECNC. Many other organizations within the Netherlands announced their willingness to sign in the near future as well. The Amersfoort Declaration (in Dutch) can be found at www.biodiversiteit.nl/2010.
The meeting was called for and financed by the Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment and the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality. During the conference, the final report (in Dutch) of the project was presented by ECNC.
LHF's director, Hans Kampf also signed the declaration, see photo, in the middle.
Source: ECNC
