International Year of Biodiversity
2010 has been declared the International Year of Biodiversity (IYB) by the United Nations. The University of Bristol is a partner in IYB-UK, and is working with other Bristol-based organisations to highlight the vital importance of biodiversity and our leading research in this area.
The Bristol Natural History Consortium, of which UoB is a member, is supporting a national series of ‘bioblitzes’ – events where members of the public, amateur naturalists, school students and researchers come together to identify as many species as possible in a limited period of time. Read about 2009’s Bristol Bioblitz.
The International Year of Biodiversity-UK website, Biodiversity is life is co-ordinated by the Natural History Museum.
Upcoming events
- Biodiversity Week in Bristol schools, contact: philippa.bayley@bristol.ac.uk April/May 2010
- Bristol Natural History Consortium’s Bioblitz – a race against the clock to identify as many species as possible in the Blaise Castle Estate 21/22 May 2010
- Bristol Festival of Nature – The UK’s biggest celebration of the natural world, with a schools day on 11 June 2010 12/13 June 2010
News from University of Bristol
Researchers from the University of Bristol School of Biological Sciences attended the Inter-Academy Meeting on Biodiversity in January 2010 at London’s Royal Society