Celebrating International Day for Biological Diversity and the United Nations International Year of Biodiversity

From UCT's Daily News: 21 May 2010

"A continent of contradictions, Africa has an enormous array of plants and animals under threat. Financially under-resourced, conservation on the continent suffers as a result. Yet Africa has a relatively high proportion of the world's biodiversity and many of the world's most intact ecosystems.

Biodiversity is under the spotlight once again as the world prepares to celebrate the International Day for Biological Diversity tomorrow, 22 May, part of the United Nations International Year of Biodiversity in 2010.

Celebrating their 50th birthday this year, 2010 also represents a special milestone for UCT's Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology..." more...

For more information about the United Nations International Year of Biodiversity click here.