Welcome Messages

Message from the German Minister of Environment and COP 9 President

Message from the CEO of GEF
Message from the Japanese Minister of Environment and incoming COP 10 President

Message from the Executive Director of UNEP
Message from the President of the UN General Assembly

Message from the Executive Secretary of the CBD

Major Upcoming Celebrations

28 January - 15 June 2010, International
Young Hands Together for Diversity - International Art Competition. More »
13 - 28 May 2010, Nairobi, Kenya
IYB Celebrations at SBSTTA 14.
13 - 28 May 2010, Nairobi, Kenya
IYB Celebrations at WGRI 3.
20 - 22 September 2010, New York, United States of America
United Nations General Assembly - High Level Segment. More »
11 - 29 October 2010, Nagoya, Japan
Fifth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties Serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP-MOP 5) and Conference of the Parties (COP-10).
27 - 29 October 2010, Nagoya, Japan
IYB Celebrations at High-Level Segment of COP-10.

What's New

17 March 2010
Communiqué: Airbus A380 Flies the Flag for the International Year of Biodiversity. More »
15 March 2010
Communiqué: The Japan International Biodiversity Award (JIBA) Established. More »
10 March 2010
Statement by Mr Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the Launch by Discovery Channel of a Series on Biodiversity, Washington, DC, 10 March 2010. More »
10 March 2010
Communiqué: Discovery Communications and the United Nations Announce Partnership to Celebrate International Year of Biodiversity: Awareness Campaign to Promote Biological Diversity. More »
3 March 2010
February Report on Global Celebrations of the International Year of Biodiversity. More »
2 March 2010
Statement by Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity on the Occasion of the United Nations Information Centres (Unic) Seminar on the International Year of Biodiversity, Tokyo, 2 March 2010. More »