The United Nations declared 2010 to be the International Year of Biodiversity. It is a celebration of life on earth and of the value of biodiversity for our lives. The world is invited to take action in 2010 to safeguard the variety of life on earth: biodiversity.

Click here to visit the United Nations International Year of Biodiversity site

Click here to visit the 2010 Biodiversity Indicators Partnership site

Click here to visit Bioblitz 2010

The Ministry for the Environment is the New Zealand Government’s principal adviser on the environment .  They have a webpage that provides information on biodiversity.

Click here to visit the NZ Government’s Ministry for the Environment site

Click here to visit the New Zealand Biodiversity Recording Site

Click here to visit the Conservational International information on the NZ biodiversity hotspot