Some announcements are worth sitting up and listening to. When the Handsome Prince issued his proclamation to the belles of the ball, lasses around the land paid attention, when Martin Luther King, Jr. encouraged us to dream big, ears worldwide pricked up. Towards the end of last year the United Nations declared 2010 as the International Year of Biodiversity. As we welcome the beginning of a new season this week, we are faced with a good opportunity to take heed of the UN’s global message. Nearing four months into 2010, what steps have our local communites taken to upe the ante when it comes to protecting the species, plants and micro-environments around us from the effects of global warming?Perhaps our contribution to the Year of Biodiversity could be to do some research on local endanged species in our local area? Scientists have estimated that our planet is losing some species at a devastatingly fast rate of up to 1,000 times the natural progression of evolution. The International Year of Biodiversity celebrates the coixistence between humans and animals, and aims to raise awareness that ‘Biodiversity is life, biodiversity is our life.’
