UNESCO New Zealand

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

This NZ government biodiversity website provides information about Aotearoa New Zealand’s native biodiversity, what is being done to help conserve and manage it, and who is involved.

Click here to visit the Aotearoa NZ Biodiversity site

2010 is the International Year of Biodiversity which celebrates life on Earth and the value of biodiversity for everyone’s lives.  This webpage includes information on what is biodiversity, why is NZ’s biodiversity unique and events in NZ celebrating biodiversity.

Click here to visit the NZ Government's Department of Conservation site

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