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January 12th, 2010The United Nations has designated this year as ‘2010 International Year of Biodiversity’, and the website has good background material about the intentions of the year and the concept and aspects of biodiversity.
The Natural History Museum in London hosted the UK launch for this initiative, and there will be activities all over the UK in the year ahead to raise awareness and celebrate biodiversity. A BBC story reports on the launch.
The Scottish Government has encouraged Scots to make more use of the natural riches around them and take up activity in the outdoors environment.
Learning and Teaching Scotland is working with the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh to run a Glow event for schools tomorrow, and the Glow intranet will enable teachers and pupils to follow the subject throughout the year.