The American Museum of Natural History Launches the International Year of Biodiversity

The American Museum of Natural History, in conjunction with Conservation International, Fordham University, United Nations Development Programme, United Nations Foundation, and Wildlife Conservation Society, announces the North American launch of the International Year of Biodiversity. 

The U.N. has designated 2010 as the International Year of Biodiversity to raise global awareness of the immense variety of life on Earth and the complex relations among living things, and to invite action to safeguard the essential networks on which all life-including humans-depends. More information at http://www.cbd.int/2010.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity Ahmed Djoghlaf, American Museum of Natural History President Ellen Futter, Wildlife Conservation Society President Steven Sanderson, Conservation International President Russ Mittermeier, Senior Vice President of Fordham Law School Stephen Freedman, Assistant Administrator and Director of the Bureau for Development Policy at the United Nations Development Programme Olav Kjørven , Representative of the Phu My Leporinia Project Tran Triet.

The invite only kick-off event will be held Wednesday, February 10, 6:00-8:30pm at the American Museum of Natural History's Milstein Hall of Ocean Life.