Press Release: World Biodiversity Day: Thousands connect with nature through EU campaign

22 May 2010 is World Biodiversity Day and despite efforts around the globe, studies show that biodiversity – the rich variety of life on this planet – is diminishing at a startling rate. An innovative EU campaign to highlight this message is engaging thousands of people across the European Union and beyond. The campaign website has already received more than half a million visits, while over 56,000 people have shown their support for the campaign on Facebook. The Commission is marking World Biodiversity Day with a series of events in six focus countries: Spain, the Netherlands, Bulgaria, Romania, Poland and Italy.

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European Commission: Speech: SPEECH/10/253:Biodiversity - we must move from words to action http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/10/253&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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