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 WHAT
IS BIODIVERSITY?
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WHAT
IS A BIODIVERSITY AUDIT?
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BIODIVERSITY
INTERNATIONALLY
In June 1992,
over 150 Heads of State or Government signed the CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL
DIVERSITY at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
at Rio de Janeiro, now more commonly known as the RIO EARTH SUMMIT.
In 2002, ten years after the original Rio Earth Summit, the World Summit
on Sustainable Development met in Johannesburg. The meeting determined
that, globally, we must "significantly reduce biodiversity loss by
2010". This means that we have less than eight years to demonstrate
that we can halt and reverse the current rate of loss of habitats and
species in the Cheshire region.
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