Biodiversity

flintshire.gov.uk/biodiversity

Biodiversity, the variety of life on Earth, is essential to sustaining the living networks and systems that provide us all with health, wealth, food, fuel and the vital services our lives depend on.  Humans are part of nature’s rich diversity and have the power to protect or destroy it.

Human activity is causing the diversity of life on Earth to be lost at a greatly accelerated rate. These losses are irreversible, impoverish us all and damage the life support systems we rely on everyday. But we can prevent them.

2010 has been declared the International Year of Biodiversity (IYB) by the United Nations, and people all over the world are working to safeguard this irreplaceable natural wealth and reduce biodiversity loss. This is vital for current and future human wellbeing. We need to do more. Now is the time to act.

Celebrate the International Year of Biodiversity by coming to one of our many events going on in 2010 throughout North Wales!  North Wales Biodiversity Events Listing 2010

Bioblitz under 16s photo competition

Winning photo taken by Shelby Wallis (15)

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An introduction to biodiversity

Biodiversity is short for biological diversity, which means the huge variety of life on earth. Biodiversity is the genetic variety of plants, mammals, fish, fungi and the ecosystems and habitats that they live in. Life on Earth relies on the interaction of many different plants and animals; this means that biodiversity is essential for our survival.

Biodiversity - getting involved

Find out about biodiversity projects in Flintshire, recording biodiversity and what else you can do to help.

Biodiversity education and training

Biodiversity education and training. Find out about species identification, biodiversity training courses in Flintshire and discover some of the biodiversity resources available for schools.

Biodiversity in Flintshire

Flintshire is home to a rich variety of wildlife which needs protecting and enhancing. The Flintshire Biodiversity Partnership plays a significant role in this and our Biodiversity Action Plan allows us to set targets and co-ordinate action for biodiversity in Flintshire.

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