Despite awareness of biodiversity increasing, some people don’t know what it means with some even thinking it is a washing powder!
When 2010 was named a Year of Biodiversity by the UN, it began with a plea to save the world’s ecosystems.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said: “Biological diversity underpins ecosystem functioning… its continued loss, therefore, has major implications for current and future human well-being.”
Radio 4’s The World Tonight asked four experts what can be done to raise awareness of the issues surrounding biodiversity.
See http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11546289.