Re: RE: [Birding-Aus] climate change & bird distribution/International Day of Biodiversity

["michael norris" <>]

Yes - the Biodiversity Convention has rather faded into the background as 
compared with the Climate Change issues also recognised at the 1992 UN Rio 
conference.
22nd May is the International Day of Biodiversity and should be a key date 
for action.  But I fear we will see little although this year's theme of 
Biodiversity, Development and Poverty Alleviation could be a focus for work 
with our regional neighbours (and as Denise Goodfellow recently outlined, 
indigenous Australians). http://www.cbd.int/idb/ 
http://www.biodiversity-day.info/
Michael Norris