Stepping up its preparation for the post-2010 EU biodiversity strategy, the European Commission is putting forward possible options to stakeholders across Europe.

Consultation is open until 22.10.2010 and is available in English, French, German, Italian, Polish and Spanish.

Two new tools for supporting biodiversity policies in Europe are launched during the Green Week in Brussels by the European Commission and the European Environment Agency: the EU 2010 Biodiversity Baseline report and the Biodiversity Information System for Europe (BISE) 

Most European countries will host special events for celebrating the International Year for Biodiversity in 2010. Moreover, a joint work plan between the European Environment Agency and its European Topic Centre for Biological Diversity, and the European Commission ( DG ENV, DG JRC, ESTAT) was agreed for the development of the Biodiversity System for Europe ( BISE version 0), to be hosted on the EC-CHM  during 2010.  

This is the message of the new EU campaign on biodiversity aiming to raise awareness of the fact that we humans are not only a part of the larger web of life, called biodiversity, but that we are interlinked with it and interdependent with all of its elements. The campaign shows the real implications biodiversity loss will have for our daily lives and promotes actions people can take to protect nature. You can support the campaign by joining the Facebook community and "biodiversifying" yourself.

Biodiversity is Life. Biodiversity is our life. THe European Environment Agency contributes to the International Year of Biodiversity with 10 messages.