International Year of Biodiversity
The International Year of Biodiversity (IYB) was a year-long celebration of biological diversity and its importance, taking place internationally in 2010. Coinciding with the date of the 2010 Biodiversity Target, the year was declared by the 61st session of the United Nations General Assembly in 2006.

It was meant to help raise awareness of the importance of biodiversity through activities and events, to influence decision makers, and "to elevate biological diversity nearer to the top of the political agenda".
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biological diversity
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2010 Biodiversity Target
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United Nations General Assembly
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International Year of Biodiversity
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2010-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
2010
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2010-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
2010
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2006-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
2006
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+61^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
61
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