Countdown 2010

Joining Countdown 2010

Biodiversity directly affects our quality of life. The unabated loss of biodiversity is concerning all European citizens. Life is ticking away – join the Countdown 2010 alliance to save biodiversity!

Joining Countdown 2010 is easy - with your decision to join you become partner of a powerful alliance working together to halt the loss the loss of biodiversity.

Sign the Countdown 2010 Declaration!

You can become a partner of Countdown 2010 by signing the Countdown 2010 Declaration. Partnership is open to organisations from all sectors and levels working in one or more Pan-European countries that can demonstrate their commitment to the 2010 biodiversity target. The declaration asks three steps from your organisation:

  1. Support the 2010 Biodiversity Target;
  2. Encourage European decision makers to take action;
  3. Commit itself to reducing biodiversity loss.

As all organisations are different, Countdown 2010 has no one-size-fits-all recipe how you can reduce biodiversity loss within the capacity of your organisation. However, we encourage you to define some specific commitments for your organisation. These commitments will be public, and the best projects will be featured on this website and in print.

What you can do to reduce biodiversity loss

Here are some ideas what you can do to save biodiversity:

Contribute to Countdown 2010

  1. Tell everyone that you've joined Countdown 2010: Place an article in your newsletter, issue a media release, use the logo on your homepage or in publications, ...
  2. Encourage your members and partners to join as well: Ask them personally, bring the issue up in meetings, refer to Countdown 2010 in your presentations, ...
  3. Tell us about your activities: Send us links, articles and newsletters on Countdown 2010 and let us know what you are up to.
  4. Take part in Countdown 2010: Come to meetings of the Steering Group, contribute your expertise to thematic working groups or link up with others in your national platform.

Take action to save biodiversity

  1. Is there a Biodiversity Strategy for the area you are working in? If yes: Does it have holes? What are the greatest obstacles for its implementation? What can you do to help overcome them?
  2. Maybe you even want to apply the Countdown 2010 Assessment Tool and find out how your area is doing in respect to Biodiversity?
  3. You might be communicating with a lot of people through your work. How can you make them aware of the importance of biodiversity? Can they take action towards the 2010 Biodiversity Target?
  4. Why don't you look at the ecological footprint of your organisation and take steps to reduce it?

Here are some ideas what you can do as an individual.

We're here to help

You can probably imagine the diversity of actions Countdown 2010 partners take. Countdown 2010 encourages organisations to define their own specific contribution according to their capabilities. We are well aware that some contributions will be bigger than others. If you need help or inspiration, just give us a call. We will be happy to provide some ideas or to establish contacts to other partners.

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