Wednesday, October 20, 2010

18-29/10 NAGOYA COP10 THE BIG PLAN TO SAVE THE PLANET' S BIODIVERSITY

''Between 18-29th October, the eyes of the world will be firmly focused on Nagoya, Japan, as a landmark meeting – COP10, the tenth Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) – gets underway. In the coming week, officials from 192 countries will agree on ways to tackle biodiversity loss, and will set out new strategies for the conservation and sustainable use of the world's irreplaceable natural wealth for the next 10 years.
A focal point of the International Year of Biodiversity, members will develop a vision for 2050, in recognition of the long-term need to protect the world’s most valuable resources. As part of a jam-packed agenda, members will focus on six ‘in-depth’ issues regarding biodiversity:
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''One of the most abundant organisms in Antarctic waters, the Antarctic krill is a ‘keystone species’ of the Southern Ocean ecosystem, playing a crucial role within the food chain as the main prey for a wide variety of predators, including fish, penguins, seals and whales (3) (4). A small crustacean which is relatively shrimp-like in appearance, the Antarctic krill has a hard, calcified exoskeletonwhich is divided into three sections: the head and the thorax (which are fused into what is known as the cephalothorax), and the abdomen. Each section is further divided up into individual segments, with many of the segments having a pair of appendages. At the end of the abdomen, the appendages are flattened and form the tail fin, or ‘telson’ (2) (5).''
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