Biodiversity matters!
100 students (Grade 6 to 12) and their chaperones will be gathering in Ottawa to celebrate Youth Initiatives in Biodiversity. The focus of the Second International Youth Symposium on Biodiversity is:
- to celebrate and share the work they are doing at home reguarding local biodiversity efforts.
- to experience Canadian biodiversity with a full scale Bio-Blitz (A Biological Survey with local scientists and naturalists)
- to develop methods to implement the Global Youth's Accord for Biodiversity that was created by nine (9) nations during the First Youth Symposium in Mexico in 2005.
- To foster youth engagement activities to enhance their understanding of global stewardship, and a shared sense of understanding and commitment to the global community through acting locally and thinking globally.
Young people have a central place as bearers of tomorrow’s solutions. Their engagement is essential if we are to reduce the loss of biodiversity and ensure the future of life on Earth.”
-Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary,
Convention on Biological Diversity