In this issue, we bring you an essay on the International Year of Biodiversity, a year-long celebration of biological diversity and its value for life on Earth, taking place around the world during 2010. This observance is intended, through activities and events in many countries, to help raise awareness of the importance of biodiversity. and Jiří Sádlo.
Czechoslovakia and the International Biological Program: Infrastructural globalism and its consequences for the development of "environmental sciences" behind the Iron Curtain.
In November 2009, the United Nations declared 2010 to be the International Year of Biodiversity. It has been a celebration of life on earth and of the value of biodiversity for our lives. The world has been invited to take action in 2010 to safeguard biodiversity, i. e., the variety of life on earth. Throughout the year countless initiatives were organized to disseminate information, promote the protection of biodiversity and encourage organizations, institutions, companies and individuals to take direct action to reduce the constant loss of biological diversity worldwide. and Petr Petřík.