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Theme: Countdown 2010 – Biodiversity
Naturefriends International (NFI) and its member federations actively champion the conservation of bio- diversity and of intact ecosystems as a basic prerequisite of sustainable development.

Naturefriends‘ efforts to offer people a live experience of biological diversity constitutes a major contribution to the international “Countdown 2010” initiative. In compliance with the UN Biodiversity Convention, this intiative seeks to markedly reduce the biodiversity loss by 2010 – the Interna- tional Year of Biodiversity.