On Tuesday 20th September there will be a live and interactive
web TV programme from New York, where two of the key figures
driving the response to the planet’s loss of biodiversity will
be answering your questions about the UN Decade on Biodiversity
(UNDB). You can submit questions to the panel before the
programme here. The panel will be Ahmed Djoghlaf, who is
Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity
(CBD), and Monique Barbut who is CEO and Chair of the Global
Environment Facility (GEF), whose funding will be vital in
assisting developing countries to implement the CBD’s Strategic
Plan. They will discuss the CBD’s bold plans and the importance
of taking action now to avert even more serious loss of
biodiversity; how the entire UN system is driving to make the
UNBD a lasting success, and the role of the GEF. Biodiversity is
of vital importance to us all. It is the basis for a wide range
of ecosystem services on which we depend for food security,
human health, clean air and water. Biodive