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  • 2010 International Year of Biodiversity

    2010 International Year of Biodiversity
    The United Nations has declared 2010 the International Year of Biodiversity (IYB). The term biodiversity describes the variety of all life and natural processes on Earth, including all living things from microscopic bacteria to large animals and small plants; we also form part of biodiversity, and no matter how far removed we may seem from the 'natural' environment in our daily lives, we are intimately connected with ecosystems and their processes through our ...

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  • World Heritage Series n°29 - Human Evolution: Adaptations, Dispersals and Social Developments (HEADS)

    World Heritage Series n°29 - Human Evolution: Adaptations, Dispersals and Social Developments (HEADS)
     Human evolution-related properties represent a process of evolutionary accretion that took place over a vast period of time, offering vital insight to scientific, cultural, ethological and historical dimensions of human development, and the earliest evidence of human expressions and practices. The World Heritage Thematic Programme ‘Human Evolution: Adaptations, Dispersals and Social Developments’ (HEADS) comes at a pertinent time in ...