Greater numbers of speciesare disappearing from the planet.Biodiversity protection has becomean urgent task for all of us. Giventhis, the UN declared 2010 theInternational Year of Biodi"versity.
Chinese conservationists callfor increased awareness of theimportance of saving the biodi-versity. The following are theperspectives of some Chinese sci-entists on the significance of, andmeasures for, biodiversity protec-tion: