2010 is the International Year of Biodiversity - a celebration of life on earth and of the value of biodiversity for our lives.
Living with Environmental Change has many programmes which are related to biodiversity, under the objective 'manage ecosystem services for human well-being and protect the natural environment in a changing world', including the National Ecosystems Assessment http://www.lwec.org.uk/activities/nea
You can read more about the International Year of Biodiversity here
http://www.cbd.int/2010/welcome/