That is certainly needed given the extent of the Biodiversity Crisis, the evidence for which was presented in the third edition of Global BiodiversityOutlook, which made pretty gloomy reading.

On22 September, heads of state will assemble at the United Nations to discuss the Biodiversity Crisis, and the secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity is encouraging the ringing of bells all over the world on that day as an urgent call to rouse the world to action.