The Association of Environmental Information Journalists (APIA) and the Biodiversity Foundation offer information professionals this publication, which analyzes the keys to the current situation of biodiversity, the operation of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the treatment given to these issues by the media.

The presentation of this guide, by the director of the Biodiversity Foundation, Ana Leiva, will take place on 13 October, at 12:00, in the auditorium at Casa Encendida.

The Director General of the Natural Environment and Forest Policy of the Ministry of the Environment and Rural and Marine Affairs, José Jiménez; the president of the Association of Environmental Information Journalists (APIA), Luis Guijarro, and the journalist Javier Rico, coordinator of the book.

Two important events endorse the timeliness of this launch: 2010 has been declared by the UN as the International Year of Biodiversity and the 10th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity will be held in Nagoya, Japan, from 18 to 29 October.