Planetary Biodiversity Zone Day  
September 25
       
The Global Community has established a planetary biodiversity zone now under the protection of the Global Protection Agency (GPA). We have declared a moratorium on all development in the zone, including all drilling, military testing, and any other destructive uses of the ecosystems. 

Our planet is populated with living beings consisting of millions of different life forms interacting with each other to survive, thus forming an intricate web of life in different ecosystems on the planet. The interaction and interdependence between life forms are the driving force that creates and maintains an ecological - environmental equilibrium that has sustained life on Earth for millions of years enabling it to evolve, flourish and diversify. The Global Community values EarthÕs diversity in all its forms, the non-human as well as the human. 

On EarthÕs surface exists a diversity of arctic, temperate and tropical ecosystems with many different varieties of plants, animals, and human beings, all of which are dependent on soils, waters and local climates. Biodiversity, the diversity of organisms, depends on maintenance of ecodiversity, the diversity of ecosystems. 

Cultural diversity Š which in effect is a form of biodiversity Š is the historical result of humans fitting their activities, thoughts and language to specific geographic ecosystems. Therefore, whatever degrades and destroys ecosystems is both a biological and a cultural source. 

Earth is mostly covered with oceans. Though generally recognized as several 'separate' oceans, these waters comprise one global, interconnected body of salt water forming the Global Ocean. This concept of a global ocean as a continuous body of water with relatively free interchange among its parts is of fundamental importance to the Global Community. The major oceanic divisions are defined in part by the continents, and various archipelagos. These divisions are the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean, the Southern Ocean (which is sometimes subsumed as the southern portions of the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans), and the Arctic Ocean (which is sometimes considered a sea of the Atlantic). 

The Pacific and Atlantic may be further subdivided by the equator into northerly and southerly portions. Smaller regions of the oceans are called seas, gulfs, bays and other names. There are also some smaller bodies of saltwater that are on land and not interconnected with the Global Ocean, such as the Aral Sea, and the Great Salt Lake Š though they may be referred to as 'seas', they are actually salt lakes. 

Despite their huge size, the oceans have been greatly affected by human activity. Pollution and overfishing are two major concerns. Human activities affect all aspects of life to the point of extinction of most species on our planet. In April 2008 the Global Community Peace Movement has declared a planetary state of emergency. For that reason, on September 25, 2008, the Global Community has declared a moratorium on all development in the zone, including all drilling, military testing, and any other destructive uses of the ecosystems. We have declared a moratorium on all development in the zone.

The planetary biodiversity zone includes :

North Pole region
South Pole region
all oceans
all forests
all lakes
all rivers and connecting streams
all wetlands and grasslands
living organisms and ecosystems in all of the above

The people of all nations are required to respect the moratorium until global law   has been completed to include regulations to be enforced by the GPA.