A gathering for nature lovers in south Kavir National Park was held in order to celebrate the “International Year of Biodiversity”. Attended by 700 environmentalists, the gathering was organized in partnership with Esfahan Climbing Committee in Badroud with “Biodiversity as Essence of Life” as a flagship. The Iranian Cheetah Society (ICS) intorduced the year of biodiversity and its importance and the attendants received educational packages about the Asiatic cheetah.