The
Ministry of Environment & Forests hosted the ASEAN-India
Environment Ministers’ Meeting on September 7, 2012 at New Delhi. The
Environment Ministers’ Meeting was preceded by a meeting of senior
officials of ASEAN member states and senior officials of Ministry of
Environment & Forest and Ministry of External Affairs on September
6, 2012.
The ASEAN-India Environment Ministers’ meeting was co-chaired by Mrs. Jayanthi Natarajan, Hon’ble Minister of State (Independent Charge) Environment & Forests, India and H.E. Pehin Orang Kaya Indera Pahlawan Dato Seri Setia Awang Haji Suyoi Bin Haji Osman, Hon’ble Minister of Development, Brunei Darussalam and attended by senior delegates from Cambodia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and the ASEAN Secretariat.
Both sides discussed various aspects of biodiversity conservation. The meeting unanimously adopted the ‘New Delhi ASEAN-India Ministerial Statement on Biodiversity’ whereby both sides agreed to enhance awareness among all stakeholders, strive towards mainstreaming biodiversity concerns into development processes, and to strive towards enhancing priority in terms of resource allocation and mobilization for biodiversity conservation.
Both sides also agreed to work together for conservation and management of flagship species and enhancing conservation management & sustainable utilization of Coastal and Marine biodiversity. The statement further agrees to take preparatory national work as a sound and informed basis for ratifying the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing.
The meeting called upon The Eleventh Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) to discuss issues relating to biodiversity & livelihoods regularly and recommend concrete actions, considering the critical linkages of biodiversity with livelihoods and poverty alleviation.
Both sides agreed to meet and exchange views on issues of common interest at appropriate ASEAN Environment Ministers’ Meetings.
MC
(Release ID :87648)
The ASEAN-India Environment Ministers’ meeting was co-chaired by Mrs. Jayanthi Natarajan, Hon’ble Minister of State (Independent Charge) Environment & Forests, India and H.E. Pehin Orang Kaya Indera Pahlawan Dato Seri Setia Awang Haji Suyoi Bin Haji Osman, Hon’ble Minister of Development, Brunei Darussalam and attended by senior delegates from Cambodia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and the ASEAN Secretariat.
Both sides discussed various aspects of biodiversity conservation. The meeting unanimously adopted the ‘New Delhi ASEAN-India Ministerial Statement on Biodiversity’ whereby both sides agreed to enhance awareness among all stakeholders, strive towards mainstreaming biodiversity concerns into development processes, and to strive towards enhancing priority in terms of resource allocation and mobilization for biodiversity conservation.
Both sides also agreed to work together for conservation and management of flagship species and enhancing conservation management & sustainable utilization of Coastal and Marine biodiversity. The statement further agrees to take preparatory national work as a sound and informed basis for ratifying the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing.
The meeting called upon The Eleventh Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) to discuss issues relating to biodiversity & livelihoods regularly and recommend concrete actions, considering the critical linkages of biodiversity with livelihoods and poverty alleviation.
Both sides agreed to meet and exchange views on issues of common interest at appropriate ASEAN Environment Ministers’ Meetings.
MC
(Release ID :87648)
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