New Delhi, May 20(ANI): The Union Environment and Forests Ministry is organizing stakeholders' consultations and launching the UN decade on diodiversity for Asia and Pacific on Monday in New Delhi.
The event will be presided over by Union Environment and Forests Minister Jairam Ramesh.
Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Secretariat based in Montreal will also attend the event.
Some Ministers/Vice-Ministers of Environment of Asia and Pacific countries, Ambassadors/High Commissioners of Delhi based missions are also expected to attend the event.
Other participants include representatives of Central government ministries / departments, state governments, National Biodiversity Authority, state biodiversity boards, universities, specialized agencies, UN bodies, international organizations, civil society organisations, and industry.
India is a recognized megadiverse country rich in biodiversity and associated traditional knowledge, which is both coded as in ancient texts, and non-coded as oral undocumented traditions.
With just 2.4 percent of the land area, India accounts 7-8 percent of the recorded species, even while supporting 20 percent of the world's human population. (ANI)
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