The National Institute of Rural Development (NIRD), in collaboration with the National Biodiversity Authority (NBA), on Monday inaugurated a Convention of Wetlands and Biodiversity.
It is a five-day convention. Dr B Balaji, Secretary, NBA, recalled the long cherished relationship between NBA and NIRDPR in organising various training programmes for officers of different capacities. “The officers get limited opportunities to update themselves and hence, case studies and field visits are included in the programme. “Wetlands cover around 6 per cent of the earth’s surface; However, more than 40 per cent of plant and animal species live and breed in it. Such is the importance of wetlands,” he noted.
“In the Convention on Biological Diversity, India is a signatory. We can proudly state that out of 192 signatories, India is a role model for many of the countries. India passed the Biological Diversity Act in 2002, and the access-benefit sharing is the key feature of it, which makes it a tremendous success,” Balaji added.
The goal of the capacity building on the ‘International Convention of Wetlands and Biodiversity’, with a focus on the Biodiversity Act 2002′, is to introduce recent changes in principles and governance tools at the international level to the Indian Forest Service officers. The capacity-building programme will be conducted as a training programme for the officials.
This programme takes a transdisciplinary approach consisting of natural and social scientists from different disciplines and adds value to India’s existing efforts on biodiversity governance promoted by the National Biodiversity Authority. It will also help strengthen State and national ties between researchers and administrators working on managing biodiversity and ecosystem services by creating a well-structured capacity-building community. The programme is designed under the larger perspective laid down by the Convention of Biodiversity (Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework), and the governance approaches adopted in the Biodiversity Act 2002.
It is a five-day convention. Dr B Balaji, Secretary, NBA, recalled the long cherished relationship between NBA and NIRDPR in organising various training programmes for officers of different capacities. “The officers get limited opportunities to update themselves and hence, case studies and field visits are included in the programme. “Wetlands cover around 6 per cent of the earth’s surface; However, more than 40 per cent of plant and animal species live and breed in it. Such is the importance of wetlands,” he noted.
“In the Convention on Biological Diversity, India is a signatory. We can proudly state that out of 192 signatories, India is a role model for many of the countries. India passed the Biological Diversity Act in 2002, and the access-benefit sharing is the key feature of it, which makes it a tremendous success,” Balaji added.
The goal of the capacity building on the ‘International Convention of Wetlands and Biodiversity’, with a focus on the Biodiversity Act 2002′, is to introduce recent changes in principles and governance tools at the international level to the Indian Forest Service officers. The capacity-building programme will be conducted as a training programme for the officials.
This programme takes a transdisciplinary approach consisting of natural and social scientists from different disciplines and adds value to India’s existing efforts on biodiversity governance promoted by the National Biodiversity Authority. It will also help strengthen State and national ties between researchers and administrators working on managing biodiversity and ecosystem services by creating a well-structured capacity-building community. The programme is designed under the larger perspective laid down by the Convention of Biodiversity (Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework), and the governance approaches adopted in the Biodiversity Act 2002.
