India Launches Five initiatives to share its best practices and experiences in conserving biodiversity with the rest of the world

India Launches Five initiatives to share its best practices and experiences in conserving biodiversity with the rest of the world

• The Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Prakash Javadekar virtually launched five key initiatives towards conservation of biodiversity on the occasion of International Day for Biological Diversity on 22 May 2020.

These include:

1. National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) ‘Biodiversity Samrakshan Internship Programme which proposes to engage 20 students with postgraduate degrees for a period of one year through an open, transparent, online competitive process.
2. Launch of UNEP Campaign on Illegal Trafficking of Endangered Species: ‘Not all Animals Migrate by Choice’.
3. A Webinar Series on ‘Biodiversity Conservation and Biological Diversity Act, 2002’
4. WWF Model Conference of Parties (MCoP), to involve the younger generation so they engage in conversations around impact of humanity’s footprint on biodiversity.
5. An awareness campaign supported by WWF to highlight the crucial role played by nature through its free ecological services provided for humankind.

Source: PIB