Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is set to address the ministerial session at the United Nations conference on biodiversity at Hyderabad International Convention Centre (HICC) on Tuesday that kicked off last week here.
The heads of states from various countries are participating in this conference to chart out a roadmap on biodiversity.
The ministerial session will see heads of state working on four primary agendas: strategic plan and resource mobilisation, biodiversity and livelihood, protecting marine and coastal biodiversity and early ratification of the 2010 Nagoya Protocol. They are eying to complete the target by 2020.
The member countries also will discuss implementation of the Nagoya Protocol over the Access and Benefit Sharing of genetic resources.
The Nagoya Protocol is an international legally binding treaty that works towards conservation of biological diversity, sustainable use of its components and fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from genetic resources.
About 15,000 delegates from over 185 countries are attending the 11th meeting of the Conference of Parties (COP11) to the Convention on Biodiversity (CBD) COP11, which began Oct 8 and will continue till Oct 19.
During his one-day visit, Dr. Singh will also unveil a Pylon to mark the Biodiversity Conference and lay the foundation stone for a biodiversity park and museum here to mark the ongoing global biodiversity meet.
The delegates at the conference will plant 300 to 400 rare and endangered plant species in the proposed park which, along with the museum, is being built at a cost of Rs.100 crore.
A Biodiversity Park is being developed around the Pylon in a 15 acre area where saplings of bout 400 rare and endangered species will be planted. A Biodiversity Museum is also coming up at a total cost of 100 crore rupees.
The Andhra Pradesh government has earmarked 15 acres of land for the pylon, park and museum in Gachibowli.
The forest department is setting up a separate biodiversity park on 10 acres at Dulapally Reserve Forests on the city outskirts. The state has six national parks, 21 wildlife sanctuaries, and a biosphere reserve comprising 13,000 square km out of the total forest area of 63,180 square km.
A biodiversity Research Laboratory has also been established at Srisailam.
--With Agencies Inputs--
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October 17, 2012 at 12:24 AM
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