ACB-NBA Cooperation: Capacity Building Towards Implementing the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing, the City Biodiversity Index and the Strategic Plan on Biodiversity (funded by ASEAN-India Green Fund)

Project status

Ongoing

Partner Organisation: National Biodiversity Authority

Aiming for collaboration in common areas of interest on biodiversity conservation, the project promotes the exchange of experiences and best practices of experts from the ASEAN Member States (AMS) and from India by participating in various activities to be jointly undertaken by the National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) of India and the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB).

Through the ACB-NBA Cooperation Project, it is expected that both organizations will build the capacities of the AMS in implementing the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and achieving the Aichi Biodiversity Targets, with particular focus on access to genetic resources and benefit sharing (ABS), urban biodiversity and support to achieving the Aichi Biodiversity Targets.

Aichi targets

1. Awareness increased

2. Biodiversity values integrated

3. Incentives reformed

4. Sustainable production and consumption

5. Habitat loss halved or reduced

6. Sustainable management of marine living resources

7. Sustainable agriculture, aquaculture and forestry

8. Pollution reduced

9. Invasive alien species prevented and controlled

10. Pressures on vulnerable ecosystems reduced

11. Protected areas increased and improved