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ASEAN- INDIA COOPERATION PROJECT

( implemented by ACB, Manila & NBA, Chennai )
”Capacity Building towards Implementing the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing,
the City Biodiversity Index and the Strategic Plan on Biodiversity”

Regional Capacity building Workshop on ABS & TK
Held on 6-8 december 2019, New Delhi
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TKDL Facility Demonstration at CSIR-TDKL Unit, Satsang Vihar
Held on 6 december 2019,New Delhi

Regional Capacity building Workshop on ABS & TK
Held on 6-8 december 2019, New Delhi

ASEAN-India Workshop on City Biodiversity Index
Held on 24 – 26 September 2019, Singapore

Regional Training Workshop on ABS & TK
Held on 25-28 October 2018

Project Background

Hon'ble Prime Minister of India announced the setting up of an ASEAN-India Green Fund (AIGF) with an initial contribution of USD 5 million from India at the 6th ASEAN-India Summit held on 21 November 2007 at Singapore. AIGF was established to support the activities relating to environment and climate change. Subsequently, the National Biodiversity Authority of India (NBA) in collaboration with Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change as well the Ministry of External Affairs Government of India, ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB), Manila and ASEAN Secretariat initiated a cooperation project on "Capacity Building towards implementing the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing, the City Biodiversity Index, and the Strategic Plan on Biodiversity".