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 imparted as a training programme to the officials. The programme is designed under the larger perspective laid down in the Kunming Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework by the Convention on Biological Biodiversity ; (CBD), the Intergovernmental Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services ; (IPBES) and the governance approaches adopted in India Biodiversity Act 2002.
The programme will feature discussions on multilateral environmental agreements/conventions on biodiversity, the Nagoya Protocol, Aichi targets and the Kunming Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, besides the details of biodiversity action plans at national, state and local levels.
The focus is on the governance aspects of biodiversity without compromising the development needs of the people. The training programme will be imparted with practical examples from the field and case studies.
This programme takes a transdisciplinary approach consisting of natural and social scientists from different disciplines. It adds value to Indias existing efforts on biodiversity governance.
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. It is expected that this training programme will contribute to the objectives of implementing the National Biodiversity Action Plan and Biodiversity Act 2002.
