“A Worksop on Biodiversity Conservation, The Need for Robust Global and Local Strategies” was conducted at Dr. MCR HRD Institute. The event was organized by WWF, India, in collaboration with National Biodiversity Authority (NBA), Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Govt of India, UNDP, and Dr MCR HRD Institute.
In the forenoon session, about 140 Trainee Civil Servants, including 61 Indian Forest Service (IFS) Officers and 59 Indian Police Service (IPS), were oriented to the development ofPost-2020 Global Strategies for Biodiversity Conservation. This was followed by theafternoon session on focused roundtable on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, which was attended by representatives from State Biodiversity Boards as well as Members of Civil Service Organizations, from across the country. The afternoon session was presided by Sri B P Acharya, IAS, DG, Dr MCR HRD Institute & Special Chief Secretary to Govt of Telangana.
Dr. V B Mathur, Chairperson NBA, in his Keynote Address, cautioned that nature is undergoing unprecedented loss and, hence, business as usual is not an option anymore. In this backdrop, he underlined the need for developing a thorough and up-to-date data base on different types of plants and animal lives across the length and breadth of the country and its optimum utilization for achieving sustainable development in multiple domains. He added that a series of consultative workshops will be held in order to learn from the past experiencein achieving the targets set for biodiversity conservation and to formulate an innovative,robust, and implementable plan of action to be placed at the upcoming 15thConvention of Parties.
