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Report of the South and Southeast Asian Regional Session of the Global Biodiversity Forum 1999

Colombo, Sri Lanka

Publisher: IUCN - The World Conservation Union

Year: 2000

Page Numbers: 76

Acc. No: 4796

Class No: 333.72 SOU

Category: Books & Reports

Subjects: Environment and Natural Resources

Type of Resource: Monograph

Languages: English

This report is a summary of the first regional session of the Global Biodiversity Forum for South and Southeast Asia (GBF-SSEA), held in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on 24-26 October 1999. The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is the first international environment convention to address the conservation of biodiversity, sustainable use and the equitable sharing of benefits. The convention covers a very broad array of issues, and is remarkable in its scope and comprehensiveness.