KOBE, Japan -- The G8 environment ministers on Monday called for actions to maintain biological diversity. Recognizing the fundamental importance of biodiversity for human livelihoods, the eradication of poverty and achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, the ministers said that biological diversity constitutes the indispensable foundation of lives and of global economic development. The proposal, titled " Kobe Call for Action for Biodiversity", highlighted the advancement of sustainable forest management, including the conservation of forest biodiversity, by improving forest governance and by addressing illegal logging and related trade collectively and individually, as stated in the G8 Forest Experts Report on Illegal Logging and reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries (RECC) . Biodiversity, along with climate change and the 3Rs was one of the three major themes discussed at the three-day
ministerial meeting. |
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