Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur is organising a National Dialogue on ‘Biodiversity Governance – Building a shared future for all life’ on 27th May 2022 at 10.30 AM. The event will be in virtual mode and is open for all registered participants.
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The online event is organised in connection with the celebration of International Day for Biological Diversity and will discuss the key issues in biodiversity governance. The National Dialogue will be inaugurated by Dr.V.B.Mathur, Chairman, National Biodiversity Authority.
The solutions for several of our sustainable development challenges can be found in Biodiversity. It remains as the foundation upon which we can build a better future. The United Nations had proclaimed May 22 as ‘The International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB)’ to increase understanding and awareness of biodiversity issues. This commemorates the adoption of the text of the Convention on 22 May 1992 by the Nairobi Final Act of the Conference for the Adoption of the Agreed Text of the Convention on Biological Diversity. This year, Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity has announced the Biodiversity Day 2022 slogan: “Building a shared future for all life”. The slogan aptly indicates the aspirations of people about the future framework for biodiversity governance. The COP 15 is expected to take place this year which will adopt the Global Biodiversity Framework based on the ongoing negotiations. Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law, IIT Kharagpur is organising the National Dialogue on ‘Biodiversity Governance – Building a shared future for all life’ to deliberate the future of biodiversity governance in the backlight of ongoing negotiations at international level. The event will discuss the need for coherence with other MEAs; basing the framework on the principles of equity and fairness; the policy perspectives on agrobiodiversity with a view to address the concerns about food security and biodiversity governance and interface with IPR.
Date & Time
May 27, 2022 | 10.30 AM – 12.30 PM IST
Registration
The event is open for all registered participants. There is no fee charged for the registration or participation in the event. Please click here to register for the event.
Speakers & Topics
Dr. Jeyaram Soundrapandi, Project Officer, UNDP BIOFIN Project, India – Multilateral Environmental Agreements – Need for Coherence in Policy and Practice
Dr. Prabha S Nair, Member, Expert Committee on Digital Sequence Information (DSI), Government of India – Fairness and Equity in Biodiversity Governance
Dr. Dipal Roy Choudhury, Joint Registrar, PPVFRA – Agrobiodiversity – Policy Perspectives for a shared future
