September 24, 2024
Biodiversity Officials and Reporters train on use of Digital Platform Ahead of UN Global Biodiversity Summit.
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the South Asia Co-operative Environment Programme (SACEP), and the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) organised a joint training workshop at Kathmandu, 18 September. National biodiversity experts and officials from Bhutan, China, Nepal, Pakistan, Maldives, Sri Lanka and Cambodia have gathered in Kathmandu to explore new ways to monitor and report on the state of nature in their countries.
The meeting comes as countries grapple with the additional reporting burden that has accompanied the proliferation in nature-related agreements and targets over the last decades, as the pressure to halt and reverse precipitous declines in nature around the world mounts.
At the event, joint organizers the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the South Asia Co-operative Environment Programme (SACEP), and the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), gave key regional stakeholders the opportunity to test new tools and approaches to streamline, improve the accuracy and reduce the burden of reporting.
