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Friday February 20, 2004

More than 120 nations adopt KL Declaration

BY SUSAN TAM

 

KUALA LUMPUR: Environment ministers and government representatives from more

than 120 countries have adopted the Kuala Lumpur Declaration which commits them

to a rapid and effective implementation of measures aimed at reducing

biodiversity loss.

 

At the closing of the two-day Ministerial Segment Meeting of the Seventh

Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP7)

yesterday, delegates unanimously agreed on the declaration, with emphasis on

setting up a network of protected areas – both marine and terrestrial.

 

The declaration also called for a:

 

·COMMITMENT to develop an effective international regime on access and benefit

sharing and to support relevant capacity building;

 

·REVIEW the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment this year and set up a mechanism

for a continuing scientific assessment of the convention;

 

·STRENGTHENING of the partnership between the public and private sectors to

promote benefit sharing, transfer of environmentally sound technology and

provide adequate financial resources;

 

·REMOVAL of barriers in the exchange of key technologies for the implementation

of the convention;

 

·COMMITMENT to develop a regional centre of excellence to assist developing

countries in exchanging experiences; and

 

·RE-AFFIRMATION of the significance of the role of indigenous and local

communities in the conservation and sustainable use of biological resources.

 

The declaration also urged all governments to ratify the convention and the

Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety.

 

Its first meeting will start early next week.

 

Later at a press conference, Science, Technology and Environment Minister Datuk

Seri Law Hieng Ding said the declaration was a collective statement highlighting

the political commitment of governments made at the World Summit on Sustainable

Development and a move to achieve the 2010 target of checking biodiversity loss.

 

Law said he hoped the Global Environment Fund would show more support so that

more environmentally sound projects could be carried out.

 

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