CBD COP11: Asia needs continent-wide vision for environmental protection

CBD COP11: Asia needs continent-wide vision for environmental protection

Rio Conventions Pavilion TV, CBD COP11 (12/10/2012) – Dr Berthold Paul Seibert, Project Director of GIZ’s Biodiversity and Climate Change Project, explains the different environmental challenges facing more and less developed nations.

Seibert also expresses how impressed he was by the progress made in Nagoya.

Seibert explains that his organisation has been trying to help disseminate the message of Nagoya as well as assisting in its implementation in the Asian region. He says that GIZ is trying to facilitate the development of a long term roadmap for Asia as a continent that ensures a good balance between developmental and environmental goals.