The regional project aimed to assist the 10 ASEAN Member States and Timor-Leste in strengthening their capacity to implement the Convention on Biological Diversity provision on access and benefit sharing (ABS) through the development of national ABS frameworks and undertaking regional capacity building training and workshops on ABS issues.
Funding support was also provided by the GIZ Biodiversity and Climate Change Project (BCCP), the Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN), and the host countries.
Dr. Arvin Diesmos, Senior Director of the Biodiversity and Knowledge Management Department of the ASEAN
2–6 September 2024, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, Singapore OPENING SPEECH DR. THERESA MUNDITA S. LIM
Sungei Buloh is Singapore’s first and only protected wetland reserve, and home to over 500