The project was participated in by diverse representatives from the National Biodiversity Authority, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change of India, the ASEAN Member States, especially members of the ASEAN Working Group on Nature Conservation and Biodiversity, the ASEAN Secretariat, the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, as well as international, regional, and national partner organisations both from India and the ASEAN Member States working on conservation and academe.
The private sector has long been recognised as a key player in biodiversity conservation. Enormous