Press Release

Strategic Partnership with ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity to protect 20 per cent of the Biodiversity of Planet Earth

Montreal 21 June 2008. Despite occupying only three per cent of the Earth’s surface, the ten member States of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) host 20 per cent of the all known species. South-East Asia has one third of all coral reefs in the world. Forty-five per cent of the region is covered by forests. However, up to three fourths of the forest cover and up to 42 per cent of the biodiversity of the region may be lost by 2100.

Publication Date
2008-06-21