Press Release

Strategic Partnership between Portugal and Africa for Promoting Biodiversity for Development Launched in Nairobi

A Memorandum of Cooperation to enhance human and institutional capacities in Africa for the effective implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and its Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety was signed in Nairobi at the headquarters of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) by His Excellency Mr. Francisco Nunes Correia, the Minister of Environment, Spatial Planning and Regional Development of the Government of Portugal, Professor Firmino Mucavale, the Chief Executive Officer of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) and Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity.<br><br><table width=120> <tr><b>Other languages:</b></tr> <tr><td>French </td><td><a href="/doc/press/2007/pr-2007-02-07-nepad-fr.pdf"><img src='/images/ico-fmt-pdf.gif' border='0' width='20' height='22'></a><a href="/doc/press/2007/pr-2007-02-07-nepad-fr.doc"><img src='/images/ico-fmt-doc.gif' border='0' width='20' height='22'></a></td></tr><tr><td>Portuguese </td><td><a href="/doc/press/2007/pr-2007-02-07-nepad-pt.pdf"><img src='/images/ico-fmt-pdf.gif' border='0' width='20' height='22'></a><a href="/doc/press/2007/pr-2007-02-07-nepad-pt.doc"><img src='/images/ico-fmt-doc.gif' border='0' width='20' height='22'></a></td></tr> </table>

Publication Date
2007-02-07