Press Release

Biodiversity Champions in Southeast Asia

Nagoya, 21 October 2010 – While the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region is home to 20 per cent of all known plant and animal species, it is losing biodiversity at alarming rates. Unfortunately, this threat has not attracted enough attention from leaders, the public and the media to generate a concerted effort to halt the rate of biodiversity loss.<br><a href='http://www.cbd.int/doc/press/2010/pr-2010-10-21-acb-ja.pdf'>The Press Release is also available in Japanese</a>

Publication Date
2010-10-21