Jordan Environment Watch : CBD: Importance of science in acheiving Biodiversity 2010 targets in the Arab World

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CBD: Importance of science in acheiving Biodiversity 2010 targets in the Arab World

Saturday, February 17, 2007

In December 12-13 2006 the internatioanl symposium on the advancement of science in the Arab World was held in Damascus. One of the major topics discussed in the symposium was Biodiversity.

This is the statement of Dr. Ahmad Djoghlaf the executive sectratary of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in which he focused on the importance of science in acheiving the Biodiversity 2010 targets in the Arab World

http://www.biodiv.org/doc/speech/2006/sp-2006-12-12-science-en.pdf