Foreign Affairs and External Trade Minister Peter Shanel says a meeting on biodiversity in Nagoya, Japan next month must seriously consider three issues important to sustainable development.
Addressing the 65th United Nations General Assembly "International Year of Biodiversity" in New York today, he said the three issues are: conservation of biodiversity, sustainable use of biodiversity and the fair share of benefits arising from genetic resources.
He said an effective framework must be put in place to ensure sustainable use of biological diversity is focused on collective effort to reduce poverty.
Mr Shanel also said the framework must be people centred; otherwise knowledge based societies will continue to benefit from such genetic resources, while developing countries with no science institutions are left out as spectators.
He said there must be an urgent economic solution to logging.
Mr Shanel said an enhanced support to Eco Tourism and investment in small holder farming for Solomon Islands is a priority, to replace logging and traditional slash and burn agriculture.
Source:CSMA Admin
Thursday, September 23, 2010
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