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Angolan Delegation At Conference On Biological Diversity

Luanda , 20 March 2006  - An Angolan delegation led by the Urbanisation and Environment minister, Diakumpuna Sita José, attends on March 20-31 of this year the Eighth Conference of the Parts of the Convention on Biological Diversity, to be held in Curitiba region, Brazil. In the conference, Angola will present its experience on the preservation of the biodiversity.

Besides the manager of the elaboration project of the Strategy and National Action Plan for Biodiversity (NBSAP), Vladimir Russo, the Angolan delegation includes directors of natural resources, Soki Kwedikwenda, of the juridical department, and Ana Vumi of the international interchange section, Arsénio Machado.

Angola signed this convention and became part of it in 1998. Since then, it carried out actions for the preservation and sustainable use of the biodiversity.
It has eight areas of priority interventions and aims at including in its development policies and programmes measures for the preservation and sustainable use of the biological biodiversity and the fair and equitable distribution of biological resources.

NBSAP is a project of the Urbanisation and Environment Ministry with the financing of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and of the Global Environment Fund (GEF). The project also counts on the support of the Norwegian Agency for Development Co-operation (NORAD).