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Biodiversity Conservation is all about cooperation, not only amongst relevant parties at the local level, but also amongst agencies and countries at the regional and international levels. In this respect, the NBRC serves as Singapore's focal point for the ASEAN Working Group on Nature Conservation and Biodiversity (AWGNCB), ASEANET and ASEAN Regional Centre on Biodiversity Conservation (ARCBC). This section summarizes Singapore’s commitment to Biological Conservation at the regional and international levels. |
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| ASEAN Working Group of Nature Conservation and Biodiversity |
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The ASEAN Working Group of Nature Conservation and Biodiversity (AWGNCB) is one of the three ASEAN Working groups targeted at ASEAN cooperation on Environment. The working group aims to promote ASEAN cooperation on regional issues and concerns on nature conservation and biodiversity. NParks hosted the 13th AWGNCB meeting in 2003, which was attended by ASEAN delegates from eight member countries. |
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| ASEAN Regional Centre for Biodiversity Conservation |
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The ASEAN Regional Centre for Biodiversity Conservation (ARCBC) was a project (1999 – 2004) of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the European Community (EC). The Government of the Philippines hosted the ARCBC at Los Banos, Laguna. The ARCBC aimed to intensify biodiversity conservation through improved cooperation in the region by setting up a network of institutional links among ASEAN member countries (AMCs) and EC partner organisations. Each of the AMCs nominated a relevant agency as its National Biodiversity Reference Unit (NBRU) to act as a focal point for biodiversity information exchange and cooperation at the national and regional levels. Singapore’s NBRU was the Biodiversity Centre of the National Parks Board. |
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| ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity |
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The establishment of the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) on 27 September 2005, expressed the continued commitment of AMCs to cooperate and coordinate on the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity and the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the use of such biodiversity in the ASEAN region. A Governing Board comprising members of the ASEAN Senior Officials on the Environment and the Secretary General of ASEAN or their representatives is responsible for the operations of the Centre. |
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The Biodiversity Information Sharing System (BISS) was developed under the ARCBC project and it continues to serve as a platform for AMCs to share biodiversity information on species and protected areas under the newly established ACB. |
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Singapore, as experienced in the predecessor project, ASEAN Regional Centre for Biodiversity Conservation, will benefit from capacity building and knowledge sharing activities, and increased regional and international networking through the ACB programmes. Singapore’s support for the ACB can be seen as a commitment to environmental sustainability as well as ASEAN solidarity. |
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