tailieunhanh - Asean Biodiversity: Forests for People

By providing food, medicine, timber, a source of livelihood and many other products and services, forests play a crucial role in sustaining lives of billions of people. According to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), in the past, timber production was regarded as the dominant function of forests. | asean BIDDIVERSITY ÁThe newsmagazine of the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity . Ì Volume 10 Number 2 May-August 2011 ASEM CENTRE BIODIVERSITY The ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity Conserving Southeast Asia s Biodiversity for Human Development and Survival The ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity ACB is an intergovernmental regional centre of excellence that facilitates cooperation and coordination among the ten ASEAN Member States and with relevant national governments regional and international organizations on the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity and the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the use of such natural treasures. ACB s goals are To serve as an effective coordinative body to facilitate discussion and resolution of cross-country biodiversity conservation issues To provide a framework and mechanism for sharing information experiences best practices and lessons learned for efficient access of ASEAN Member States To implement a pro-active approach in monitoring and assessing biodiversity conservation status as a strategic approach towards identifying critical issues and future trends To deliver facilitate conduct of capacity-building services and technology transfer through engaging relevant and appropriate expertise To enhance common understanding of biodiversity conservation issues strengthening ASEAN regional positions in negotiations and in compliance with relevant multilateral environmental agreements To promote public awareness to develop champions and enhance support at different stakeholder levels on biodiversity concerns and To undertake innovative resource generation and mobilization measures to pursue high-impact activities that will enhance biodiversity conservation in the region. ACB supports ASEAN Member States in the following thematic concerns that are of global and regional importance Agriculture and food security including food certification and biodiversity Access to and fair and .