Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Union Environment Minister chairs 27th meeting of G.B. Pant Society of Himalayan Environment and Development; Releases 4 Publications
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Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change chaired the 27th meeting of the G.B. Pant Society of Himalayan Environment and Development in New Delhi. The meeting focused on access and benefit-sharing rights, People's Biodiversity Registers (PBRs), and balancing ecological security with sustainable socio-economic growth in the Indian Himalayan Region by 2047. During the event, four publications were released covering the Bhagirathi Eco-sensitive Zone, the Gangotri Glaciated System, e-PBR governance, and Ramsar wetlands in the Indian Himalayan Region.