Biodiversity

ASEAN biodiversity outlook

While occupying only three per cent of the earth’s surface, the ASEAN region boasts of globally significant terrestrial and marine biodiversity that include an astonishing 18 per cent of all species assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

Publication Date: 
01/12/2010
ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity
Tags:
Biodiversity, Asia, India, South Asia, Convention On Biological Diversity (CBD), Biodiversity Conservation, Benefit Sharing, Ecosystems, Mangroves, Corals, Forests, Freshwater Ecosystems