Last week members of ISKCON, took part in the conference on Biological Diversity (COP15) to the United Nations (UN), being held in Montreal, Canada, December 7-19th. The conference’s goals are to discuss protection planning of the natural world by international governments and interested parties for the next decade.
ISKCON members presenting at the conference were: Gopal Lila das UN Co-chair of the UN Multifaith Advisory Council, and Rasa Bhakti dasi, Gauranga das both from the Govardhan Eco Village (GEV) project in India, and Anuttama das, Global Minister of ISKCON Communications.
“This one of the important initiatives within ISKCON today is the ISKCON environmental initiative. It’s important that every temple and the assesses their own practice is to assure we’re acting, and purchasing, and teaching in a sustainable way,” said Anuttama das.
The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) was first signed by 150 government leaders at the 1992 Rio Earth Summit. Its main objectives are the conservation of biological diversity, the sustainable use of the components of biological diversity, and the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising out of the utilization of genetic resources, states the COP15 website.
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