Unplanned use of natural resources may lead to extinction of certain species: Bhupender Yadav

New Delhi: A meeting of the Consultative Committee of Members of Parliament attached to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change was held today in New Delhi.

The meeting was chaired by Bhupender Yadav, Minister for Environment, Forest, and Climate Change.

During the meeting, Bhupender Yadav cautioned that indiscriminate and unplanned use of natural resources may lead to the extinction of certain species. He emphasized the importance of the sustainable use of natural resources.

Ashwini Kumar Choubey, Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change highlighted that India will continue to play a major role in CITES and CBD in future meetings.

During the meeting, discussions on India’s participation in the 19th meeting of the Conference of Parties (CoP) to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of wild fauna and flora (CITES), held at Panama in November 2022 and in the 15th CoP to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), held in Montreal, Canada in December 2022, were held.

It was agreed to take up effective coordination with States for better protection of wildlife and its habitats. It was also agreed that control of invasive alien species needs to be undertaken as it posed an imminent threat to the country’s biodiversity.

The meeting was attended by Kumari Agatha Sangma,  Ganesh Singh, Jamyang Tsering Namgyal, S.R. Parth Sunil Kumar Soni member of Parliament (Lok Sabha), Ayodhya Rami Reddy, Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha), Dr. Kirodi Lal, Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) and officials of Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, participated in the meeting.