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South Asia Co-operative Environment Programme - SACEP

November 8 , 2019 1716 days 870 0
  • Union Minister of Environment and Forest and Climate Change - Prakash Javadekar has attended the 15th meeting of the Governing Council of South Asia Co-operative Environment Programme (SACEP) in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  • It is an intergovernmental organization and headquartered in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  • It was established in 1982 by the governments of South Asia to promote and support protection, management and enhancement of the environment in the region.
  • The members of SACEP includes Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
  • SACEP also acts as the Secretariat for the South Asian Seas Programme which comes under the purview of UNEP’s Regional Seas Programme.

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