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India and sixteen other countries rich in biological diversity and associated traditional knowledge have formed a group known as the Like-Minded Megadiverse Countries (LMMC). These seventeen countries are Bolivia, Brazil, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, Philippines, South Africa and Venezuela.
The Group has agreed to join efforts for effectively negotiating the development of an international regime on access to genetic resources and benefit sharing arising out of the use of these resources under the ageis of the Convention on Biological Diversity.
The group of LMMC has been created to act as a mechanism for consultation and cooperation to promote their interest and priorities related to the preservation and sustainable use of biological diversity with a view to ensure fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising out of the use of their biological resources and associated traditional knowledge as envisaged under the Convention on Biological Diversity.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Environment and Forests Shri Namo Narain Meena in a written reply to Member of Parliament, Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia in Lok Sabha today.
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