Like-Minded Megadiverse Countries
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Like-Minded Megadiverse Countries is the organization formed by the countries which are considered as megadiverse countries.
[edit] Cancun declaration of like-minded megadiverse countries
On 18 February 2002, the Ministers in charge of the Environment and the Delegates of Brazil, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Mexico, Peru, South Africa and Venezuela assembled in Cancun, Mexico. These countries declared to set up the“Group of Like-Minded Megadiverse Countries” as a mechanism for consultation and cooperation so that their interests and priorities related to the preservation and sustainable use of biological diversity could be promote.They also declared that they would call on those countries that had not partied to the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, and the Kyoto Protocol on climate change to become parties to these agreements. At the same time, they agreed to meet periodically, at ministerial and experts level, and decided that upon the conclusion of each annual Ministerial Meeting, the next rotating host country would take on the role of Secretary of the group, to ensure its continuity, the further development of cooperation among these countries and to reach the agreements and objectives set forth herein.[1]
