ASEAN CENTRE FOR BIODIVERSITY (ACB) PAYS COURTESY CALL ON PH AMBASSADOR TANG IN NAIROBI

Nairobi, 24 June 2022 – A delegation from the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) headed by Ms. Clarissa Arida, Director, Programme and Development Implementation (third from right) paid a courtesy call on PH Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UNEP Marie Charlotte G. Tang (third from left) during which the ACB briefed the Ambassador on its work and recent projects and activities. Ambassador Tang said that the Embassy looks forward to collaboration between the Philippine Embassy in Nairobi and the ACB. The ACB delegation is in Nairobi to participate in the Fourth meeting of the Open-ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework.

ACB is the only ASEAN Centre of Excellence based in the Philippines. It was established in 2005 to assist the ASEAN Member States in protecting and conserving its valuable and unique biodiversity resources. END