NCAVES India Forum 2021

Name: NCAVES India Forum 2021
Start: 2021-01-14
End: 2021-01-28

14 - 28 January 2021

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Join the NCAVES India Forum 2021 on Jan 14^th, Jan 21^st & Jan 28^th

About

The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI), Government of India, has taken up several initiatives under the domain of “Natural Capital Accounting and Valuation of Ecosystem Services (NCAVES)”, which can help integrate the concerns of sustainability and conserving the environment for future use while charting the course for economic development. Since the work related to environment accounting in India is still in its early stages, primarily because of the large number of subjects to be covered under this domain, we would need a collaborative effort involving various stakeholders, including Line Ministries, state governments, multilateral organizations and research institutions for compiling a complete suite of accounts.

With a view to facilitate this collaboration and highlight the uses to which natural capital accounts can be put, especially in the areas of decision making and policy analysis, the ministry is conducting the NCAVES India Forum (in a virtual format), as a series of three sessions in January 2021 to be held on January 14, 21 and 28, 2021.

Collaboration

The NCAVES India Forum is organized in collaboration with United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), European Union and UN Environment Programme (UNEP).

Objectives

To present India’s achievements in the domain of Natural Capital Accounting (NCA);
To prioritize the emerging opportunities for NCA in India;
To familiarize stakeholders with the work undertaken by the different international agencies in the area of NCA; and
To provide a platform to selected Research Institutions to present their research conducted in the valuation of ecosystem services.

Focus of the three sessions:

January 14, 2021 (Session 1 | 15:30 - 18:30 India Time): Opening remarks and Efforts made by the international agencies in the domain of natural capital accounting and valuation of ecosystem services – Presentations by multilateral organizations

January 21, 2021 (Session 2 | 15:30 - 18:30 India Time): Policy Demand for NCA in India and emerging opportunities for NCA to support national priorities in India – Presentations by Policy makers, research institutions and industry associations.

January 28, 2021 (Session 3 | 10:00 - 12:30 India Time): Achievements in natural capital accounting and valuation of ecosystem services – Presentations by official agencies, academia and civil society organisations in India.

We highly encourage you to take part in the Twitter Poster Session that will be held throughout the forum, as well as in the Online Exhibition, showcasing the works and latest developments in the area of natural capital accounting in India.

For the online exhibition, all participants will have access to visit online stalls and see the work (available in the form of links, documents, audio/ video media and /or in any other electronic form). There will also be contact details of officers from each participating Ministry/Organization for responding to the queries of users/ participants through mail during or after the Forum.

Speakers

Rao Inderjit Singh, Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation and Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Planning.
Prakash Javadekar, Union Minister for Environment, Forest & Climate Change (EFCC)
Shri Babul Supriyo, Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Inger Andersen, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Elliot Harris, Chief Economist and Assistant Secretary General, United Nations
Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity
and many more