Dimapur, Dec. 6: A two-day Global Sustainable Development Summit on the United Nations’ sustainable development goals was organized by the Institute of Bio-Resources and Sustainable Development (IBSD), National Institute of Department of Biotechnology, government of India in association with North East Development Foundation (NEDF).
A press release from the organizers on Tuesday informed that a large number of scientists, academicians, researchers, media personnel, members of the civil society, students and people from all walks of life participated in the summit.
A gratifying outcome of this summit was the enthusiastic response from the youth to this summit, according to the statement. Prof Dinabandhu Sahoo, Director of IBSD and Chairman of the Global Sustainable Development Summit 2016, urged the people to work towards fulfilling the 17 Sustainable Development Goals with 169 targets, fixed by United Nations, it stated.
“Sahoo urged the participants to join hands to cover the three dimension of Sustainable Development for economic growth, social inclusion and environment protection. He further emphasized that IBSD has taken several initiatives for the environmental protection and socioeconomic development of the region.
“IBSD has chosen 5 Sustainable Development goals, namely, No Poverty, Climate Action, Life on Land, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, and Partnership for The Goals, from grass root levels to global level,which are in tune with the mandate of the institute,” it stated.
KV Eapen, additional chief secretary of Assam, Dr Syed Kazi, , Prof S. Srivastava, Vice Chancellor of North Eastern Hill University (NEHU), Dr Anil P Joshi, Director of HESCO, Dehradun, Prof SK Barik, Director of National Botanical Research institute (NBRI), Lucknow, Dr Ajay Parida, MS Swaminathan Foundation, Chennai, Dr Pratibha Jolly, Principal of Miranda House, Delhi University, Dr Anula Maurya, Principal of Kalindi College, Delhi University, Biswajit Roy Chowdhury of Nature Environment and Wildlife Society (NEWS) Kolkata and government officials as well as stakeholders from all the eight north eastern states participated in the summit.
Sahoo invited the people to join hands with IBSD to develop partnership programmes so that the benefit can be reached to the people.
