India will be the co-chair of the IUCN-supported ‘Asia Protected Areas Partnership (APAP)’ for three years. India has replaced South Korea to co-chair the informal grouping.
- The APAP currently consists of 21 members from 17 countries including China, Japan, South Korea, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
- APAP was initiated in 2013 at the first-ever Asia Parks Congress held in Japan, and formally launched the following year (2014) at the IUCN World Parks Congress in Australia. It is chaired by IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, and co-chaired by an APAP member organisation on a rotational basis.
- The goal of APAP is to facilitate improved conservation outcomes for
- protected areas in Asia.
