Better biodiversity efforts with revised policy

Setting new standards: Najib launching the National Policy on Biological Diversity during the opening of the Fourth Plenary Session of the United Nations Intergovernment Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre. Looking on is Dr Wan Junaidi (second left). — Bernama

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has further increased its commitment to biodiversity management with the launch of a revised National Policy on Biological Diversity.

The revised policy emphasises the need for continued conservation, sustainable utilisation and the sharing of benefits from biodiversity in a fair and equitable manner, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.