More than 130 countries adopted the Bali Declaration on Biodiversity

Over 130 countries have agreed to the 'Declaration of Nusa Dua on the Environment', which stresses the importance of preserving biodiversity and the need for a "green economy" low carbon to halt climate change.

The text, agreed during the Global Ministerial Forum on Environment which closed on Friday in Indonesia, is the first rank of statement within the framework of United Nations approved the Ministers in the last decade.
"Shortly after (the conference) in Copenhagen and the frustration it generated, the environment ministers from more than 130 countries have returned to find a collective voice. The world should be proud of this," said executive director United Nations Program for Environment (UNEP, acronym in English), Achim Steiner.
First test after Copenhagen

"This was the first test after Copenhagen, the system has shown its capacity to respond," said Steiner.

Nusa Dua Declaration addresses a wide variety of topics ranging from biodiversity conservation to electronic waste management, through the need to adopt a "green economy" and to globalize environmental policies.

According to Steiner, the approved document will serve to better protect the health of humans and the natural environment of electronic waste and the illegal traffic of toxic waste.

Also encourage an "architecture of government" that seeks to facilitate overall a more effective fight against climate change and the dangers facing the environment.

The declaration promotes the creation of an intergovernmental panel's scientific approach to the political community, so that it can legislate accordingly and quickly.

The text calls for incorporating environmental issues into the agenda of priorities of the reconstruction process in Haiti following the devastating January earthquake that killed over 200,000 people.

Despite not being among the official subjects of the Global Ministerial Forum on Environment, the fight against climate change was most discussions and informal meetings have been held since Monday.

This international meeting, which has brought the island of Bali to ministers and delegates from over 130 countries, was the first since the UN Conference on Climate Change Copenhagen, held in December.