At the 17th Conference of the Parties (COP-17) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Yerevan, Armenia, India restated its commitment to conserving biodiversity. India implements the Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF) through its National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan, which has 23 national targets and 142 indicators. The country has 1,134 Protected Areas, 103 Ramsar sites, 57 Biodiversity Heritage Sites and 18 Biosphere Reserves, 13 of them under UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere Programme. Highlighted initiatives were MISHTI, Amrit Dharohar, Mission LiFE and Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam. India sought adequate international finance, technology transfer and fair sharing of benefits from Digital Sequence Information (DSI), including via the Cali Fund.
