GPNM partners include government, policy makers, scientist, government sector, NGO's and UN agencies. Listed below are some of the key partners.
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US Department of Agriculture http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome |
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Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment, the Netherlands. www.rijksoverheid.nl/ |
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The Task Force on Reactive Nitrogen reports to the Working Group on Strategies and Review of the Convention on Long Range Transboundary Air Pollution (CLRTAP). It has the long-term goal of developing technical and scientific information, and options which can be used for strategy development across the UNECE (United Nations Economic Commission for Europe) to encourage coordination of air pollution policies on nitrogen in the context of the nitrogen cycle and which may be used by other bodies outside the Convention in consideration of other control measures. Current work focuses on providing options for the revision of Annex IX of the Gothenburg Protocol, developing a report on ‘Nitrogen and Climate Interactions’ and furthering work on Nitrogen Budgets and looking at the impacts of dietary changes on the nitrogen cycle. The outcomes of the European Nitrogen Assessment (to be published in April 2011), will also be reported to the Task Force at its 6th meeting next year.http://www.clrtap-tfrn.org |
| With the support of the Italian Ministry for the Environment, Land and Sea | The Italian Ministry for the Environment, Land and Sea (IMELS) cooperates with scientific and technical Institutions to develop projects and initiatives in the sustainable agriculture sector. An intensive and unsustainable agriculture associated to a high rate of fertilizers and pesticides use provokes loss of biodiversity, groundwater aquifers contamination and soil erosion. In order to reverse these trends, demonstration projects and feasibility studies aimed at transferring innovative environmental friendly technologies and products to reduce the use of pesticides and fertilisers in agriculture, to prevent soil erosion and increase food quality and safety have been implemented. Moreover, capacity building and training activities are addressed to selected agricultural advisory centres and farmers in order to strengthen sustainable agriculture practices”. www.minambiente.it |
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The Department of Marine and Coastal Resources (DMCR) in Thailand - Coastal Water Nutrient Watch Programmewww.dmcr.go.th |
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Ministry of Environment, Indonesia |
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The International Fertilizer Industry Association (IFA) is a not-for-profit organization representing the global fertilizer industry. Our members serve farmers everywhere as they meet the world's growing food, feed, fibre and bioenergy needs in a sustainable manner. IFA has some 525 members in about 85 countries. About half of the membership is based in developing countries. IFA member companies represent all activities related to the production, trade, transport and distribution of every type of fertilizer, their raw materials and intermediates. IFA's membership also includes organizations involved in construction, engineering, consulting, agronomic research and training. The global fertilizer industry produces some 170 million tonnes of fertilizer nutrients annually. These are used in every corner of the globe to support agricultural production. There is no substitute for the nutrients absorbed by crops. As a major source of these, fertilizers therefore represent an essential ingredient in the drive towards world food security. For more information on IFA’s main publications on fertilizers best management practices:http://www.fertilizer.org/ifa/Home-Page/SUSTAINABILITY/Fertilizer-Best-Management-Practices http://www.fertilizer.org/ifa/Home-Page/LIBRARY/Our-selection2/Fertilizer-use.html |
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Founded in 1973, the Nagarjuna group with an asset base of US$ 2.5 billion, is a prominent industrial house in India. The group has significant presence in agri-business particularly in plant nutrition, micro-irrigation systems with prominent investments in the energy sector, primarily in fuels (petroleum refining) and also in power generation (both natural gas & hydel power based). The group is guided by the Founder’s (Late Mr. KVK Raju) philosophy of “Serving Society through Industry”. Nagarjuna Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd. (NFCL) originally conceived in 1974 by Shaw Wallace group, was handed over to Nagarjuna group in 1985. NFCL is the first gas based fertilizer plant with commercial production of urea and ammonia through world class production facilities spread over 450 hectares at Kakinada, in the East Coat of Andhra Pradesh, South India. NFCL sell 2.6 m. t. of urea and also markets wide range of plant nutrition products viz., DAP, MOP, zinc sulphate, micronutrient mixes, 100% water soluble fertigation products, growth regulators and organic fertilizers under the brand name “Nagarjuna”, a synonym for quality, trust and well being among its’ customers, delivered through a strong dealer network of over 4200 spread across the country. Two-thirds of the NFCL plant site at Kakinada is completely developed as a ‘green belt’ with over 0.25 million trees preserving 175 plant species; water bodies with marine life, birds and wild animals signifies a humble tribute towards our philosophy of ‘industry in harmony with nature’. NFCL has implemented a comprehensive environment plan in the fertilizer plant, resulting in near zero pollution of air, water through treatment of chemical pollutants, recycling and effective effluent control. The company was concentrating on saving the energy and working towards conserving electricity, water, gas by way of increasing efficiency in various plant operations, signifying as one of the lowest energy consuming plants in the world. The plant is recognized with several awards. While supporting Government’s food and nutritional security missions, NFCL is committed to strike a balance between improving crop productivity, farm income on one side and preserving soil health and clean environment on the other side. This has been driving force for the business model based on values and principles. Site-specific plant nutrition solutions and services are given prime importance with a motto to deliver customized plant nutrition products and provide services to farmers. Effectively utilizing cutting edge technologies through in-house R&D and scientific collaborations, NFCL is capable of delivering customized fertilizers which are farmer friendly, crop and location specific plant nutrition products. www.Nagarjunagroup.com www.Nagarjunafertilizers.com |
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The goals of the GPNM are very much in line with International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme's (IGBP) vision of supporting the development of science based solutions for global environmental sustainability. www.igbp.net |
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The International Nitrogen Initiative (INI) was established formally in 2003 to review the current understanding of the nitrogen cycle and to interact with decision makers and practioners in order to identify management options that optimize the use of nitrogen fertilizers while minimizing the negative effects of nitrogen on human health and the environment as a result of food and energy production. INI is a global network of scientists, created and sponsored by SCOPE and the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP), with regional centres in Europe, North America, Latin America, Africa, South and East Asia.Several INI scientists are leading authors of the Global Partnership on Nutrient Management (GPNM) keystone document A cross cutting contribution to sustainable development. Global advocacy for productive discussion and action by countries and their stakeholders, compiled to provide the foundations for sustainable nutrient management. It will be used for further outreach and to stimulate related partnerships and stakeholder engagement at national and regional level. This GPNM foundation document underscores the INI foci on global and regional nitrogen (nutrient) assessments as an important catalyst in meeting the nutrient challenge and building policy support. The document was presented at the 5th International Nitrogen Conference (N2010) http://n2010.org/, organized by INI and its South Asia regional centre, on 3-7 December 2010 in New Delhi, India.N2010 enabled INI to bring together its contributions to the Global Nitrogen Assessment. As a first step in the INI assessment process, priority has been given to initiate regional nitrogen assessments. The European INI centre is now involved in finalizing the European Nitrogen Assessment; the South and East Asian and North American INI centres have undertaken strategic discussions this year; and the African INI centre has begun a nitrogen rapid assessment project. http://www.initrogen.org/ Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 |
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The Institute for Ocean Management [IOM] was formally established in 1998. The IOM represents a multi disciplinary group within Anna University, which has arisen from a strong tradition in academic research, education, training and consultancy services. IOM forms an integral part of the Department of Civil Engineering, Anna University, Chennai, India; as a critical source of expertise dedicated to ocean and coastal research and resource studies. http://www.annauniv.edu/iom/home.htm |
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The Indian Nitrogen Group was established by the Society for Conservation of Nature (SCON). The SCON, a voluntary body of scientists, brought together some concerned Indian experts from diverse backgrounds to discuss the issue. This was followed by a series of nationwide consultations in association with the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS) in 2005 and with the Union government’s Department of Biotechnology (DBT) and Indian National Science Academy (INSA) in 2006, with active support from other agencies such as the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MOEF) and Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). The discussions at NAAS on Nr and N use efficiency in Indian agriculture led to the adoption of a policy paper titled “Policy options for efficient N use”. A network of nitrogen researchers and experts called ‘Indian Nitrogen Group’ (ING) has also been formalized as an outcome of the INSA workshop in 2006. ING has begun to identify gap areas and catalyse research into them. ING also came into contact with the International Nitrogen Network (INI), which evolved a few years earlier to address similar concerns and bring about international coordination. Other recent regional initiatives elsewhere, such as an organization called “Nitrogen in Europe” and the “NitroEuropeIP”, a project for integrated European research into the N cycle, highlight the growing concerns related to nitrogen at the national, regional or international level. ING will coordinate with such bodies to harmonise the national regional and international concerns and priorities on reactive N. http://scon-ing.org/ing/index.htm |
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Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL) contributes to improving the quality of political and administrative decision-making by conducting outlook studies, analyses and evaluations in which an integrated approach is considered paramount. Policy relevance is the prime concern in all our studies. They conduct solicited and unsolicited research that is always independent and scientifically sound. The Department of Water, Agriculture and Food covers the fields of water quality and quantity, water safety, agriculture, food production, agricultural emissions, and developments surrounding food demand. Water and water management, in both the Netherlands and in Europe, are important in relation to agriculture, housing, nature development, recreation, and transport. Issues that play a role in this respect are the effects of climate change, the availability of fresh water, and the living conditions and safety. http://www.pbl.nl/en/index.html?ln=6 |
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Geochemistry-Utrecht University: Geochemical research at Utrecht University emphasizes the study of processes taking place in environments near the Earth's surface, in particular, soils, sediments, aquifers, estuaries, and the ocean. These environments are characterized by the presence of water and are linked to one another via the hydrological cycle. In addition to being a transport agent, solvent and chemical reactant, water is indispensable for life. The biogeochemical functioning of Earth surface environments is increasingly affected by human activity. The environmental changes due to mankind occur at the local, regional and global scale. An important task of geochemical research is to characterize these changes and to predict the responses of natural systems to anthropogenic perturbations. The study of past environmental changes provides important constraints on these predictions. Hence, geochemists at Utrecht investigate both modern and ancient environments. http://www.uu.nl/faculty/geosciences/EN/Pages/default.aspx |
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VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Department of Hydrology and Geoenvironmental Sciences, aims at studying the terrestrial nitrogen and carbon cycle, observing and developing techniques of observing the exchange of nitrogen components, CO2 and other greenhouse gases between the vegetation and the atmosphere. VU has long-term experience in studying nutrients in estuaries, the atmosphere=biosphere exchange and in integrated nutrient studies. VU university Amsterdam, Department of Hydrology and Geoenvironmental Sciences, the Netherlands http://www.vu.nl/en/ |
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The Energy research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN), is an independent private-non-profit research institute. The mission of ECN is among others to make a contribution to a cleaner environment. ECN has an international leading position on atmosphere – biosphere exchange, Integrated Nitrogen studies and policy support. www.ecn.nl |
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Chulalongkorn University, Thailand http://www.chula.ac.th/cuen/ |
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Almost four decades ago, SCOPE, the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment, launched a major programme on the biogeochemical cycles of the main elements. Over the years, projects—often developed jointly with UNEP—focussed on the study of carbon, nitrogen, sulphur and phosphorus as well as some of the trace elements (lead, cadmium, mercury and arsenic) and their effects on the food chain, resulting in 17 SCOPE monographs and a number of proceedings volumes. The Major Biogeochemical Cycles and Their Interactions has guided biogeochemical research since its publication in 1983. Interaction of the Major Biogeochemical Cycles: Global Change and Human Impacts revisited the issue twenty years later. Furthermore, SCOPE experts are currently preparing a section on phosphorus and food production for the Emerging Issues chapter of the UNEP Year Book 2011, scheduled for publication in February 2011. SCOPE is also contemplating further studies on integrated nutrient management linked to soil fertility issues, starting in 2011. http://www.icsu-scope.org/ |
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The United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-HABITAT, is the United Nations agency for human settlements.http://www.unhabitat.org/ |
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The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is involved in a number of nutrient reduction and management initiatives in both its river and lake basin and Large Marine Ecosystem portfolios. For example, for 15 years UNDP supported efforts to reduce nutrient pollution in the Danube River basin and associated eutrophication in the NW shelf of the Black Sea. A combination of investments and national and regional governance reforms has led to measurable reductions in nutrient emissions, nutrient levels and a near elimination of the Black Sea’s dead zone. Similar efforts are underway in the Yellow Sea, Guinea Current LME, Rio de la Plata, Caribbean and Pacific SIDS, and the East Asian Seas. UNDP has also supported demonstration projects piloting innovative nutrient reduction technologies in Lake Manzala, Egypt and Havana Bay, Cuba. Lastly, UNDP is presently supporting efforts to harvest, codify and disseminate best practices in nutrient management in CEE Europe through its ‘Living Water Exchange’ project. www.undp.org |
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The United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) advocates the application of an integrated plant nutrient management (IPNM) concept at the farm level within an ecosystem approach to sustainable intensification. This requires that, policy decision-makers, extension workers, farmers, the scientific community and other stakeholders concerned with agricultural development have a clear understanding of the subject. FAO promotes large-scale adoption of IPNM through field projects, expert consultations and publications. FAO publishes this concept on its websites and in print. Contributing specific publications are the annual “World Fertilizer Trends and Outlook”, together with the Fertilizer Organizations Working Group. FAO also manages several databases related to fertilizers, which include FERTISTAT (Statistics on Fertilizer Use by Crop), FAOSTAT, (Fertilizer Statistics including production, import, export, and consumption of fertilizers per country and prices paid by farmers for different fertilizers since 1961), and ECOCROP (giving details, inter alia, about soil-improving crops). A database on organic fertilizers is planned for 2011. www.fao.org
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The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO is addressing the issue of nutrient loading to the marine environment integrated into a number of its major science programmes. In a broader context the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) is designed and being implemented to embrace the oceans as a single entity, to provide a global view of the ocean system. It is a permanent global system for observations, modelling and analysis of marine and ocean variables to support operational ocean services worldwide. GOOS provides accurate descriptions of the present state of the oceans, including living resources; continuous forecasts of the future conditions of the sea for as far ahead as possible, and the basis for forecasts of climate change. GOOS is a system of programmes, each of which is working on different and complementary aspects of establishing an operational ocean observation capability for all of the world's nations. GOOS is the oceanographic component of GEOSS, the Global Earth Observing System of Systems. The overall goal of the IOC Harmful Algal Bloom Programme is to foster the effective management of, and scientific research on, harmful algal blooms (HABs) in order to understand their causes, predict their occurrences, and mitigate their effects. Concurrent with escalating influences of human activities on coastal ecosystems, the environmental and economic impacts of HABs have increased. The relationship between HABs and the increasing nutrient enrichment of many of the world’s coastal and estuarine environments is of particular concern. This is specifically addressed through the IOC-SCOR research programme on the Global Ecology and Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms (GEOHAB) which is aims at fostering international co-operative research on HABs in ecosystem types sharing common features, comparing the key species involved and the oceanographic processes that influence their population dynamics. The GEOHAB Core Research Project on HABs in Eutrophic Systems is facilitating research to begin to understand how trends in nutrient pollution relate to the development of algal blooms in general, as well as how specific nutrients promote the development of particular species. This work is carried out with the full acknowledgement that it is imperative to know how nutrient loading interacts with other major ecosystem changes, such as climate change or over-fishing, which also alter ecosystems and pathways of nutrient transport. The key to this knowledge is an understanding of the ecology and oceanography of HABs at both regional and global scales; comparative field and laboratory approaches combined with advanced observational and modeling tools are required. The IOC Integrated Coatsal Area Management (ICAM) Programme facilitates investigation of interdisciplinary coastal processes to improve the scientific basis for the management of coastal seas including development of scientific methodologies and techniques to suit the needs of coastal managers; Study of human communities and ecosystem interactions, in coastal areas, and in particular in coastal urban environment, though the development of environmental and performance indicators. The present activities of the IOC/ICAM programme includes the IOC /LOICZ / SCOR Study Group on the Assessment and Management Implications of Submarine Groundwater Discharge into the Coastal Zone and sponsoring of the LOICZ Basins Project, which is looking at the evaluation of the role of catchment basins in cycling of nutrients, sediments, water, in coastal areas and the development of indicators of environmental change and sustainability. The programme is a co-sponsor of the ICM Global Web Service – a coastal area management information clearinghouse. The IOC Marine Spatial Planning (a public process of analyzing and allocating the spatial and temporal distribution of human activities in marine areas to achieve ecological, economic and social objectives that have been specified through a political process) initiative help countries to operationalize ecosystem-based management by finding space for biodiversity conservation and sustainable economic development in marine environments. One way to do this is through marine spatial planning. IOC work focuses on moving marine spatial planning beyond the conceptual level. |
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The Global Environment & Technology Foundation (GETF) is making a difference by promoting the development and use of innovative technology to achieve sustainable development. For over twenty years, GETF has brought industry, government, and communities together to address environmental challenges with innovative solution. http://www.getf.org/ |
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The Society for the Conservation of Nature (PRAKRITI) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization, registered with the Govt. of India under the Societies Registration Act XXI of 1980 on July 22, 1998. http://scon-ing.org/ |
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The Bay of Bengal Large Marine Ecosystem (BOBLME) covers more than 6 million km2 of sea in the Indian Ocean. Overfishing, habitat degradation and pollution are the key areas addressed by the BOBLME Project. Pollution issues include organic pollution from agriculture and sewage. Increasing nutrient inputs from rivers have the potential to cause eutrophication and lead to inner-shelf hypoxic zones near rivers, which could expand or be carried across borders, or adversely affect transboundary fish stocks. Increasing river and atmospheric nutrient inputs could also intensify the natural oxygen minimum zone in deeper waters offshore, potentially leading to increasing incursions of hypoxic deep water onto the shelf. The northern Bay of Bengal is projected as one of the world’s areas of greatest increase in DIN export between 2000 and 2030 (Global Nutrient Export from Watersheds [Global NEWS] model (Seitzinger et al., 2010). BOBLME aims to improve understanding of the effects of increasing nutrient input with regard to hypoxia and its impact on the resources of the Bay of Bengal. www.boblme.org
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The China-UK Sustainable Agriculture Innovation Network (SAIN) has been established to provide a coherent framework for the development and implementation of China-UK collaboration on environmentally sustainable agriculture. It will support the aims of the existing China-UK Sustainable Development Dialogue (SDD) and provide a flexible and largely self-sustaining platform for long-term China-UK collaboration in this area. http://www.sainonline.org/English.html |
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Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia (PEMSEA) continues to build and strengthen coastal and ocean governance in the seas of East Asia through intergovernmental, interagency and multistakeholder partnerships.http://www.pemsea.org/ |
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MPHOS is a non-profit making institute founded in 1973 by the world’s principal producers of phosphate rock. Its primary mandate is to collect and disseminate scientific data to support the rational use of phosphates: to increase and sustain agricultural production, and to meet the food requirements of humankind worldwide. Among its objectives, it seeks to promote, in both developed and developing countries, the efficient use of phosphates, according to the principles of integrated plant nutrient management. It also seeks to improve farming techniques for productive and sustainable crop production, whilst minimizing environmental risks. Technical research includes the synthesis of phosphorus compounds and processing technologies. It also addresses all environmental aspects related to phosphates use in general. In phosphorus deficient soils in Africa and Asia, IMPHOS is conducting several projects to demonstrate the need to supply phosphate to increase and sustain food production. In phosphorus enriched soils, the focus is made on using phosphorus efficiently to both maintain productivity and minimize environmental risk. To optimize the use of published research on phosphates, IMPHOS makes its expertise available, not only to member companies but also to research organizations, consumers and appropriate agencies. It also periodically organizes international conferences and regional seminars. IMPHOS MEMBER COMPANIES: Groupe OCP (OCP Maroc); Compagnie des Phosphates de GAFSA (CPG Tunisie); Entreprises du Fer et du phosphate (FERPHOS Algérie); Foskor limited (FOSKOR republic of south Africa); Industries chimiques du Sénégal (ICS Sénégal); Jordan phosphate mines Co. Ltd (JPMC Jordanie); Société nouvelle des phosphates de Togo (SNPT Togo) |
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The Dutch Nutrient Platform, founded in January 2011, is a cross-sectoral public-private network of Dutch organizations that share a common concern for the global impact of phosphorus depletion and the way society is dealing with nutrients in general. Together with the Dutch government, the Nutrient Platform, takes up the responsibility to facilitate organizations throughout the value chain in closing the phosphorus cycle. In general: The Nutrient Platform aims to create the conditions for the required transition towards more sustainable nutrient management. www.nutrientplatform.org
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Water Stewardship has a proven approach and farmer-accepted protocols for both whole-farm assessment and verification of conservation practices and the development of Continuous Improvement Programs (CIPs). What makes the Water Stewardship approach unique is the incorporation of numerical loads specific for each farm operation. Coincident with the CIP, WSI provides each farm with a quantitative estimate of their nutrient loss load using its Nutrient Load Estimator (NLE), that was created by Water Stewardship to calculate estimated nutrient and sediment loads for agricultural and urban tracts and the impact that a Best Management Practice (BMP) or combination of BMPs will have on those loads. When used in Water Stewardship's farm assessment and verification process, NLE estimates each farm's nutrient load before any BMPs were applied, that farm's current load with existing BMPs, and what reductions could occur on the farm if additional BMPs were implemented. http://corporatewaterstewardship.org/
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The South Asia Co-operative Environment Programme, also known as SACEP, is an inter-governmental organization established in 1982 by the South Asian governments to promote and support protection, management and enhancement of the environment in the region. SACEP member countries are Afghanistan , Bangladesh , Bhutan , India , Maldives , Nepal , Pakistan and Sri Lanka. It is a multilateral organization registered with the UN Secretariat in accordance with Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations. SACEP fully recognizes the importance of the sustainable nutrient management for the wellbeing of humanity and health of our natural environment. SACEP also takes note of the Manila Declaration of the Third Intergovernmental Review Meeting of the GPA held in January 2012 where the participating governments through the Manila Declaration not only endorsed GPNM but also committed to step up their efforts to strengthen GPNM and developing National Plan and Strategy for Sustainable Nutrient Management. SACEP is working with its member States to facilitate implementation of Manila Declaration, particularly to support governments in developing appropriate policies and strategies to promote sustainable nutrient management to ensure food security and environmental sustainability. www.sacep.org |