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he 5th Meeting of the ECO Working Group on Environment was held on 22-23 May 2008 in Baku, the Republic of Azerbaijan. The meeting was inaugurated by H.E. Mr. Firdovsi Aliyev, Deputy Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
The meeting, inter alia, considered the follow-up of implementation of the decisions of the 3rd ECO Ministerial Meeting on Environment as well as the implementation of the Plan of Action on Environment (upon 2010), Iranian Project Proposal on “Development and Harmonization of the Environmental Standards, progress on the Establishment of an Email Group for the Exchange of Environmental Information, establishment of Institute of Environmental Science and Technology for ECO Region, ECO Green Industry Award, ECO Regional Work Plan for Conservation of Biodiversity, Watershed Rehabilitation, Ecotourism as well as Calendar of Events in the field of Environment (2008-2009). The meeting also deliberated the issue of ECO Bulletin on Environment. It was agreed that the bulletin be published twice a year in order to achieve the quality of the contents.
The meeting was informed that Pakistan would host the 4th Ministerial Meeting on Environment on 19 November 2008, to be preceded by the Senior Officials Meeting on 17-18 November 2008, in Islamabad. The meeting requested member states to actively participate in the Ministerial Meeting with concrete proposals.
The meeting welcomed the offer of the Islamic Republic of Iran to host the 6th Meeting of the Working Group on Environment in 2009. The meeting also welcomed the offers of Turkmenistan to host the Meeting on Alien Species in 2010 as well as Turkey to host the 1st Experts Group Meeting on Ecotourism in the fourth quarter of 2008.
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