The Minister reaffirmed India’s commitment to conserving biodiversity and strengthening collective efforts to live in harmony with nature. Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav on Tuesday delivered India’s National Statement at the High-Level Segment of the 17th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP-17) in Yerevan, Armenia. He appreciated the Government of Armenia for hosting the seventeenth meeting of the CBD.