<span style="color: #222222;">The two-day Online Meeting of Range countries began yesterday with a resolve to strengthen the conservation actions for migratory birds and their habitats in the Central Asian Flyway. Central Asian Flyway (CAF) covers a large area of Eurasia between the Arctic and Indian Oceans. This flyway comprises several important migration routes of birds. There are 30 countries including India, under the Central Asian Flyway. The two-day meeting is being organised by India in which it would be sharing its best practices on conservation of migratory birds and the National Action Plan.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">In his address, Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Bhupender Yadav said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the 13th meeting of the Conference of Parties (CoP) to the Convention on Migratory Species had noted that India was keen to take the conservation of migratory birds to a new paradigm with active cooperation of all the Central Asian Flyway Range Countries. Mr Yadav emphasized on the essential and indispensable roles migratory birds play in the ecosystems.</span>