The ASEAN-India Environment Ministers Meeting (AIEMM) was held on 6-7 September 2012 in New Delhi, India, as one of the commemorative activities to mark the 20th Anniversary of ASEAN-India dialogue relations. The AIEMM focused on biodiversity with the theme ‘Learning from the Past, Assessing the Present and Planning for the Future’ in view of the recently concluded Rio+20 Summit and the (then) forthcoming Eleventh Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) on 8 – 19 October 2012 in Hyderabad, India. The AIEMM adopted the New Delhi ASEAN-India Ministerial Statement on Biodiversity, expressing commitment to mutual cooperation with a view of achieving the objectives of CBD to conserve and sustainably utilize biological diversity in the region.