Pakistan

Govt sets out to fix environment

Ministry of climate change has planned number of new projects to be executed in the fiscal year 2017-18

APP June 04, 2017

Participants looks at a screen projecting a world map with climate anomalies during the World Climate Change Conference 2015 (COP21) at Le Bourget. PHOTO: REUTERS

ISLAMABAD: The ministry of climate change has planned number of new projects to be executed in the fiscal year 2017-18 for putting better environment and introducing latest technology in the country.

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The major project included development of reverse linkages with MARMARA Research Center Turkey, Strengthening Capacity for Effective implementation of the Pakistan Trade Control Wild Fauna and Flora Act, official sources said. Establishment of Climate Change Reporting Unit, National Disaster Spatial Data Infrastructure and Implementation of Human Resource Development Plan were also under consideration.

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He said Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has approved the launching of Green Pakistan Programme aimed to increase the forest cover of the country, Green Pakistan Programme - Revival of Wildlife Resources in Pakistan, Strengthening Zoological Survey of Pakistan for undertaking immediate inventory of endangered species and habitats across Pakistan for producing regular status reports on periodic basis.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 4^th, 2017.