EU, IUCN to invest €40m for water conservation

Officials call on Adviser to PM on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam

ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Climate Change, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and European Union will invest 40 million euros in Balochistan for water conservation.

European Union Ambassador to Pakistan Jean-Francois Cautain and IUCN Country Representative Mahmood Akhtar Cheema expressed this resolve during a meeting with Adviser to Prime Minister on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam.

The adviser briefed the delegation about the ministry’s performance in environmental protection and conservation. The delegation was also apprised about the “Recharge Pakistan Project” which aims at building the underground water table by conserving floodwater in the right and left bank of Indus River reservoirs.



Aslam highlighted that the core objective of Conference of Parties (COP24 ) was to adopt a universal rulebook wherein all countries will follow the standard operating procedures for conservation of nature and mitigating the catastrophic natural disasters.

The water could be utilised for domestic as well as horticulture purposes, the envoy said, “The IUCN, EU will invest 40 million euros for water conservation project in Balochistan”.

The project will increase water reservoirs, programme for community awareness in utilising minimum water, using alternative methods in irrigation and farming and promoting livestock investment, he added.

The IUCN country representative said that union is working in natural resource management, water resource management and community awareness and involvement in water conservation.