Pakistan, China sign MoU for forestation and climate

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Climate Change and the Chinese government have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen bilateral relations in the field of forestry and climate.

Advisor to Prime Minister on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam and Ambassador of China Yao Jing also witnessed the ceremony in this connection on Monday.

The advisor on climate change on this occasion lauded the Chinese government environmental projects of Eco-Civilization and Green Wall of China.

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He said that China had supported professionals from Pakistan through participation in training courses on forestry, wildlife, rangeland improvement, wetland management and desertification control in the past.

Malik Amin Aslam said Pakistan was also in the process of implementing massive forestation projects in the country hence Pakistan would get an opportunity to learn from the Chinese experience.

The ambassador of China Yao Jing said that the MoU was another milestone in bilateral relation of the two neighboring and friendly countries.

The MoU finalised mutual consent of the State Forestry Administration of the People’s Republic of China to expand cooperation with Pakistan in the fields of experience sharing in forest policy, transfer of technology and exchanges on climate change mitigation and adaptation through preservation of forest resource, wetland conservation and restoration, river water management on the models of Three Gorges Dam canal system, utilizing of wetland resources by planting eucalyptus trees for local market wood demands, and wetland environmental education and public participation, development of forest industry and trade in wood products, including enhancing the trade of sustainable non-timber forest products, research and education in the science of forestry.