World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF-Pakistan) has expressed its desire to work in collaboration with the Environment Protection Department (EPD) Punjab to see a world where forests are properly valued not just for the wood they supply but for many other benefits they provide for people and nature.
This was stated by the WWF Pakistan senior director Masoor Arshad, who led a delegation of his organisation, called on the Punjab Minister Environment Protection Department (EPD) Muhammad Rizwan here on Tuesday and discussed matters regarding thematic goals of freshwater, forest, wildlife by WWF Pakistan and environmental compliance in SMEs sector of Pakistan.
Implementation of environmental laws and governance, wetland and water replenishment initiatives, the potential collaboration between WWF Pakistan and EPD Punjab were also discussed in details.
Dr Masoor Arshad said that WWF Pakistan is a global environmental conservation organisation that aims to conserve nature and ecological processes by preserving genetic, species and ecosystem diversity, ensuring that the use of renewable natural resources is sustainable both now and in the longer term and promoting action to reduce pollution and wasteful exploitation and consumption of resources and energy.
He said that with better protection, management and planning we can continue to benefit from forests, without damaging the environment. We can even go further, by replanting and restoring forests that have been destroyed or degraded, which can help combat climate, extend and reconnect wildlife habitats, and reduce problems like flooding and erosion. He further said climate change is a bitter reality that poses a greater threat to our present and future generations. He called for nature-based solutions such as large scale plantation drives, promotion of renewable energy and conservation of water resources to address this challenge.
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