Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI), and Agroscope Reckenholz-Tänikon Research Station ART, Switzerland have signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) for developing a three-year remediation strategy for contaminated site to safeguard public health and environment.
DR Paul Steffen, Director ART and Dr Abid Suleri, Executive Director, SDPI signed the MoA on behalf of their respective organisations. The project is a joint initiative by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) and the Swiss Agency for Development and Co-operation (SDC), as part of their research partnership programme with the developing countries.
Both the organisations will co-operate under the framework of Joint Research Project (JRP) on Evaluation of activated carbon amendment for reclamation of a DDT-contaminated site in Pakistan (ACDC). Dr Mahmood A Khwaja, Research Fellow at SDPI and Dr Thomas Bucheli from ART will be the focal persons on behalf of both organisations.-PR