香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 welcomes Pakistan鈥檚 leadership in incorporating nature conservation in its Green Stimulus package
香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 welcomes Pakistan鈥檚 鈥淧rotected Areas Initiative鈥, which will create nine new national parks and strengthen management and governance in six other parks to create an effective protected area network and stimulate economic development. The announcement, made today by Prime Minister Imran Khan, is part of an innovative green economic stimulus package to create employment opportunities that will also benefit biodiversity conservation by protecting natural habitats, and help to address climate change through increased protection of natural vegetation and carbon storage.
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Photo: Mohebulla Naveed / Padhri Private Game Reserve
Photo: Grahm Jones/Columbus Zoo
Photo: 漏 Zahoor Salmi
鈥溝愀哿喜士苯峁殖≈辈 is delighted to congratulate the government of Pakistan on this exciting, bold and innovative initiative, which shows that economic growth and nature conservation can be mutually reinforcing,鈥 said Dr Kathy MacKinnon, Chair of the 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 World Commission on Protected Areas.
The Covid-19 pandemic has demonstrated the critical link between healthy ecosystems and human health and wellbeing. Pakistan鈥檚 exciting economic stimulus package focused on 15 national parks will protect a diverse range of habitats, benefit both nature and people and create a pool of new jobs for unemployed youth. This is an excellent model for linking economic development with a new deal for nature.
The Prime Minister also announced that seven of the national parks would be seeking to join 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播鈥檚 Green List of Protected and Conserved Areas, the international Gold Standard for achieving excellence in conserving nature and cultural values.聽
鈥溝愀哿喜士苯峁殖≈辈 is pleased to support the government of Pakistan to ensure that the new protected areas meet the highest standards of effectiveness and deliver their biodiversity, social and economic outcomes,鈥 said Trevor Sandwith, Director of 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播鈥檚 Global Protected Areas Programme.
The Ministry of Climate Change has launched the Consortium to undertake Third Party Monitoring for鈥
The Punjab聽Urial roams freely in and beyond Padhri Game Reserve, and across the Salt Range鈥
Islamabad, Pakistan, 6 November 2019 -The 7th International Union for Conservation of Nature (香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播鈥