Ambassador Haque seeks CBCGDF’s support for combating climate change in Pakistan
China and Pakistan have decided to increase their cooperation in the fight against pests, biodiversity preservation, and desertification. The agreement was achieved during a meeting in Beijing between Dr. Zhou Jinfeng, secretary-general of the China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation, and Moin-ul-Haque, ambassador of Pakistan to China. Dr. Zhou outlined potential areas of cooperation while recognising Pakistan’s outstanding agricultural credentials and the urgency of climate action.
BEIJING, June 24 (China Economic Net) – Pakistan looks forwards to China-Pak joint scientific research for the building of Green China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
The Pakistani Ambassador to China Moin ul Haque made the remarks when met with Huang Wenjiang, a Research Fellow of the Aerospace Information Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and Zhou Jinfeng, Secretary-General of China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation (CBCGDF) at the Embassy of Pakistan in Beijing on June 20.
Huang’s team just released the latest Report of Monitoring and Assessment of Desert Locust in Africa and Asia on June 18, 2022.
According to the estimate of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), up to 40 percent of global crop production is lost to pests annually. Each year, plant diseases cost the global economy over $220 billion, and invasive insects at least $70 billion.
Among the invasive insects, desert locust and fall armyworm are the main reasons for the grain reduction and environmental deterioration in Pakistan.
To fight the invasive species and safeguard food security, Huang’s team has also released a series of reports of Monitoring and Assessment of Desert Locust specially for Pakistan since 2020.
Huang briefed the Pakistani envoy on how China-Pak scientists cooperate in the prevention and control of locusts by the use of remote sensing system for plant pests and disease monitoring and forecasting.
Huang also presented fruitful results and good prospects of China-Pakistan cooperation in food security and biodiversity monitoring with the help of the Global Crop Pest Monitoring and Risk Forecasting system, which was developed by Huang’s team.
The Pakistani envoy said these are very important to the two nations’ agriculture and Pakistan’s need. He hoped to have further communication on the high-quality building of Green CPEC.
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