Muzaffarabad: (Parliament Times) Sardar Masood Khan, President Azad Jammu and Kashmir said that it is our primary responsibility to take meaningful measures for preventing and managing the environmental impact of human activity and similarly, in comprehensive and coherent manner address the challenges posed to the environment.
The President made these remarks as the Chief guest at a seminar marking the World Environment Day organized by the Azad Jammu and
Kashmir Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) here Wednesday.
While speaking to his audience, the President reiterated the need for government institutions
to formulate policies and frameworks for safeguarding precious
environmental resources and promote responsible attitudes. He said that it
is our religious and collective social responsibility to help promote
similar activities and encourage sustainable and responsible production
processes. The President said that climate change and its accompanying
environmental degradation are perceived to be a threat that can have
incalculable consequences. He added that challenges of global climate
change have been at the forefront of the international agenda in the last
quarter of a century and this issue has become an area of concern for many
governments across the globe.Underlining the environmental impact of
irresponsibly using plastics, especially single-use polythene bags, the
President said that using such bags has led to a considerable impact on the
environment and the inappropriate disposal of these bags along with its
inability to biodegrade has led to toxic contaminants being introduced into
the soil, ultimately poisoning the very food that we eat. He added that the
excessive use of plastic bags has become a nuisance both in urban and rural
settings which has deeply impacted the ecosystem, adding that if this trend
continues, it is said that by 2050 plastic will exceed the number of fish
in the world’s oceans. President Masood Khan also emphasised the need to
protect the environment by planting more trees and ensuring proper
treatment of sewage and solid waste. He said that the AJK Government in
this regard has taken steps to promote tree plantation in all districts of
AJK adding that after the Federal Government the AJK Government was the
first to prepare and promulgate its climate change policy which aims to
mitigate climate change, spur sustainable development and avert greenhouse
gas emissions.
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