Damascus, SANA Minister of State for Environment\u00a0Affairs Nazira Sarkis discussed on Monday with the Resident Representative of the UN\u00a0Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Syria, Eriko Hibi, means of activating\u00a0cooperation in the environmental domain through establishing income-generating and food projects.<\/p>\n
Sarkis highlighted the importance of activating\u00a0cooperation mainly in the fields of supporting the traditional eco-friendly industries\u00a0in the eastern and northeastern areas and al-Badia, and the household chemical-free food\u00a0industries.<\/p>\n
She also called for adopting an integrated\u00a0approach for ensuring sustainable maintaining of the plant genetic resources of food and crops and\u00a0the animal genetic resources, combating deterioration of natural resources, monitoring and\u00a0assessing the impacts of oil random refining, promoting bio-gas technologies and\u00a0management dust storms.<\/p>\n
Sarkis appreciated the technical aid extended by\u00a0the FAO in outlining a draft project on harmonizing Syria’s national plan with the 10-year\u00a0strategy of the UN Convention to Combat the Desertification (UNCCD).<\/p>\n
Both sides agreed to hold future technical\u00a0meetings to discuss resuming work at joint projects suspended due to the current crisis in\u00a0Syria.<\/p>\n
On May 17th, Sarkis discussed with representatives\u00a0of the FAO and the UN Food Program the holding environmental camps at reserves and\u00a0forests to raise awareness of the importance of the local environment and means of safely\u00a0utilizing environmental resources.<\/p>\n
H. Zain\/ H. Said<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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