Islamabad: The federal government has announced its decision to establish database centres in collaboration with the provincial authorities concerned in a bid to improve the existing biodiversity conservation measures and to launch biodiversity monitoring programmes across the country, according to news sources.
As per the working plan of the climate change ministry, the initiative would be geared towards the elimination of:
Over-grazing,
Over-harvesting
Deforestation
Water-logging and Salinization
Land conversion
Soil erosion
Desertification
Alien invasive species
Environmental pollution
These database centres would help integrate biodiversity conservation measures into sectoral initiatives and develop community-based biodiversity management systems.
The National Council for the Conservation of Wildlife (NCCW) would help the climate ministry develop the database about flora and fauna. The working paper also underlined the need to develop a support group involving policy-making-opinion-leader to prepare and implement a strategy for enhancing biodiversity knowledge of decision-makers. This group will also act as a change agent through informal communications.
Moreover, it was decided that steps will be taken to integrate ecosystem and biodiversity consideration in developing strategies for various sectors including; forestry, fisheries, agricultural and rural development tourism, energy and infrastructural development.
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