Environment Minister greets Green Press on launch of its website

ISLAMABAD, June 4: Federal Minister for Environment Omar Asghar Khan has greeted Green Press on the launch of its website and environmental web radio.

In a message, the Minister said that he was pleased to know that Green Press has taken this initiative which will promote the dissemination of information among the masses.

Green Press, established since June 5, 1992, is an association of journalists dedicated to environment and human rights issues. The Environment Minister said that it is the policy of the present government that maximum number of people have access to information.

He said the website and web radio will also result in new linkages with outside world and benefit both Pakistan and other countries from each other's experiences.

He hoped that the website will enhance the local technical knowledge and knowhow in developing environmental technologies.

Pakistan, he said, has no dearth of indigenous knowledge in seed-production, forest management, water conservation and harvesting. He said these local experiences can also be put on a broader canvas of the website so that people living in other countries also learn from them.

Omar Asghar hoped that the website will promote dialogue between government, citizens and private sector on environmental issues.

 

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