Kathmandu, June 6: Ambassador of Australia to Nepal Felicity Volk has expressed her excitement about marking the World Environment Day alongside President of Nepal Ramchandra Paudel and other dignitaries.
Others present on the occasion were government, diplomatic, ICIMOD, WWF Nepal and other civil society representatives. “I was pleased to join President Ramchandra Paudel this morning, with government, diplomatic, ICIMOD, WWF Nepal and other civil society representatives to mark World Environment Day.”
Globally the equivalent of one football pitch of soil is eroded every 5 seconds. Yet, it takes 1,000 years to generate 3 centimetres of topsoil.
“As we observe World Environment Day 2024, we celebrate the Australian partnership with Asia and the Pacific, home to over two-thirds of the world’s population, in tackling issues surrounding land restoration, desertification and drought resilience,” according to the Australian Embassy.
Extensive agriculture, deforestation, unmanaged urbanisation and sprawl are contributing to land degradation, leading to desertification and droughts.
In Nepal, Australia has partnered with ICIMOD, Ministry of Forest and Environment of Nepal and other government and non-government agencies in building institutional capabilities in integrated river basin management.
