India and China to partner to fight environmental problems
Two of the biggest developing economies, India and China, need to cooperate to achieve synergy on environmental issues. This view was projected by the scientists from Michigan State University (MSU).
“China and India are the two largest countries in terms of population. Even while the rest of the world is in a recession, the economies of China and India are growing and the countries’ consumption of raw materials is increasing. Cooperation between the two is vital to mitigating negative environmental impacts,” said Jianguo Liu, MSU University Distinguished Professor of fisheries and wildlife who holds the Rachel Carson Chair in Sustainability.
Scientific collaboration between both the countries will not only break political barriers but also help in fighting environmental issues. In the report “China, India and the Environment,” published in the March 19 issue of the journal Science the authors have advocated scientific collaboration. Both the countries play a vital and very dominant role in molding the environmental outcomes for the planet in this century. The scientists feel that these two most populous countries could cooperate and reduce the loss to environment and bio-diversity.
Kamaljit S. Bawa, is the co-author of the paper. He is also the founder-president of the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), a non-governmental organisation based in Bangalore. He is a Distinguished Professor of Biology at the University of Massachusetts in Boston, U. S.
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