国产精品99一区二区三_免费中文日韩_国产在线精品一区二区_日本成人手机在线

Fiji stresses importance of healthy environment

Source: Xinhua| 2019-06-19 15:56:48|Editor: xuxin
Video PlayerClose

SUVA, June 19 (Xinhua) -- Fiji stressed on Wednesday the importance of a healthy and pristine environment for all Fijians.

Speaking in the parliament, Fiji's Minister of Agriculture, Rural and Maritime Development, Waterways and Environment Mahendra Reddy said that ensuring Fijians of all generations enjoying a healthy and pristine environment to sustain their livelihoods for stronger and prosperous communities remains the Department of Environment's key priority.

Reddy emphasized the importance of the Fijian government's initiative in prohibiting plastic bags in the coming months that would address numerous environment climate issues in the island nation.

"This 2019/2020 budget is weighed with the government's commitment to safeguarding our natural environment through an integrated expedient approach, ensuring that development does not come at the cost of our environment," he said.

"The move to ban the single use of plastic bags in seven months, increasing the duty on plastic bags, introduction of the Environment and Climate Adaptation Levy - these are all the right steps in securing our environment and mobilizing public finance for projects that aggrandize our resilience to climate change and furthering our environmental conservation."

The minister said that such policies reflected the Fijian government's vision to keep waterways, and their oceans free of plastics while also providing options to harness economic benefits from these resources.

"These transmuting environmental conservation initiatives keep us on track to achieve environmental commitments we have set in the five and 20 year National Development Plan (NDP) and National Adaptation Plan (NAP)," he said.

The Ministry of Waterways and Environment was allocated 10.1 million Fijian dollars (about 4.65 million U.S. dollars) for the Environmental Protection Initiative in the 2019/2020 National Budget.

TOP STORIES
EDITOR’S CHOICE
MOST VIEWED
EXPLORE XINHUANET
010020070750000000000000011100001381559811
主站蜘蛛池模板: 龙州县| 芦溪县| 天水市| 灵川县| 江都市| 内黄县| 文山县| 东城区| 肃宁县| 车致| 太仆寺旗| 昌乐县| 乡宁县| 临洮县| 湖北省| 察隅县| 郧西县| 潢川县| 永定县| 绥阳县| 尉氏县| 田阳县| 台南市| 临湘市| 新郑市| 西昌市| 丹凤县| 清涧县| 昔阳县| 姜堰市| 佛学| 陆河县| 大英县| 盐边县| 准格尔旗| 阜城县| 文山县| 夏津县| 盘锦市| 沙坪坝区| 乌海市|