Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu on Wednesday called for stronger cooperation among member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) in protecting the region’s environment and natural resources for the sake of its more than 600 million residents. Let us give our children a world better than we found and what we have,” he added. “Like haze and forest fires and illegal trading in wildlife, they do not stop at national borders,” the environment chief pointed out. Cimatu also cited the population pressures putting to test the sustainable use of the region’s rich natural resources. The region’s environmental problems, which transcend political and territorial boundaries can best be solved, he said, through cooperation, sharing of experiences and expertise, and joint efforts between and among ASEAN member-states.

Source: Manila Times July 26, 2017 17:15 UTC