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Environment and Natural Resources Management
Environment and natural resources management is an area where countries are truly interdependent, and where regional cooperation is essential to make a tangible difference. Natural calamities, resource degradation, and environmental disasters caused by human activity rarely respect national boundaries. Without proper coordination, environmental resources will not be sustained. Regional cooperation can help mitigate the effects of environmental disasters, and can bring about practical and achievable initiatives to improve management and protection of the environment. Regional cooperation is helping countries to tackle major environmental concerns such as air and water pollution, forest fires, acid rain, and traffic congestion, droughts, floods, erosion, and the protection of fragile ecosystems. |
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