August 30, 2008	Saturday	Sha'aban 27, 1429

ISLAMABAD, Aug 29: The Australian High Commissioner in Islamabad Zorica McCarthy who called on the Minister for Environment, Hameedullah Jan Afridi on Friday, stressed the need of cooperation on the issues of environment particularly climate change.

The Australian High Commissioner apprised the Minister that Australia and Pakistan had some similar environmental problems and her government would like to enhance cooperation with Pakistan in the area of environment. She said that Australia could help Pakistan by providing expertise to tackle the issues of climate change, deforestation and developing clean development mechanism (CDM) projects.

In a statement issued here, Federal Minister for Environment suggested that both countries should jointly fight environmental degradation and climate change. —Staff Reporter