Comprehensive, Integrated Strategy to Combat Pollution

Environment

DAMASCUS, (ST) – Minister of State for Environmental Affairs, Dr. Nazira Sarkis, underlined that the ministry works to develop a comprehensive and integrated strategy to combat pollution in all its forms and to improve the environmental situation taking into account the environmental status in addition to expanding cooperation with academic and research institutions to find solutions to environmental problems and to encourage research on environmental issues and contribute to reduce pollution.

 During a meeting recently held with the Director General of the Supreme Commission for Scientific Research, Dr. Ghassan Ass, the Minister stressed on the need to direct research and researchers to conduct research concerned with environmental issues and encourage scientific research and environment innovation through enhancing cooperation with the supreme body of scientific research to develop plans and procedures within the national policy for science, technology and innovations.

Dr. Sarkis explained that the ministry seeks to take advantage of scientific research to address some of the environmental issues and develop solutions an appropriate recommendations to preserve the environment and health development through environmental research conferences that evaluated annually, pointing out that scientific research is an urgent need in light of the circumstances in which Syria exposed to environment sabotage and destruction.
For his part, Dr. Assi reviewed  national policy for science, technology and innovation in Syria and the creation of an integrated system of science and innovation and contribute to building a knowledge-based economy and achieving sustainable development and linking research bodies with establishments of production and support innovations in establishments of production and service and enhance physical and human resources.

The meeting was attended by Deputy Minister of Environment, Eng. Suleiman Kalou, and managers involved in the ministry and the supreme body of scientific research.

 

Sh. al -Khatib 

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