Beijing, 7 sep (EFE).-Agriculture Minister, Peru, Miguel Guillermo Caillaux said today that Peru can learn a lot from the Chinese experience in the environment, within the framework of the first meeting organized by the Forum of Pacific Asia economic cooperation (APEC) in Beijing on forestry development sustainable.
The head of the Peruvian portfolio of agriculture said in a press conference, that China is doing impressive work to promote sustainable forest development and the experience of the Asian country, especially in the technological field, can contribute much to the Peru.
“Is obvious and indisputable that the future of civilizations this directly linked to the fact that we have a good management of the forest issue and if we fail or do not know to do, we can soon expect from our development as a civilization”, added Caillaux.
The Minister added that after the meetings, it was confirmed that the 21 members of APEC are determined to work together and ratify the objective outlined in the Declaration of Sydney, in 2007, increase at least 20 million hectares of forests in the region Asia Pacific.
Caillaux also scored because Peru already has a forestry law the Andean country has legal tools to work in different geographical areas and according to their characteristics, development sustainable.
The owner of agriculture Peru participated in the session on the strengthening of the forest governance and management to promote the multiple functions of forests and the growing green.
Caillaux was that, for example, the Agriculture of the andenes technique could be used in China because they offer the possibility to develop several ecological floors, get variety of products, catch water from erosion and also offers a scenic effect valuable.
He also recalled that thanks to the Peru and China have a treaty free trade agreement (NAFTA), both countries are more likely to collaborate on agricultural issues and protection environmental.
The current meeting is the first ministers and APEC representatives responsible for the portfolio of environmental with the aim of developing the forests of the region.
The 21 APEC countries have 53 percent of the world’s forests, 60 percent of the production of forest products and 80 percent of trade in these products.
Countries members of APEC (Australia, Brunei, Canada, Indonesia, Japan, Korea South, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, USA, Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, Mexico, Papua New Guinea, Chile, Peru, Russia and Viet Nam) are responsible for half of world trade and the 60 per cent of the internal gross product (GDP) worldwide. EFE
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