A Michigan State University (MSU) scientist and colleagues have said that China and India need to collaborate to slow global warming, deforestation, water shortages and other environmental issues.
"China and India are the two largest countries in the world in terms of population," said Jianguo Liu of MSU, who holds the Rachel Carson Chair in Sustainability.
In a report "China, India and the environment," published in the journal of Science, Liu and co-authors advocate using scientific collaboration as a bridge to help break down political barriers between the two nations - ultimately benefiting the larger global society.
All authors have strong research programs in one or both the countries.
"We all have a huge interest in a sustainable world and the way we are managing it now, it simply is not sustainable," said Peter Raven, co-author and president of the Missouri Botanical Garden.
According to Liu, water availability could be an increasingly challenging issue facing the two countries.
"One thing we have learned from the recession is that without sustainability there cannot be unlimited growth," said Kamaljit Bawa, University of Massachusetts-Boston distinguished professor of biology and president of the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment in Banglore, India.
"The two countries are not facing recession and its time for them to exercise environmental stewardship. Future economic growth is contingent upon this stewardship," he added.
Source: Sify
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