Advanced Warning Systems to Safeguard Pakistan’s Northern Mountains

News Desk 

Beijing: An advanced disaster risk simulation and early warning forecast system will be implemented to strengthen disaster resilience in the mountainous regions of northern Pakistan.

Recently, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the National Disaster Management Authority of Pakistan (NDMA) have signed a cooperation agreement to this end.

Formalized between the China-Pakistan Joint Research Centre for Earth Sciences (CPJRC) and the National Disaster Management Institute (NDMI), the agreement aims to enhance disaster management, particularly in the earthquake and landslide-prone areas of northern Pakistan.

Under the agreement, both parties will collaborate to promote the deployment of mountain disaster risk simulation and early warning forecast systems.

The initiative includes the establishment of new monitoring stations to improve risk assessment and data collection, crucial for effective disaster response, as reported by Chinese media.

Academician Cui Peng, Executive Deputy Director and Chief Scientist of CPJRC, has presented the mountain disaster risk simulation and early warning forecast system, expressing confidence in its successful implementation in Pakistan and the potential for fruitful collaboration between the two sides.

He highlighted that the cooperation agreement signing would further strengthen collaboration and exchange between the involved parties.

CPJRC, established through a mutual agreement between CAS and Pakistan’s Higher Education Commission, focuses on scientific research and education in earth sciences. It operates from Quaid-e-Azam University and is hosted by the Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, CAS.