Healing Afghanistan's environment.At the request of the Transitional Islamic Government of Afghanistan, an international team largely funded by the European Commission European Commission, branch of the governing body of the European Union (EU) invested with executive and some legislative powers. Located in Brussels, Belgium, it was founded in 1967 when the three treaty organizations comprising what was then the European Community embarked in October 2003 on a program to promote environmental governance and support rehabilitation of Afghanistan's war-ravaged environment and famished fam·ish v. fam·ished, fam·ish·ing, fam·ish·es v.tr. 1. To cause to endure severe hunger. 2. To cause to starve to death. v.intr. 1. population. The US$5 million-plus, two-phase program will address priorities set in the country's national development budget and in UNEP's 2003 Afghanistan: Post-Conflict Environmental Assessment [see "Environmental Triage triage Division of patients for priority of care, usually into three categories: those who will not survive even with treatment; those who will survive without treatment; and those whose survival depends on treatment. in Afghanistan," EHP EHP abbr. 1. effective horsepower 2. electric horsepower 111 :A470-A473 (2003)]. The program will first focus on organizing and building capacity for a specialized environmental Afghan public administration. Beginning in 2004, phase two of the project will launch efforts directed toward strengthening the Department of the Environment, establishing protected areas, and integrating environmental education into Afghan schools and universities. |
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