NESS Global Report 2024 published

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The National Eco-Security System (NESS) Global Report 2024 has been published with 206 volumes including 197 country volumes. Each report was revised by making sure there is a section for each Higher Education and Research Institution (HERI) in the world (over 37,000 in total). 

The Master Catalog Volume (Vol. 1) was developed which includes contents for all volumes and there is item for each HERI.  Please download the Vol.1 at the link given below containing contents of the whole Global Report. The following volumes of the Report have been published:

  1. General Edition (Vol. 1~2)
  2. Asia Edition (Vol. 3~50)
  3. Africa Edition (Vol. 51~105)
  4. Latin America and the Caribbean (Vol. 106~139)
  5. Europe Edition (Vol. 140~185)
  6. Oceania Edition (Vol. 186~202)
  7. North America Edition (Vol. 203~205)
  8. Others Volume (Vol. 206)

The National Eco-Security System (NESS) Global Report 2024 Pakistan Volume has been published. The Report was prepared by the Editorial Committee headed by Prof. Muhammad Subhan Qureshi, Secretary General and Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Editorial Committee for Pakistan Volume of NESS Global Report/Member, International Editorial Committee for NESS Global Report/President Dairy Science Park. Prof Sher Bahadar Khan, Principal Veterinary College AWKUM and Dr Shahid Iqbal assisted as Deputy Secretary General and Vice Secretary General of the Repoort.

The Global Development Report on an Eco-Security System for All People, known as the NESS Global Report, is published annually to document the efforts of countries as they research and develop their own “National Eco-Security Systems (NESS)” through their scientific and academic communities. It also highlights the global initiative to collectively establish “An Eco-Security System for All People (ESSAP).” Much like the “Records of the Grand Historian” (Shiji in Chinese), this report chronicles humanity’s united efforts to address the global ecological crisis and ensure the ecological conditions necessary for the long-term survival of people in all countries (all of humanity).

There are 494 higher education, research. Government and other institutions (HERIs) affiliated with
NESS Pakistan, out of which 100 (20.2%), 54 (10.9%) and 340 (68.8%) have made institutional,
individual and no promises yet, respectively. As of May 2025, the number of members of the
Editorial Committee has been: 110 Editorial Committee (EC) members for Pakistan Volume of
NESS Global Report, as well as 15 Youth Editorial Committee (YEC) members were identified, with
3 executive members totaling 128 from various HERIs. A total of 579 persons have got registered as
NESS Supporters through NESS-Pak. 

The National Eco-Security Center was proposed for AWKUM during One Health Conference 2023 and  with the objectives to engage national experts and institutions from subsectors of National Eco-Security System Pakistan (NESS-Pak), comprising the five pillarsof i) Environment Security; ii) Biological Diversity; iii) Food Security; iv) Public Health and; v) Livelihood Security for analyzing the challenges and developing policy guidelines. Interdisciplinary research would be supported to understand the drivers of Eco-Security and the threats to Six of the nine planetary boundaries, transgressed up to 2023 (Qureshi 2023) and to develop mitigation strategy. 

The Editorial Committee, NESS Global Report Pakistan Volume held a meeting during One Health Conference 2024. To strengthen Pakistan’s engagement with NESS-Pak, it was proposed to establish National Eco-Security Commission Pakistan. This Commission would facilitate coordination across government ministries and focus on five key pillars of Eco-Security.

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