• April 15, 2016
• Environmental Journalism

SUKKUR: Climate change poses significant threat to old people, said HelpAid International programme manager Syed Moezuddin Hai. National climate strategies must take into account the capabilities, rights and vulnerabilities of the old people. Full participation of people of all ages in these strategies is essential to make them successful, he claimed. Hai was speaking at […]

• April 14, 2016
• Environmental Journalism

Karachi: As many as 300,000 plants and trees will be planted across the city in next four months under the “Sarsabz-o-Pursakoon Karachi” campaign that will be carried out with the support of social, governmental and commercial organisations. This was announced by Karachi Commissioner Syed Asif Hyder Shah while chairing a meeting in his office with […]

• April 11, 2016
• Environmental Journalism

KARACHI: Over 70 full-grown trees have been felled along Shaheed-i-Millat Road over which a case has been registered for the offence at the Ferozabad police station. Karachi Metropolitan Corporation deputy director Nadeem Khan got an FIR (No 120 / 2016) registered against unidentified suspects under Sections 379 (punishment for theft), 427 (mischief causing damage to […]

• April 9, 2016
• Environmental Journalism

KARACHI: As many as 62 turtles of an endangered species were handed over to the Sindh wildlife department on Thursday night. The turtles contained in boxes wrapped with tape were recovered by the crime branch police of Jamshed Town. According to Adnan Mehmood, the incharge of marine conservation at the wildlife department, only seven turtles […]

• April 7, 2016
• Environmental Journalism

MARINE biologists studying the effects of climate change, ocean acidification and oxygen depletion — caused by overfishing and pollution — have often pointed out that depletion of the ecosystem is dangerous for various fish species. Consider this: how essential is seaweed, that is known as the ‘tree’ of the coastal ecosystem? A nutrient-rich seafood it […]

• April 7, 2016
• Environmental Journalism

BATTAGRAM / SHANGLA / MANSEHRA: The authorities asked around 200 families of a village in Allai tehsil of Battagram district on Wednesday to leave their houses and move to safe places because of an imminent threat of landslides. The administration of the tehsil informed the people of Thandol village that cracks in mountains could cause […]

• April 6, 2016
• Environmental Journalism

EFU Life, one of the leading life insurance providers in Pakistan, has launched a Tree Plantation Drive to commemorate the 4th Insurance Day in Pakistan. EFU Life has always been at the forefront of ground-breaking CSR initiatives. The company is committed to serving the people of Pakistan, and improving the quality of life. Taking this […]

• April 5, 2016
• Environmental Journalism, Information Technology

Islamabad: To strengthen national food security, Pakistan will have to adopt modern agricultural technologies, especially in terms of seed development and farming, said agriculture experts while addressing a seminar on ‘Developing Seed in Pakistan: Challenges and Opportunities’ at the Pakistan Agriculture Research Council (PARC) here on Monday. Experts stressed upon enhancing knowledge sharing initiatives to […]

• April 5, 2016
• Environmental Journalism

A fisherman, who was trained to protect marine life, while hunting on the seas rescued a rare fish called ‘Rhomboid Squid’ last week off Ormara coast. Fisherman Hadayat Ullah successfully released a 45 centimetres long Rhomboid Squid 160 kilometres off south of Malan, near Ormara on Mach 30, 2016, the WWF-Pakistan said on Monday. “Rhomboid […]

• March 29, 2016
• Environmental Journalism

KARACHI: Increasing sea intrusion along with the sinking of the Indus delta due to the phenomenon of land subsidence poses a serious threat to Pakistan’s coastline that needs to be addressed through immediate short- and long-term measures, said experts at a briefing held at the National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) on Monday. They were briefing […]

• March 29, 2016
• Environmental Journalism

KARACHI: Pakistan is ranked as eighth highest exporter of shark fins and is considered to be an important shark fishing nation, said WWF-Hong Kong global shark programme leader Dr Andy Cornish. He was speaking at first-day of a workshop on the conservation of sharks at the Pearl Continental hotel on Monday. The three-day event has […]

• March 28, 2016
• Environmental Journalism

ISLAMABAD: In the past decade, we have witnessed a series of floods that affected parts of Pakistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) periodically, causing catastrophic damages to infrastructure, property and hence, economy. Then, there were droughts for most of rural Sindh and a severe heatwave last year. At present, floods, droughts and their management […]

• March 28, 2016
• Environmental Journalism

NAGARPARKAR: Defor­estation of the Karoonjhar hills, which surround Nagarparkar town of Tharparkar district, threatened the very existence of critically endangered vultures whose population has further reduced over the past couple of years, it emerged on Saturday. While the government has placed a ban on deforestation, the activity goes on mainly to collect the precious rasin […]

• March 27, 2016
• Environmental Journalism

KARACHI: It will take many, many years to bring back the pleasant weather and rainfall Karachi once enjoyed, said environmentalist Tofiq Pasha. Experts gave advice and suggestions to improve the greenery of the Defence Housing Authority (DHA) and the kinds of trees that should be planted at the ‘Greener DHA’ seminar on Friday, jointly organised […]