ISLAMABAD – The federal government has decided to establish Climate Change Authority to tackle climate related challenges in the country.The authority would be headed by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, The Nation learnt reliably yesterday. The sources said that the Ministry of Climate Change has completed the draft of “Pakistan Climate Change Act 2016”, which will […]
KARACHI: Rapid development and the subsequent chopping of trees in Karachi has not only created problems for residents but also damaged the habitat of many birds and animals that lived here. Wildlife diversity, which is crucial for environmental stability, has reduced to such an extent that one doesn’t listen to birds chirping in the morning […]
THARPARKAR: At least 20 peacocks have died and more than two dozen others affected by the deadly Newcastle disease in Thar during the last couple of days. The deaths were reported from the Mithi area where local sources complained they failed to contact the wildlife officials due to the Eid holidays and feared that the […]
ISLAMABAD: The government is planning to introduce a bill to address the impact of climate change and meet the country’s obligations under international conventions. The proposed bill aims to help in comprehensive adaptation and formulation of mitigation policies and projects to address the issue. Under the proposed bill, a ‘Pakistan Climate Change Council’ would be […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s lonely elephant Kaavan has become the subject of a high-profile rights campaign backed by music icon Cher, but efforts to improve the pachyderm’s lot appear limited. The 32-year-old Asian elephant is suffering from “mental illness”, and without a better habitat his future is bleak even if a long-promised new mate finally arrives, experts […]
LAHORE: The Wildlife Department and World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) will together set up information desks at the Allama Iqbal International Airport in Lahore and the Benazir International Airport in Islamabad to raise awareness regarding the protection of wildlife and to discourage smuggling of endangered species. This was announced at a meeting of the […]
ISLAMABAD: A national plantation campaign would kick off on Aug 14, said the federal Minister for Climate Change Zahid Hamid on Wednesday, adding that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif would launch the Green Pakistan Programme and inaugurate the Monsoon Tree Planting Campaign 2016.Mr Hamid said this while chairing an inter-provincial meeting on the tree plantation campaign […]
HYDERABAD: Raising the ante against environment polluters, Sindh Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) has urged hospitals to stop burning toxic waste in the open and discharging untreated waste water in the municipal drains. At a personal hearing by Sepa on Thursday, the representatives from around 27 government and private hospitals of Hyderabad division were directed to […]
ISLAMABAD: According to estimates, there were 400 to 600 snow leopards in Pakistan a few years ago. But a climate change ministry official has said that DNA testing of animal excrement has revealed that there are now only 200 snow leopards in the country. At a press briefing on Tuesday, the climate change ministry’s inspector […]
ISLAMABAD: Environmental experts and other stakeholders on Sunday pledged to combine their efforts to achieve sustainable ship breaking activities which will ensure the conservation and protection of coastal and marine ecosystems in the coastal areas of the country. Experts at a national consultative policy workshop titled ‘Sustainable and Environmentally Sound Management of Waste from Ship […]
MURREE: Heavy fire broke out in the forests of Phaphril village near Expressway Danna and quickly burnt to ashes thousands of small plants of rare species and hundred precious trees. Local population after seeing flames rushed to the jungle and started controlling the fire on self help basis. On one hand timber mafia fells thousands […]
KARACHI: A dead Indus dolphin was spotted by people in Ghotki district on Friday morning, informed World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Sukkur project officer Malik Imran Children from Gono Khan Shar village, in Daharki taluka of Ghotki, were swimming in Narli Minor water channel when they spotted something floating in the water, he said. When it […]
HUMAN greed and unabashed materialism have begotten a monster which is ready to devour us. Excessive pollution from consuming fossil fuels is disturbing the balance of our ecosystem and threatening to destroy life on the planet. The spectre of climate change looms large but nobody seems to notice it. Turn on prime time TV in […]
KARACHI: While the wildlife department is yet to identify the black scorpion species confiscated in large numbers the other day at the airport, the fact that the Hong Kong-bound consignment was booked through the Mirpurkhas post office and brought by a post-office employee to the export cargo section has set off alarm, sources told Dawn […]
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