Pakistan is a land blessed with a wide variety of plant and animal species but at the same time, consciously or unconsciously; we destroy our most prized possession. Every winter, thousands of birds migrate from Central Asia to Pakistan for about six months and since there is no law for legal hunting in Pakistan, it […]
Ms Stephanie Burri, Country Director of Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), has formally launched the establishment of the Climate Change Centre, set up in 2014 in the precinct of the University of Agriculture, Peshawar. The centre was set up with an urge to support farmers and other concerned in finding adaptation solutions to […]
ISLAMABAD: Experts and government representatives have pledged to jointly tackle degradation of marine and coastal ecosystems, caused by environmentally-damaging and unsustainable ship-recycling activities. They were speaking at a two-day national policy workshop on “Hazardous waste assessment for environmentally-sound management of waste from ship-recycling in Pakistan” in Bhurban on Monday. Speakers also underlined the need for […]
ISLAMABAD – Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan yesterday called for the adoption of pragmatic efforts to enhance forest area in the country and said that his party Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government had set important targets for next five years in the name of ‘Green Growth Programme’. Addressing a news conference, Imran Khan said that increased […]
Director General Wildlife and Parks Punjab, Khalid Ayaz Khan has said that a total fine of Rs66.78 million has been recovered in lieu of 22,994 cases registered during last seven years against those who were involved in illegal hunting and other offences of wildlife laws through officers of the department and courts. He said that […]
ISLAMABAD:The Ministry of Climate Change (MoCC) has asked provincial governments and relevant departments to prepare their project concept (PC-I) with a timeframe to include their suggestions in the Green Pakistan Programme (GPP) project. The ministry has written letters to provincial chief ministers, governors and forest departments seeking their input to implement the GPP project, a […]
KARACHI: As a year has passed to the worst heatwave, 20 million residents of the sprawling city still wait for the implementation of government’s promise to plant three million trees, it emerged on Wednesday. A hefty sum was arranged by the authorities to improve the city’s environment through the tree plantation campaign after the heatwave […]
The World Environment Day observed on June 5 every year is, like planting a few trees or shutting the lights off for an hour, an act of tokenism. Spending one day a year holding seminars and hearing government officials pontificate about their duty to the environment is not going to do anything to heal our […]
KARACHI: The Sindh Human Rights Commission (SHRC), run by the provincial government, has asked the forest ministry to take action against the mafias incessantly cutting trees in Thar, adding to the hardships of the desert district already facing a drought-like situation, it emerged on Tuesday. The commission on Tuesday sent a letter to the secretary […]
World Environment Day on Sunday observed across the globe including Pakistan with an aim to raise global awareness to take positive environmental action. Ministry of Climate Change and other organisations working for the protection of environment organised seminars and events in all four provinces including federal capital. The Day is celebrated every year on June […]
KARACHI: There used to be a time in Karachi when a visitor would toss a coin in the sea near Native Jetty and a young boy would dive in and get it back. The people would see the diver swim through the clear waters and get the coin. However, today the scenario is a mere […]
Karachi Audience of a programme held to mark World Environment Day have been informed that Sindh’s own environmental watchdog lacks field offices at district level hampering its ability to monitor and prevent instances of spreading pollution and other causes of environmental damage. Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) and National Forum for Environment and Health (NFEH) […]
ISLAMABAD – An agriculture expert, Shamsul Haq Memon, has stressed the need for giving attention to the agriculture sector, particularly keeping in view the latest climatic and environmental changes occurring in the country. Giving an interview to PTV News on Friday, he underscored the fact that Pakistan should never forget to preserve it crops from […]
ISLAMABAD: The environment paints a worrying situation as the government makes no mention of any concrete programmes initiated by the Ministry of Climate Change (MoCC) and its attached departments during 2015-16. The survey highlights the country’s vulnerability to climate change-induced disasters, but it does not offer information on any serious steps taken by MoCC towards […]
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