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Karamar Mountain fire: Court approached to file cases against Wildlife, Forest dept officials

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SWABI: An application was filed on Saturday with the district and sessions judge seeking the registration of FIRs against the officials of the Wildlife and Forest departments for their alleged negligence when a fire broke out at the Karamar Mountain in the district in June. Salim Khan Advocate, former provincial general secretary of Awami National […]


Green initiative: Govt to offer over 5,000 sites for tree plantation in Sindh

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Karachi: The Sindh Public Health Engineering and Rural Development (PHERD) Department is going to offer over 5,000 sites throughout the province for the plantation of trees. Top officials are optimistic that the project will help reduce climate change threats within a span of just a few years. The department is ready to provide these sites to […]


Climate change ministry told to take over Marghzar Zoo

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Islamabad: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday directed the Ministry of Climate Change to take over Marghzar Zoo to ensure proper care of the animals. Chief Justice Athar Minallah on a petition seeking proper care of the animals observed that a brown bear was injured and there were no proper facilities with the zoo […]


CDWP clears PM tsunami tree project at Rs125b cost

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Islamabad: The government cleared on Thursday Prime Minister’s tsunami tree project at a cost of Rs125 billion in violation of a recently approved Public Finance Management Act (PFMA) that binds authorities to approve only those development schemes that are financially viable. However, the government cleared the tsunami tree scheme without conducting its cost-benefit analysis, compelling the […]


16pc raise in climate change budget: Amin

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Islamabad – Prime Minister’s Adviser on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam on Thursday said that Premier Imran Khan’s vision of Clean Green Pakistan is getting international acclaim. Addressing a press conference here, he said that 7.5 billion rupees have been allocated for 10 billion tree Tsunami programme for this year and Rs125 billion will be […]


Experts call for steps to curb pangolin trafficking

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KARACHI: Experts at a meeting held on Monday expressed their concerns over a steep decline in pangolin population in the country and underscored the need for creating awareness particularly among communities living in areas home to the mammalian species. The meeting was organised by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Pakistan, to discuss […]


Big cats of Instagram: Pakistani elite’s love of exotic wildlife

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KARACHI:Bilal Mansoor Khawaja beams as he runs his palms over the ivory coat of a white lion, one of thousands of exotic animals at his personal “zoo” in Karachi, where a thriving wildlife trade caters to Pakistan’s gilded elite. “These are… (some) of the rarest animals I own,” boasts the 29-year-old industrialist of his leashed […]


Coconut palm saplings bring back greenery to Korangi Road

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Karachi: After the removal of plant nurseries from Korangi Road following Supreme Court orders last year, the greenery seems to be slowly returning to the area. The Cantonment Board Clifton (CBC) first planted grass tiles which have taken root and which have spread into a lush lawn. Recently, some 200 coconut trees have also been […]


Punjab forest dept ordered to stop new housing schemes

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LAHORE: Punjab Minister for Law, Parliamentary Affairs and Local Government & Community Development Raja Basharat has said new housing schemes are damaging natural beauty of Kallar Kahar Hills besides posing serious threats to environmental protection. He was presiding over a meeting of Cabinet Committee on Legislative Business at Civil Secretariat on Tuesday. The meeting was […]


Climate change effect

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Global economic powerhouses carry on with their obsession with growth, burning more fossil fuel and adding more carbon dioxide to the atmosphere, which simply means a globe getting warmer by the day. While that’s no revelation, the world – the richer constituents in particular – continues to burn coal, oil and gas in huge quantities, […]


‘Climate change exacerbating natural disasters’

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KARACHI: National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) chairman Lt-Gen Muhammad Afzal on Friday said that climate change was exacerbating natural disasters. Presiding over a meeting at the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) Sindh, he said that full cooperation would be given to the PDMA Sindh in its efforts to cope with disasters, according to a statement. […]


Billion tree tsunami project may increase forests by 1%

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ISLAMABAD: The federal government has estimated a one per cent increase in forest area in the country from the Billion Tree Tsunami Project. Around 0.8 million hectare land would be required for this purpose. The cost of Rs125 billion has been estimated for first phase of the project which would be generated by both, the federal […]


Sindh to conduct aerial spray to save crops from swarms of locusts

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KARACHI – The Sindh government on Wednesday decided to conduct aerial spray after swarms of locusts landed in six districts of the province. Swarms of locusts have spread to several districts of Sindh including Nawabshah, Naushehro Feroz, Sanghar, Mirpur Khas, Jamshoro after initially descending in Khairpur from Balochistan, sparking fears of large-scale crop devastation in […]


Steps taken to prevent hunting in Changa Manga

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Changa Manga   –    Wildlife Department has taken stringent measures to prevent hunting in Changa Manga forest, said District Wildlife Officer Kasur Mujahid Kaleem while talking to journalists at a press conference on Wednesday. Mujahid Kaleem said wildlife game sanctuary Changa Manga had been banned from hunting for many years. No hunter was allowed to enter […]