By: Shahid Husain Karachi: The first phase of the 50-year Indus for All Programme – a joint venture of WWF-Pakistan and the government of Sindh – has concluded. It had started in July 2006. Speaking at an event organised at a hotel to celebrate the occasion, Rab Nawaz, the Indus for All Programme’s team leader, […]
KARACHI: We can’t stop cyclones and floods, but we can reduce their impact on vulnerable communities – only if some people living in urban areas flush their ‘devil may care’ attitude down the drain, instead of excessive amounts of water. At a workshop organised on Saturday by the World Wildlife Fund for Nature-Pakistan (WWF-P), experts […]
KARACHI: Lack of coordination is hampering sustainable management of coastal resources, said speakers at a national stakeholders’ consultation workshop organised by the Mangroves for the Future Programme here. Thirty participants representing various governments, non-government and academic organisations attended the workshop with the objective of providing input for the preparation of a handbook on coastal areas […]
By: Ishaq Tanoli KARACHI: The fate of 16 complaints against suspected environmental polluters hangs in the balance as the lone environmental protection tribunal set up in Sindh has not been functional for around six months, it emerged on Sunday. Sources said the tenure of the last chairperson of the Sindh Environmental Protection Tribunal expired in […]
KARACHI: As the Bay of Bengal is cooling down and the North Arabian Sea is warming up, the number of tropical cyclones has increased owing to the temperature shifting trend. Data collected from 56 meteorological stations in Pakistan shows a sharp rise in temperature during the first decade of the 21st century, except the year […]
By: Waqas Naeem ISLAMABAD: Until the late 19th century, the Indus Delta boasted of a thick mangrove plantation. The forests in the delta were so lush that there were even reports of an ‘Indus Tiger’ on the prowl within its recesses. This description provided by Tahir Qureshi, a senior adviser at the International Union for […]
By: Imran Ali Teepu ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Environment Protection Agency (Pak-EPA) on Monday questioned the Capital Development Authority (CDA)’s ‘environmental approach’ when it came to allotting parking spaces on greenbelts to commercial high-rise projects. In a statement to Dawn, Asif Shuja, the director general of Pak-EPA, criticised CDA’s poor environment policies. “Despite our concerns, the […]
By: Noor Aftab ISLAMABAD: A multi-billion mega Zulfikarabad City project in Indus Delta belt, initiated by the government, is feared to pose serious environmental and ecological threats to the area, generally called ‘jewel in the crown’ of Pakistan’s ecological heritage. According to Expression of Interest issued by Zulfikarabad Development Authority (ZDA) the project is conceptualised […]
ISLAMABAD: Sustainable use of land and depleting water resources is critical for sustainable socio-economic and environmental uplift, particularly food security and poverty alleviation. However making sustainable land management and water conservation plans an integral part of national and other sectoral policies is not possible without a renewed political commitment at all levels. Ministry of Climate […]
By: Mohammad Asif ACCORDING to a news item (Dec 12), the Pakistan Forest Institute, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, launched a report that there is an increase of 0.3 per cent in forest cover across Pakistan and 3.3 per cent in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. In a country where most of our trees are lined along roads and years of […]
KARACHI: Changes in weather conditions over the past two decades have aggravated the miseries of coastal communities living below the poverty line. Besides, the existing nexus between political and economic elites who tend to take undue privileges by controlling resources make matters even worse, says a report published by the World Wide Fund for Nature-Pakistan […]
By: K. UMER FAROOQ A RECENT conference in Qatar about global warming and climate change has reported that it has become a big challenge for big powers which are mostly responsible for the climate disaster to clear the mess. According to the media, leaders from more than 200 countries gathered in Doha, Qatar, to continue […]
By: Muhammad Asif The Pakistan Forest Institute Khyber Pakhtunkhwa recently launched a report which mentions, among other things, a significant increase of 0.3 percent in forest cover across Pakistan and of 3.3 percent in KP. In a country where years of destruction of forests, at the hands of different mafias, and usage of forest wood […]
By: S. N. IQBAL RAZA “BALOCHISTAN cries out for rehabilitation effort,” writes Faiza Ilyas (Dec 10). It has been three months since the floods came and water is still standing. She says that 156 people lost their lives during the flood that has hit Jafferabad and Nasirabad. The report highlights that the floods devastated Jafferabad, […]
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