Swat admin fails to control deforestation
Tree cutting in Swat By Abdur Razzaq PESHAWAR: Forests in every country help preserve biodiversity, fight climate change and support people’s livelihood, but despite the benefits, officials in Pakistan have failed More...
Monsoon and vulnerability of food-insecure Balochistan
By Safiullah Shahwani QUETTA, BALOCHISTAN: Natural disasters have caused more damage to mankind in the 21st century than ever before, triggering unimaginable crisis of food security worldwide. Monsoon Contingency More...
Farmers in Mardan unable to cope climate changes
By Ismail Hashmi Climate change, a change in global and regional climate patterns, although contributes to adjustments in lifestyles for communities all over Pakistan, some areas are particularly at risk. One such More...
Killer effluents destroying freshwater sources
By Wasi Qureshi Tando Mohammad Khan “Since it’s polluted, we don’t drink the canal water,” says a woman resident of Tando Mohammad Khan. “The canal has become a junkyard, which is full of insects and More...
IUCN team rescues endangered green turtle stranded in mud flat along Karachi coast
By Amar Guriro KARACHI, SINDH: A team of cetacean experts of International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)’s Sea Turtles Project found a female green turtle stranding in the mud flats under the mangrove More...
Even herdsmen will feel effects of climate change
Safiullah Shahwani QUETTA, BALOCHISTAN: Nasir Marri, Balaach Marri and their cousins strive hard to mint a livelihood for themselves and other members of their family at a very young and tender age in the scorching More...
DHA in Multan plans mega project without EIA report
By Shakeel Baloch MULTAN, PUNJAB: Cutting of thousands of mango trees to establish a mega housing project in Multan by Pakistan’s largest military housing authority has become a matter of concern for environmentalists More...