Endangered mangroves
From waste to energy
Land degradation a threat to environment
Pakistan has second highest rate of deforestation
Speakers including experts here at seminar on de-forestation issues, were of the view that Pakistan’s timberlands are in urgent need of protection and conservation by the concerned authorities, in order to discourage de-forestation and illegal chopping of trees for timber and other uses.
‘No botanical survey ever done in country’
Pakistan is losing its flora at an alarming rate. It has the second highest rate of deforestation in the world, and studies suggest it would lose all naturally grown trees within 15 years if no mass-scale conservation efforts were put in place.The awareness of plant significance in government circles may be gauged from the fact that there is no department in the country that works for plant protection. Hence, no botanical survey has ever been carried out in the country’s history.
Pakistan’s forests need protection, conservation
Speakers including experts here at seminar on de-forestation issues, were of the view that Pakistan’s timberlands are in urgent need of protection and conservation by the concerned authorities, in order to discourage de-forestation and illegal chopping of trees for timber and other uses.