Environmental News and Articles from Pakistan
Pakistan is a country which is very rich in biodiversity as we have various kinds of biomes or life zones in our country such as freshwater, marine and coastal, freshwater wetlands and coral reef biomes to coniferous forests, temperate deciduous forests, thorn forests, grasslands and shrub lands, littoral and swamp, and Alpine and Tundra as […]
Endemic plants of any area are the plants that are found only in that area and or only very few places on Earth. Pakistan is home to a huge amount of plant species, many of which might not even have been discovered and identified yet. Pakistan, our beautiful country, is more beautiful because of its […]
Endemic fish species of Pakistan refers to the species of fish which only occur in the water bodies of Pakistan or only few other specific geographic locations in the world. Some fish are unique to Pakistan and in turn make Pakistan unique due to their uniqueness! But due to uncontrolled water pollution and the degradation […]
Reptiles usually get a bad reputation due to them being sometimes dangerous or intimidating, but amphibians don’t even get a reputation as people don’t seem to care for them at all. Amphibians aren’t paid much attention and are thought to be able to survive in all conditions, which cannot be further from the truth. Amphibians […]
Reptiles get a bad reputation due to their unfriendly looks and the fact that they can be sometimes dangerous, but that doesn’t mean we should not care about them. They are as important for the Ecosystem as their fluffier counterparts, plus not all reptiles are dangerous or scary. Pakistan has a lot of animals in […]
As we all know, Pakistan is not only home to a lot of different kinds of bird species but also a host to many many kinds of birds that every year migrate to our mild climate from the harsh winters of Siberia and Russia. So we are lucky to witness the beauty of different types […]
Endemic mammals are mammals which are found in a specific geographical location only. Pakistan has many endemic mammals, which definitely make Pakistan a more special place. But unfortunately due to hunting and poaching, many of these mammals are endangered or even critically endangered. But the sad thing about endemic species is that their exclusiveness can […]
Introduction The country of Pakistan has beautiful topography and blessed with a wide variety of biodiversity. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Baluchistan are the main provinces of Pakistan that have notable diversity of fish species. Along with this, almost all provinces of Pakistan have endemic fish species. The availability of fish species depends on the water […]