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Bird Biodiversity In Pakistan When it comes to biodiversity, it won’t be wrong tosay that Pakistan is a very diverse country – thanks to all the various types of Ecosystems and Biomes that Pakistan has to offer to its plants, animals and birds. Pakistan boasts a huge variety of birds, both that are native or […]
Indus River System- Length, Tributaries and Importance The Indus River System comprises of the Indus River in Pakistan as well as a number of smaller tributaries originating from it. Together, they form the Indus River System. It is one of the longest rivers in the world with a length of 2000 miles (3200 km). Tributaries […]
Pakistan Monsoon Floods 2022 The monsoon of August 2022 in Pakistan was recorded as the highest ever in the region’s 30 year rainfall pattern. As a result the flooding caused by the monsoon weather in Pakistan proved to be the deadliest natural disaster to ever hit the region. The flood waters submerged all 4 provinces […]
Pre-Monsoon Crop Residue Burning in Pakistan – What is Crop Residue? Crop residue, also known as stubble burning is the burning of crop remains on the field or agricultural land in order to clear land for the next crop. Burning of crop residue is done in this manner not only because it is efficient, convenient […]
Climate Change and Heatwaves in Pakistan: The impacts of climate change on developing countries have been felt severely in the form of increased extreme weather events and abnormal climatic phenomenon. Pakistan is also one of the countries experiencing its impacts most recently in the form of floods and GLOFs. For more information check out, Pakistan […]
If Indus were to speak, it would say, ‘I want to live again.’ – Sherry Rehman, Federal minister for climate change. Living Indus is an umbrella initiative consisting of various existing and new projects to address the triple planetary crisis, including Climate change, Biodiversity, and Pollution. It aims at climate-resilient reconstruction, in and around River […]
Need For Flood Mitigation Measures and Management Techniques In Pakistan After the unusual monsoon season that culminated into the devastating floods of 2022 in Pakistan; there is barely a need to define what flood is, as no one would be a stranger to this term. As we saw the horrifying visuals of the overwhelming volume […]
By: Dr. Khalid Farooq Akbar and Syeda Khola Tazeen Corresponding Author: kakbar5813@gmail.com Nature is the art of God. – Dante Introduction The ever-growing tsunami of human development including infrastructure expansion, urbanization, deforestation and industrialization has changed natural landscapes and is ravaging pristine wild areas. With advances in engineering and technology, there is no place left on […]
Introduction Whenever we think about tourism with respect to our environment the first concept that comes to our mind is the ecotourism. Ecotourism is a type of tourism that involves efficient use of environment through eco-friendly transport conserving the environment and educating the tourists to help in raising funds for environmental conservation and support to […]
INTRODUCTION: Plants are the important component and basis of the ecosystem. Plants are autotrophic in nature that is they can produce their own food through photosynthesis by the transformation of sunlight. Plants give us oxygen, food, shelter and there are many more applications of plants in different sectors such as healthcare and medicine, food industry, […]