Amar Guriro KARACHI – Finally taking notice of media reports and fisherfolk’s complaints about garbage dumping at the city’s beaches, a Sindh Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) team visited the seashore along coastal villages of Ibrahim Hyderi and Rehri, where the defunct City District Government Karachi and private contactors have been disposing of tonnes of garbage [...]
By Amar Guriro Of the two largest Southasian deltas, one flourishes as the other faces the threat of being overrun by the sea. At a time when melting glaciers, shrinking coastal lands, depleting freshwater sources and vanishing forests are hot issues across the world, the tidal mangrove forests of the Sundarban constitute an encouraging [...]
By Amar Guriro KARACHI – The Sub-Committee of Indus Ecoregion Steering Committee (SCIESC) has recommended the provincial government to nominate Sindh Ibex (Capra aegagrus blythi) and Black Partridge (Melanoperdix niger) as the provincial animal and the provincial bird, respectively. At the 13th meeting of SCIESC held under the chairmanship of Sindh Forests and Wildlife Department [...]
By Amar Guriro KARACHI – One of the most ecologically diverse areas in the country, the Thar desert is home to several exotic species of wildlife, especially Indian peafowl (Pavo cristatus), Chinkara (Gazella bennettii), hog deer (Hyelaphus porcinus), nilgai (Boselaphus tragocamelus), apart from quite a few other members of the canine family, birds of prey [...]
