End of the River?
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 example of effective conservation. Spread over 10,000 sq km in India and Bangladesh, with some…
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‘Our Sindhi symbols – ibex, black partridge’
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 Secretary Sohail Akbar Shah, it was informed that key stakeholders, including major universities of Sindh,…
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Mighty Indus has its delta ripped
Climatic changes, acute drinking water shortage force coastal communities to migrate Text and Photo By Amar Guriro KARACHI – Elderly Ramzan still remembers the days when he was a child and almost everyone in his village cultivated the famous ‘red rice’ among other crops. Even the farmers were very rich due to excellent crop productivity and owned several cattle head. But everything has changed. Most of the residents in the…
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Tsunami alert – IUCN wants you to stay a mile away from shore
…………………………………………………………………………. By: Amar Guriro | Published: March 23, 2011 KARACHI – A tsunami in the Arabian Sea can cause widespread destruction in Pakistan and in order to prevent the loss of property and around 400,000 human lives a buffer zone along the coast is needed, said International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Asia Regional Director Aban Marker Kabraji on Tuesday. “The one-mile buffer zone along the coastal belt especially…
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