Saplings to be planted along Metro Bus route
Islamabad
January 24, 2021
Islamabad:The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has decided to plant saplings in March on greenbelts on both sides of the Rawalpindi-Islamabad Metro Bus, which fall within the limits of the federal capital.
The CDA’s Director General (Environment) inspected the greenbelts on Metro Bus route along with the Director National Highway Authority (NHA) and discussed the plan to plant trees in upcoming plantation drive.
The climate change ministry would also provide its financial and technical assistance in the plantation drive to ensure maximum survival rate. According to the CDA, the buses plying on the metro route emit greenhouse gases but plantation on both sides would help mitigate their impacts to a satisfactory level.
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ISLAMABAD: A project worth $37 million regarding installation of early warning systems in 24 valleys of Gilgit-Baltistan to avoid flash floods, under the Green Climate Fund, would be completed in June 2022. The climate change ministry said the project was delayed due to some technical reasons, but now all modalities had been sorted out and work was in progress according to the schedule. The outbreak of coronavirus pandemic was one of the main reasons that proved to be stumbling block in initiation of the project that was aimed at protecting the local communities against flash floods due to outburst of glacial lakes. According to United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), more than 3,000 glacial lakes had formed as of 2018 in northern areas, with 33 of them considered hazardous due to which more than 7 million people living downstream face risk of flash floods. The locals said that a flash flood occurred in May last year due to outburst in Shishper glacier at Hasa
ISLAMABAD: A project worth $37 million regarding installation of early warning systems in 24 valleys of Gilgit-Baltistan to avoid flash floods, under the Green Climate Fund, would be completed in.
Locally produced honey enter trial phase
Islamabad
January 21, 2021
Islamabad:The climate change ministry has sent three types of locally produced organic honey for a trial to evaluate their quality and taste under Billion Tree Honey Initiative launched by Prime Minister Imran Khan.
According to the details shared by the officials of the climate change ministry, they have received organic honey from three plantations including Robinia, Acacia, and Russian Olive. The initial reviews revealed that all of these nature based types have unique taste, sweetness, and flavour and also possess high qualities as compared to other types being used even in the European countries.
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After Years of Protests, the Islamabad Zoo Will Convert Into an Animal Sanctuary
A happy ending for 2020, a year when Pakistanis debated animal abuse like never before
The Islamabad Zoo, long a source of complaints from Pakistani animal activists, is officially closing down and converting into an animal conservation centre, city officials announced on December 8.
In May, the Islamabad High Court ordered all of its 878 animals to be relocated to conservation centres. The court also ordered that the zoo’s management be handed over from the Islamabad Metropolitan Corporation (IMC) to Islamabad Wildlife Management Board (IWMB), on whose recommendation the Ministry of Climate Change decided to convert the 82-acre space into a wildlife conservation centre.