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Caretaker Federal Minister for National Food Security & Research Dr. Kausar Abdullah Malik showing “Ecological Baseline Survey Report Tharparkar” to media persons after the launching ceremony. Country representative IUCN Pakistan Mr. Mahmood Cheema and CEO Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company Amir Iqbal also seen on the eve
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IUCN celebrates Pakistan’s youngest athlete Mahnoor as Youth Ambassador
ISLAMABAD, Apr 19 (APP): The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN-Pakistan) on Tuesday celebrated the appointment of Pakistan’s youngest athlete Mahnoor Saleh as the Youth Ambassador for Environment in Gilgit Baltistan, recognising her efforts to break the taboos and become a professional female winter sports player. The IUCN-Pakistan in a ceremony hailed the unprecedented… Continue reading IUCN celebrates Pakistan’s youngest athlete Mahnoor as Youth Ambassador
Margalla Hills – a repository of endangered Asian Leopards
By Ali Jabir ISLAMABAD, Mar 20 (APP): Making the foothill of the Himalayan and sprawling over 17,000 hectare land, the biodiversity rich Margalla Hills National Park has become a thriving habitat for the diminishing Common Asian Leopards. Once the biome’s migratory species that used to descend from Galiat and Ayubia National Park during heavy snowfall… Continue reading Margalla Hills – a repository of endangered Asian Leopards
IUCN Pakistan, HRDN plants mangroves at Port Qasim to mark International Women’s Day
KARACHI, Mar 8 (APP): International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN Pakistan) in collaboration with its member organizations Human Resource Development Network (HRDN), Health And Nutrition Society (HANDS) and National Rural Support Programme (NRSP) celebrated International Women’s Day at Tor Island, Port Qasim. The members of HRDN and IUCN staff members also participated in… Continue reading IUCN Pakistan, HRDN plants mangroves at Port Qasim to mark International Women’s Day
Common Asian Leopard preserve zone inaugurated at Trail 6
ISLAMABAD, Jan 01 (APP):Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam on Saturday inaugurated the first-ever Common Asian Leopard preserve zone in the federal capital’s scenic Margalla Hills National Park Trail-6 that falls in Kalinjar area. Addressing the inaugural ceremony at Trail-6 visitors information center, the SAPM said the conservation… Continue reading Common Asian Leopard preserve zone inaugurated at Trail 6
‘Cohort4ClimateConversations’ forum launched to strengthen climate change reporting
ISLAMABAD, Apr 01 (APP): United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Islamabad in collaboration with the High Commission of Canada in Pakistan concluded a series of sensitization and information sharing sessions to strengthen climate change reporting. These sessions culminated in the formulation of a Cohort4ClimateConversations forum, with the aim to strengthen climate change reporting… Continue reading ‘Cohort4ClimateConversations’ forum launched to strengthen climate change reporting
Tahir Qureshi’s demise loss for conservation movement: Amin Aslam
ISLAMABAD, Dec 29 (APP): Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam has expressed his heartfelt condolence on the demise of renowned senior Pakistani environmentalist and adviser on coastal ecosystems with the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Tahir Qureshi who passed away on Tuesday. In a tweet,… Continue reading Tahir Qureshi’s demise loss for conservation movement: Amin Aslam
Lonely Pakistan elephant quickly adapts to new home in Cambodia
BEIJING, Dec 19 (APP):Lonely Pakistan elephant Kaavan is healthy and has quickly adapted himself to his new home here, Cambodian Ministry of Environment secretary of state and spokesman Neth Pheaktra said. The 35-year-old Asian bull elephant arrived in northwest Cambodia’s Siem Reap province from Pakistan by a chartered plane on Nov. 30 after spending nearly… Continue reading Lonely Pakistan elephant quickly adapts to new home in Cambodia
Tripartite monitoring of TBTTP to yield benefits for country
ISLAMABAD, Sep 24 (APP): International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) country representative Mahmood Akhtar Cheema said ‘Third-Party Monitoring and Evaluation Consortium’ of Ten Billion Tree Tsunami Programme (TBTTP) would yield numerous benefits for the country. He said this while talking to media men in an event held here on Thursday. Mahmood Akhtar said the… Continue reading Tripartite monitoring of TBTTP to yield benefits for country
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