The Coastal Wealth Of Pakistan

Pakistan has the fifth largest mangrove ecosystem in the  world.

THREATS

• Construction of barrages and dams upstream on the river Indus stop the supply of nutrient rich silt.
• Municipal waste and sewage dumped into the mangrove area poisons them.

WWF efforts

                   

• A WWF project focuses on replanting mangrove forests and creating an awareness for their sustainable use .
• The WWF has developed two mangrove nurseries and has planted 10,000 saplings.
• Four locally managed nurseries are in operation.
• They are planting 40 acres of mangrove plantation.
• construction.
• Construction of fully equipped Wetland Centre.