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The percentage of Pakistan's area that is forest is disputed. The UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation estimates 2.2% of the total land of Pakistan is covered by forests. On the contrary, Pakistan Forest Institute estimates it to be 5.1%. According to the survey done under the Red Plus programme in 2017, the forest cover of Pakistan is 5.7%.
The Forest, Wildlife & Environment Department is a provincial department of the Government of Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. It manages the region's forestry, wildlife and related resources through sustainable and integrated natural resource management. The department is also as a center for biodiversity and eco-tourism.
The Climate Change, Forestry, Environment & Wildlife Department is a government agency in charge of preserving and managing wildlife in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Established in 1975, the department operates under the Wildlife Protection Act , which offers legal protection to wildlife and their habitats.
The Department of Forest is an attached department of Forestry, Wildlife & Fisheries Department created in 1886 under British rule as imperial forest service. The Department is responsible to develop, maintain, conserve & maximize forestry sector resources in the province of Punjab.
Agriculture is considered the backbone of Pakistan's economy, which relies heavily on its major crops. [1] Pakistan's principal natural resources are arable land and water. Agriculture accounts for about 18.9% [2] of Pakistan's GDP and employs about 42.3% of the labour force. The most agricultural province is Punjab where wheat & cotton are the ...
Ziarat Juniper Forest is a biosphere reserve recognized by UNESCO in 2013. [12] It is the largest contiguous natural Juniper forest in Pakistan. It is also the second oldest, trailing behind the one in California. [13] The forest ecosystem is considered to be the second largest in the world and is home to some of the oldest species of Juniperus ...
The Thar Desert in the province of Sindh is separated in the south from the salt flats of the Rann of Kachchh (Kutch) by a boundary that was first delineated in 1923–1924. After independence and dissolution of Empire, Independent and free Pakistan contested the southern boundary of Sindh, and a succession of border incidents resulted.
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