Forests of Pakistan - List of news paper articles for reference.

List of news articles:

Urban Forestry in Lahore

https://gulfnews.com/world/asia/pakistan/pakistan-pm-imran-khan-launches-worlds-largest-miyawaki-urban-forest-in-lahore-1.81476181

Mianwali Urban Forestry Program.

 https://www.dawn.com/news/1606960 

Billion Tree Plan

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-17/a-10-billion-tree-plan-is-restoring-pakistan-s-lost-forests   

Forest System Critically Threatened

 https://www.dawn.com/news/1539686/forest-systems-critically-threatened-says-fao 

Pakistan's tree-planting drive has a sweetener: more honey

https://www.dawn.com/news/1567565

 The dwindling forests in Balochistan

http://thebalochistanpoint.com/the-dwindling-forests-in-balochistan/

Pakistan's Deforestation Rate is World's Highest

https://www.dawn.com/news/1503365

Urban Forestry

https://www.dawn.com/news/1572651 

Balochistan and Climate change

https://dailytimes.com.pk/465038/balochistan-and-climate-change/

 Balochistan’s promising forestry sector lacks proper care

https://www.pakistangulfeconomist.com/2018/07/16/balochistans-promising-forestry-sector-lacks-proper-care/amp/

Guarding Mangroves

https://www.dawn.com/news/1531765

Endangered Mangrove forest of Pakistan

https://www.technologytimes.pk/2017/09/15/endangered-mangrove-forest-pakistan/ 

Long-Term Forestry Policy

https://www.dawn.com/news/1478904

Water Resources of Pakistan - Newspaper Articles for Reading

Water-logging and salinity

https://www.dawn.com/news/1522402

Water Crisis in Pakistan: Facts and Solutions

https://nation.com.pk/07-Aug-2020/water-crisis-in-pakistan-facts-and-solutions

2. Ensuring Pakistan’s Water Security: A Case for Large Dams

https://www.technologytimes.pk/2020/07/15/ensuring-pakistans-water-security-a-case-for-large-dams/

3. Pakistan’s Water Crisis Nothing But Poor Resource Management

https://www.technologytimes.pk/2020/06/29/pakistans-water-crisis-nothing-but-poor-resource-management/

4. Pakistan's dams threatening  mangroves and livelihood

https://www.dw.com/en/pakistans-dams-threaten-mangroves-and-livelihoods/a-46696480

5. ‘Three Gorges’ to drive Pakistan to new heights of development

https://www.app.com.pk/national/three-gorges-to-drive-pakistan-to-new-heights-of-development/

6. Drip Irrigation in the desert of Pakistan

Drip irrigation one of the modern methods which is expensive but far more efficient than canal or tube well irrigation, it reduces burden on the water resources as a limited amount of water is used to irrigation huge areas. This system of irrigation also prevents from waterlogging which is a menace caused by unlined perennial canals as it turn the arable land into wasteland.  Read how a farmer used tehnology to turn sand dune into orchids by clicking on Drip Irrigation In Cholistan Desert

7. Sukkur Barrage and it's Canals

8. Turning Deserts into Dreams - Thal Canal

Topography of Pakistan - Newspaper Articles for Reading

 1. Pakistan: Prolonged drought threatens communities in Thar Desert

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/05/pakistan-prolonged-drought-threatens-communities-thar-desert-190529144919303.html

2. Indus delta has shrunk by 92% since 1833

https://tribune.com.pk/story/1649523/indus-delta-shrunk-92-since-1833

3. Ignored by Pakistan, the Indus Delta is Lost to the Sea

https://www.thethirdpole.net/2020/05/05/ignored-by-pakistan-the-indus-delta-is-being-lost-to-the-sea/

Climate of Pakistan - Newspaper Articles for Reading

Climate Change - A real threat to Pakistan.

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2346065/climate-change-a-real-threat-to-pakistan

Met Fears More Glacial Floods

https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/686888-met-fears-more-glacial-floods

Northern Pakistan melting glaciers threaten villages

https://www.samaa.tv/video/2020/07/melting-glaciers-are-threatening-settlements/

Read the following news article to see how droughts affect the livestock farming of Thar Desert 

Flood Management

https://www.dawn.com/news/1568505

Mineral Resources of Pakistan - Newspaper Articles for Reading

Agricultural Resources of Pakistan - Newspaper Articles for Reading

Decrease in Cotton cultivation - published Feb 2021
There is fall in cotton production in Pakistan for third consecutive year which has led to higher prices of cotton for textile industry and import of cotton which is 15% costlier as compared to the locally produced cotton.
Read the news article here

Article about Locusts attacks
Read it here

 

2. Importance of by-products of sugarcane

https://www.dawn.com/news/176372

 

3. How smart can agriculture be

https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/576184-how-smart-can-agriculture-be

 

4. Fruit production in Balochistan

https://www.dawn.com/news/294012

 

5. Balochistan - the fruit basket of Pakistan

https://dailytimes.com.pk/360613/the-fruit-baskets-of-pakistan/

 

6. What ails agriculture of Pakistan.
https://profit.pakistantoday.com.pk/2020/07/26/what-ails-agriculture-sowing-nothing-harvesting-nothing/

7. Sustainability - A Prime Solution To Agricultural Crunch In Pakistan
http://blogs.dunyanews.tv/27010/

Western Mountains of Pakistan

Western Mountains of Pakistan

1. Safed Koh Mountains - white mountains 

• Average height 3600m

• Its highest peak is Mount Sikaram - 4,761 m

• The Kabul River cuts a channel in the north of the Safed Koh mountains to flow eastward into the Indus River. This narrow channel cuts it from the Hindukush Range.

• This range is located in the south of Hindukush Range.

• Kurram river passes from south of the Safed Koh Mountains.

Safed Koh Mountains

2. Waziristan Hills - altitude between 1,500 and 3,000 meters,

• Waziristan hills are located in the area west and southwest of Peshawar between the Kurram and Tochi River to the north and the Gomal River to the south.

• Bannu Valley lies in the east of these mountains.

• These mountains are rich in mineral deposits.

•  These mountains are mostly barren.

• The Kurram River flows from the northwest to the southeast through Kurram Pass into North Waziristan and eventually joining the Indus River.

• Tochi River flows west to east through Tochi Pass.

• Gomal River flows west to east through Gomal Pass.

• The Gomal and Tochi Pass connect Pakistan to Afghanistan.

•  the Gomal River forms the boundary between Balochistan and the South Waziristan Agency.

• Landforms in the area are varied and include piedmont, plains, valleys, gravel fans, rough broken land and gullied land.

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   Waziristan Hills
  Gomal River Moving through Gomal Pass

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