Forestry in Pakistan - Wikipedia
网页According to the survey done under the Red Plus programme in 2017, the forest cover of Pakistan is 5.7%. According to survey under Red Plus programme, the Azad Jammu and Kashmir has the highest forest cover at 36.9%, followed by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (20.3%), Islamabad (22.6%) and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (19.5%).
Forests - WWF
网页Pakistan is a forest poor country where less than 6 per cent of total area is under forests. Since most of area falls in arid and semi-arid region, low precipitation naturally deters the growth of forests. Every year thousands of hectares of forest is destroyed, making way for various human activities. In areas where the forest remains, its ...
Pakistan Deforestation Rates & Statistics | GFW - Global Forest …
网页Explore interactive charts and maps that summarize key statistics about forests in Pakistan. Statistics – including rates of forest change, forest extent, drivers of deforestation, and deforestation and fire alerts – can be customized, easily …
Forest / Pakistan | Interactive Country Fiches - UNEP/GRID
网页Pakistan is one of the world’s low forest countries [1], [2]. Its natural forests are spread over nine ecological zones across the country, covering an area of 4.47 million hectares, or 5.1% of the country’s total land area in 2019. Despite its low cover, Pakistan’s forests are of high significance,providing livelihoods to millions of ...
In Pakistan, a once-threatened pine tree is staging a comeback
网页The revelation would lead Khan, 74, who is originally from Peshawar, to launch a campaign to conserve Balochistan’s mountain forests and one of their most recognizable trees, the Chilghoza pine. Today, some 260km 2 of forest is protected, much with the help of local residents who were once responsible for felling the trees.
Pakistan Interactive Forest Map & Tree Cover Change Data | GFW
网页Explore the state of forests in Pakistan by analyzing tree cover change on GFW’s interactive global forest map using satellite data. Learn about deforestation rates and other land use practices, forest fires, forest communities, biodiversity and much more.
Restore Pakistan’s forests to prevent floods | Science - AAAS
网页2022年11月3日 · Restore Pakistan’s forests to prevent floods. Forests comprise less than 5% of Pakistan’s total area (1), and every year more forest area is destroyed by anthropogenic and natural activities. Pakistan’s dwindling forest cover has exacerbated the effects of climate change (2).
Pakistan’s Ten Billion Tree Tsunami - UNEP
网页2021年6月2日 · As Pakistan prepares for World Environment Day, on June 5, the country has shown it is prepared to lead the way in ecosystem restoration with its Ten Billion Tree Tsunami Project. The ambitious project- which is supported by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) - sets out to plant ten billion trees by 2023.
The green emergency: deforestation in Pakistan - World Bank Blogs
网页2019年5月22日 · Every year, Pakistan loses almost 27,000 hectares of natural forest area. Based on this, Pakistan is in a state of ‘Green Emergency’. This state of emergency has negatively impacted the rural population that relies on Pakistan’s forests for their livelihoods.
10 billion trees: reversing deforestation, tackling climate …
网页2019年3月20日 · Forest degradation in Pakistan has negatively impacted communities, ecosystems, and biodiversity. As forested areas shrink, their attendant resources also disappear. Pakistan has less forest cover, only 5%, due to arid and semi-arid climatic conditions in most parts of the country. But despite poor forest cover, Pakistan is …