Karachi:
The Karachi Port Trust (KPT) has recovered a wide strip of mangrove forests of the illegal occupants, starting the forestry efforts to save the coastal ecosystem.
Over time, invaders began to reduce mangrove forests (locally known as Timar forests) for the construction of residential units, which affected forest growth.
A KPT spokesman declared that mangrove forests are crucial for the marine environment. Therefore, according to the agenda of the task force of the Prime Minister, the organization has recently been eliminating the illegal invasions of these occupied lands and claiming them, planting time trees in a large area around Mai Kolachi Road.
The KPT has also expressed its determination that a large number of these trees will be planted during the planting season. However, the responsibility of protecting mangrove forests and avoiding its court remains a responsibility of the Forest Department of Sindh.
Until 1980, dense mangrove forests of eight species existed along the Karachi coast. However, during the last four decades, federal and provincial institutions have allowed the occupation of two or three kilometers of the coastal land for the construction of expensive residential and commercial schemes. This despite the fact that mangroves are protected forests under national and international laws and cannot be reduced.
According to the details obtained by the Express PAkGazette, the 75 -kilometer long Karachi coast extends in parallel to multiple fishermen and residential areas, including Ibrahim Hydari, Rehri, Chashma Goth, Lath Basti, Machhar Col Col Col Col Col Col Col Col Col Col Col Colction by Bay, Mubawy, MUBEWY, MUBEWY, MUBAQUI, MUBARY, MUBAR, MUBAR, MUBAR, MUBAR, MUBARY, MUBARY, MUBAR, MUBAR, MUBAR, MUBAR, MUBARY, MUBARY, MUBARY, MUBARY, MUBARY.
Dr. Syed Nawaz Al-Huda, a regional planner, revealed that the Tamarisco forests, which were being cut from the areas near the Korangi Creek Industrial Park and the Colony Macchar, had a role to reduce the air pollution of the city and control their temperature.
