News and Events

December 30, 2010
4th Annual Planning & Networking Meeting held
Hyderabad: Sindh Minister for Power, Ms Shazia Marri has pressed on need for raising awareness among masses about environmental challenges and fast depleting natural resources and sensitizing masses to play their part for mitigating soaring pressures on the all aspects of environment. more

December 25, 2010
Call to revive Riverine Forest after flood urged
Flood has given an opportunity to revive the forest in Sindh and efforts should be made to rehabilitee the lost forest coverage in Sindh. This was expressed by the speakers at a seminar on revival and rehabilitation of Riverine forest after flood. The seminar was organized by Pai Forest Action Network in collaboration with WWF’s Indus for All Programme. Speaking on the occasion prominent environmental writer Badar Abro said that campaign to increase forest coverage in Sindh needs to be initiated on an emergency basis. more

December 15, 2010
Call to promote sustainable use of fish resources
All stakeholders should come forward to promote sustainable use of fish resources. This was stated by the Director General Sindh Fisheries Ghulam Mohammad Mahar at seminar organized by Indus for All Programme, WWF at Keti Bunder. He said that government is making all efforts to discourage use of banned nets, which are having negative impacts on fish resources. He said that fishermen community should voluntarily disband the banned nets and instead should use legal nets, which allows juvenile fish to grow. more

December 9, 2010
Thatta DCO lauds Uplift activities of the Indus for All Programme
A meeting of the district coordination committee was held in Thatta and presided over by DCO Mr. Jaffer Abbasi. The meeting was attended by EDOs of different departments, members of national and local NGOs and representatives of local communities. more

December 7,8, 2010
Keenjhar Festival, Nature Study Camping Held in Thatta
A two day nature study camping was organised by the Indus for All Programme of the World Wide Fund for Nature – Pakistan on December 7 at Chul area near Keenjhar in Thatta to sensitise local communities about environmental and conservation issues highlight among them significance of sustainable use of natural resources. more

November 30, 2010
9th Meeting of Indus Ecoregion Steering Committee held
The ninth meeting of the Indus Ecoregion Steering Committee (IESC) held on November 30, 2010 at the Planning & Development Department, Government of Sindh. The Additional Chief Secretary, Planning & Development Government of Sindh Mr. Mohammad Ishaque Lashari chaired the meeting. more

November 11, 2010
21 teachers imparted environmental education training in Sanghar
As many as 21 teachers of different government and private schools of Sanghar district were imparted training in environmental education and grassroots comics. Held at the Chotiari Conservation Information Centre on October 26, the three day interactive and intensive training session was organised by the Indus for All Programme of WWF – Pakistan. more

October 26, 2010
Call to protect ecology in flood-affected areas
Hyderabad: Speakers at the ‘Dialogue on Ecological Impacts of Floods’ have underlined urgent need for efforts to rehabilitate and protect the displaced wildlife, reduce severe ecological impacts and promote forest coverage across the province to avert such catastrophic effects of floods in future. more

October 15, 2010
Call to revive Indigo Plant
Speakers have urged the government to help revive indigenous Indigo plant locally called Neer in Sindhi, which is national heritage. The plant was widely used as a source of the blue dye indigo. The use of plant indigo has nearly died out and has been completely replaced by synthetic material. more

October 11, 2010
Indus Ecoregion Media Exposure Visit for Journalists held
A two-day exposure visit for Karachi-based journalists was organised by the Indus for All Programme to sensitise about conservation and environmental issues and depleting natural resources of the Indus Ecoregion and given them exposure to the different interventions for natural resources more

September 22, 2010
Environmental education, grassroots comics training held in Nawabshah
A three-day interactive teachers training ‘Environmental Education and Grassroot Comics as Teaching-Learning Tool’ was arranged by the Pai site office of the Indus for All Programme. more

August 10, 2010
11th meeting of subcommittee of Indus eco region steering committee held
The 11th meeting of Subcommittee of Indus Ecoregion Steering Committee [SIESC] was held under the Chairmanship of Mr. Mushtaque Memon, Secretary Forests and Wildlife Department, Government of Sindh on 10th August 2010 at the committee room of Sindh Forests and Wildlife Department. more

July 28, 2010
Exposure visit of IESC members held
Karachi: The Indus for All Programme organized an exposure visit to Malaysia from July 19-27, 2010. The delegation comprised on Indus Eco-region steering committee (IESC) members. more

June 27 , 2010
Friends of Indus Forum call for environmental flows for Indus delta

Hyderabad June 27: The Friends of Indus Forum has called to declare Indus delta as fifth shareholder of water besides four provinces. In a meeting of forum held here, the forum representatives said that water accord 1991 should be revisited. They said that gaps in national water policy should be addressed prior to its approval. The forum said that a transparent and coherent national water policy should be promulgated as soon as possible. more

June 25 , 2010
Indus for All Programme launches documentary 'Flowing Indus Forever', Study on Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Better Management Practices Manuals
Hyderabad, 25 June, 2010: Environmentalists, conservationists, agriculture and wildlife experts and members of civil society organisation have underlined the need for protection and preservation of fast depleting natural resources and rich biodiversity of Sindh, which is faced with multi-faceted risks. more

June 18 , 2010
Keenjhar Conservation Network formed
Thatta, June 18: The area coordination committee of CBOs working in Keenjhar Lake was formed. The purpose was to improve networking among nine CBOs, who are working closely with Indus for All Programme. The committee was named as Keenjhar Conservation Network. more

June 14 , 2010
Chotiari Conservation Forum established by community based organizations
Sanghar June 14: The area coordination committee of CBOs working in Chotiari was formed. The purpose was to improve networking among nine CBOs, who are working closely with Indus for All Programme. The committee was named as Chotiari Conservation Forum. After extensive discussion, the representatives of CBOs elected the office bearers of the forum. more

June 12 , 2010
Relief items distributed in Keti Bunder
Thatta, June 12: The Programme Coordinator Indus for All Programme of WWF Nasir Ali Panhwar has said that due to global warming and climate change recurrence of cyclone has increased and people of coastal areas have become more vulnerable. He was speaking to community of Keti Bunder, while delivering relief items. more

June 05 , 2010
Pai Nature Festival held in Nawabshah to commemorate the World Environment Day 2010
Nawabshah, 05 June 2010: Hundreds of people, including school children, thronged to Pai Nature Festival, organized in District Shaheed Benazirabad, Sindh to mark the World Environment Day-2010. Held in D.C High School, Nawabshah, the event included a mix of informative and entertaining activities, which proved to be useful in educating and sensitising the masses, especially school children on various environmental issues. more

May 25 , 2010
8th Meeting of Indus Ecoregion Steering Committee held
Karachi: The eighth meeting of the Indus Ecoregion Steering Committee (IESC) was held on May 25, 2010 at the Planning & Development Department, Government of Sindh. The Secretary Forest and Wildlife Mr. Mushtaque Memon presided over the meeting. Speaking on the occasion, he said that water scarcity has affected the province in general and Indus delta in particular. more

May 11 , 2010
Area Coordination Committee of Pai formed
Nawab Shah, May 11 2010: Area Coordination Committee of 14 Community based organization working around Pai forest has been formed. Indus for All Programme of WWF has facilitated local communities living around Pai forest to form community based organizations. more

April 22, 2010
Indus for All Programme marked Earth Day in Keti Bunder
Keti Bunder,   Indus for All Programme of WWF celebrated Earth Day 2010 in Keti Bunder marking its 40th anniversary. In this regard, a host of activities were organised with an aim to raise awareness about the challenges being faced by earth due to irresponsible behaviour of people towards it. more

April 04, 2010
Training on sustainable management of fisheries held
Thatta April 4, 2010: Fishermen can play key role in sustainable management of fisheries. This was stated by the Director, Sindh Fisheries Ghulam Mujtaba Wadhar at the closing ceremony of three day training workshop on sustainable management of fisheries organized by Indus for All Programme, WWF-Pakistan under livelihood development plans implementation at Keenjhar Lake. more

March 29, 2010
Exposure visit for key stakeholder representatives to Sundarbans, Banladesh
The Indus for All Programme organized an exposure visit for a group of six journalists along with a senior officer of the Sindh Forest Department and three Programme staff to Sundarbans Bangladesh during 23 to 29 March 2010.. more

March 27, 2010
Call to restore Manchar Lake
The Friends of Indus Forum has called for restoration of Manchar Lake and has urged the government to establish Manchar Lake Development Authority, a dedicated body. more

March 22, 2010
Government of Sindh Declares Neem as Provincial Tree of Sindh
The Chief Secretary, Government of Sindh through a notification No. SO (C-IV) SGA&CD/4-20/2010 declared Neem (Azadirachta indica A. Juss.) as Provincial tree of Sindh. The initiative signifies the efforts and commitment of the Government of Sindh to conserve natural forests of the province. more

Feburary 25, 2010
Need for Participatory Forest Management urged
Badin, The people living in forest areas in Sindh are the poorest of the poor. This was stated by the Chief Conservator Forest Sindh Aijaz Nizamani, while speaking at the seminar organized by Badin Development and Research Organization in collaboration with WWF. more

Feburary 14, 2010
Gift to Mother Earth
WWF's Indus for All Programme and Indus Development Organization planted saplings of various tree species at Railo Mian Forest near Jamshoro as sign of love and affection to earth. more

Feburary 02, 2010
A pledge to revive Keenjhar Lake
Keenjhar Lake, situated in district Thatta of Sindh Province in Pakistan became of the point of concern during this year's World Wetlands Day celebrations in Karachi, took place on 02 February 2010. The flagship event of the celebrations was a consultative workshop on Keenjhar Lake organized jointly by the Indus for All Programme of WWF Pakistan and the Livestock and Fisheries Department, Government of Sindh. more

23 January 2010
Indus River Day marked at Thatta
he Friends of Indus Forum organized rally and seminar to mark the Indus River day at Thatta. The event was attended by writers, intellectuals, fishermen community and civil society organizations. The rally commenced from the Press Club Thatta and culminated at the Indus River. Speaking on the occasion, author of journey of Indus Badar Abro said that Sindh is because of Indus River. more