Despite two decades of worldwide efforts, more than 4,000 precious wildlife species still fall prey to trafficking every year, a new report by the UN crime and drugs prevention office, UNODC, showed on Monday.
Human activities have devastated our wildlife. Human ingenuity can help to save it,” he said. This year’s theme focuses on how digital technologies can drive wildlife conservation at a time when pollution, climate chaos, habitat loss and exploitation of nature are putting a million plant and animal species at risk of extinction. No ‘silver bullet’…
A freshwater turtle found in Sindh. Photo: The Express Tribune Web Desk: Sindh province has 8 different species of turtles including two species of sea turtles. 23rd May is celebrated as World Turtle Conservation Day across the world, on the occasion of which, the Sindh Wildlife Conservation Department has released the statistical data regarding the…
“One million species teeter on the brink of extinction, due to habitat destruction, fossil fuel pollution and the worsening climate crisis. We must end this war on nature,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned in his message for the Day. The scores of species of fauna and flora under threat from human activities include some that…
The Sindh Wildlife Department has released more than 1000 baby green turtles to the sea at Sandspit beach. Photo: File Karachi: The Sindh Wildlife Department released another 1,000 green turtle hatchlings into the sea. After the green turtles sent to the sea by the wildlife department last day, the number of hatchlings released into the…
