Biodiversity Day: Wildlife of Sherani forest fighting for life

Our Correspondent

Quetta: The Balochistan government on Sunday announced the imposition of section144 in Sherani and other forests of the province to protect flora and fauna, trees and other wildlife from fire.

The decision has been taken to protect human lives, animals, species, and other creatures from burn.

All public firefighting activities have also been banned. In this regard, the Balochistan Home Department issued a statement on Sunday.

Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure1898 has been enacted in forest zones of Quetta, Ziarat, Kalat and other areas of the province for the protection of local populations, forests and wildlife.

The ban is also imposed in the forests of Karkhasa, Kirtaphorest Dhadar, Sherani, Zhob, Harnai, Musa Khel, Barkhan and Kohlu. In addition, firefighting, barbecue, fire camping and other such activities at Spin Karez, Takto Range, Juniper Harboi Kalat and Hangul National Park are also banned.

Sherani Forest is the largest forest of its kind and a large amount of wildlife and trees has been engulfed in a devastating fire for the past two weeks, but unfortunately, the government, politicians, wildlife activists, PDMA, army, judges and media do not care.

This is a great loss because there is no greed for commission and no progress in their titles, said a local resident.

Unfortunately, we have to say that most of us belong to the religion in which planting trees is considered a charity and a great virtue.

“I pay tribute to the people on social media who have shed light on this important issue and request the government and other institutions to do something to extinguish the fire, ” said another local resident.

On the other side, the country is celebrating “the International Day for Biological Diversity”. The Day was announced by the United Nation for the promotion of Biodiversity issues.

Biodiversity Day 2022 is being celebrated under the slogan “Building a shared future for all life”.

The UN website stresses nature-based solutions to climate, health issues, food and water security and sustainable livelihoods. Biodiversity is the backbone of a better future and this is time to realize the importance of forests.

In this regard, Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA) celebrated “International Day for Biological Diversity” today in benefitting manner.

In this regard, lectures were arranged at coastal bases for the fishermen’s community in which issues of overfishing and protection of fishery resources by avoiding banned nets were discussed.

Members of staff also dressed up” the Save the Planet” ribbon and performed their duties on Pickets and boats.