Despite the government’s afforestation efforts, civil society organizations and local communities, 11,000 hectares of forest coverage are lost each year. The main threats against forests in Pakistan include deforestation, forest fires, climate change and conversion of forest land to agriculture, commercial and housing programs. This was declared by the World Wide Fund for Nature-Pakistan (WWF-Pakistan). In addition, he said that forest protection in Pakistan requires an approach that brings together government institutes, conservation organizations and local communities. Pakistan is a poor country in the forest, with only five percent of the total area under the forests. Most land is arid and semi-arid regions, so low precipitation dissuade forest growth. In areas where forests remain, their wealth and their health decrease due to threats such as the increase in the population.
“Essential forests to control floods, droughts”
