Tree plantation vital to curb environmental pollution

MULTAN, Mar 11 (APP): Director General Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA), Asif Rauf Khan, said that tree-plantation was dire need of the hour to curb environmental pollution. DG PHA expressed these views during tree-plantation at Gulgasht road here on Saturday. He said that the authority […]

DERA ISMAIL KHAN: DC inaugurates tree plantation drive 2023

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Mar 08 (APP): Deputy Commissioner Lakki Marwat Abdul Hadi on Wednesday inaugurated a tree plantation campaign 2023 by planting a sapling at the Town complex, Tajazai A large number of people from the civil society and officials of the forest department were […]

Germany angers EU after putting brakes on fossil fuel car ban

Brussels, March 7 (AFP/APP): Berlin has upset EU partners by blocking a milestone agreement to ban new sales of fossil fuel cars from 2035, as German domestic politics takes the bloc hostage. The planned ban is key to Brussels’ push to make the bloc climate-neutral […]

UN targets real-time tracking of greenhouse gases

Geneva, March 6 (AFP/APP): The United Nations announced on Monday that it had taken a step towards filling a key gap in the fight against climate change, with plans for standardised, real-time tracking of global greenhouse gases. The UN’s World Meteorological Organization has come up […]

Treaty ahoy! UN states agree ‘historic’ deal to protect high seas

United Nations, United States, March 5 (AFP/APP):UN member states finally agreed Saturday, following years of talks, to a text on the first international treaty to protect the high seas, a fragile and vital treasure that covers nearly half the planet. “The ship has reached the […]

EU announces $865 mn for ocean protection in 2023

Panama City, March 2 (AFP/APP): The European Union on Wednesday announced it would dedicate 816.5 million euros ($865 million) to ocean conservation in 2023. At the Our Ocean global conference in Panama, the EU confirmed its “strong commitment to protect, restore and take care of […]

Cow manure fuels French tractors

BeaumontoisenPérigord, France, Feb 28 (AFP/APP):A French farmer steps away from his barn and fills up a tractor with fuel made from the manure of his cows, an attempt to put their climate-damaging methane to good use. Anchored by a stone farmhouse, much has changed on […]

Protection of trees collective obligation: Uqaili

the collective obligation of the society to ensure the protection and maintenance of the plants after the plantation. He expressed these views after inaugurating the plantation campaign 2023 here on Tuesday. Planting trees was an ongoing charity and the best way to serve humanity, he […]