From Mountains to Mangroves: Protecting Pakistan's Natural Heritage [Hardcover]

This book informs the reader about the many inspiring stories of conservation activities taking place across Pakistan. The stories are penned in an engaging, personal manner with rigorous research endorsed by WWF-Pakistan. An important record of the recent conservation history of Pakistan, these stories have been selected from the author's travels over the past two decades to far-flung areas ranging from the Karakoram Mountains to the Makran Coast.Pakistan is a geographical gem-a land with the greatest change in elevation within any sovereign state on earth, from 0 metres at Sonmiani Bay to 8,611 metres at the summit of K-2. Such dramatic changes in altitude have resulted in incredibly diverse ecosystems with wildlife ranging from snow leopards up in the high mountains to marine turtles on the coast. This book, written by the pioneering Pakistani environmental journalist, Rina Saeed Khan, is an attempt to highlight some of this amazing diversity.From Mountains to Mangrovesinforms the reader about the many inspiring stories of conservation activities taking place across Pakistan. The sixteen stories in the book are penned in an engaging, personal manner with rigorous research endorsed by WWF-Pakistan. An important record of the recent conservation history of Pakistan, these stories have been selected from the author's many travels over the past two decades to far-flung areas ranging from the Karakoram Mountains to the Makran Coast.List of FiguresForeword by Dr Kauser Abdulla MalikPreface 1. Valley of Blood: Pakistan-China Border2. Shandur Pass: Endangered Wilderness3. Kalash Tribe of Chitral: Struggle for Survival4. Palas Valley: Wealth of Biodiversity5. Ayubia Park: Home to Precious Natural Forests6. Patriata: Last of Punjab's Ravaged Forests7. Chilgozas: Black Gold of Suleiman Range8. Juniper Forests: Living Fossils of Ziarat9. Torghar: Markhor Heroes of Balochistan10. Salt Range: Rejuvenation of Soan Valley11. Indus: Saving the Blind Dolphins12. Desert Lalƒ4