KARACHI: Astola island, a major biodiversity hotspot and the largest island along Pakistan’s coast, was declared the country’s first marine protected area through a notification issued by the ...

Karachi, 26 December 2019: ‘Astola Island is more likely to be impacted by ecological degradation due to multiple issues mainly rise in oil pollution, escalation of ghost nets, unprecedented increase ...

KARACHI: Despite being declared a marine protected area more than two years ago, the Astola Island — Pakistan’s largest uninhabited offshore island located 20 nautical miles east of Pasni ...

Astola island’s biodiversity at risk. Cats released on the island decades ago to hunt rodents have now become ferocious hunters of birds as well. Anadolu December 22, 2023.

There is no source of fresh water on the island and the vegetation depends on occasional rainfall Islamabad: The government is considering a proposal to declare Astola island in Balochistan a ...

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Climate Change, Zahid Hamid lauded on Friday the Balochsitan government for declaring As ...

KARACHI: The Astola Island, a huge island famous for its scenic beauty and is located off the Balochistan coast, has been designated as Pakistan’s first ever Marine Protected Area ...

The WWF-Pakistan congratulated the secretary Forest and Wildlife Department of Balochistan for his action over the Astola Island Marine Protected Area (AIMPA). Published in The Express Tribune ...

KARACHI: Astola Island, a huge island famous for its scenic beauty which is located off the Balochistan coast has been designated as Pakistan’s first-ever Marine Protected Area under the ...