Tackling climate change
Climate change is without doubt the greatest challenge facing human society this century. Pakistan’s location in an arid and semi-arid region of the globe makes it the fifth most vulnerable country in the world to the negative effects of climate change.
Sindh’s coastline in the Indus Delta Area, which extends over 230 kilometres, is the most vulnerable part of the country to those negative effects.
An environmental priority
The protection, restoration and sustainable management of these tidal wetlands is an environmental emergency and a priority for the Government of Sindh. In 2015, Indus Delta Capital Private Limited and Forest and Wildlife Department of Government of Sindh joined forces to launch the Delta Blue Carbon Project.
The goal of the initiative is to secure and enhance these coastal mangrove forests for their vital provisioning, regulating, supporting and cultural services.
The pioneering programme was developed to:
The project protects the existing 102,000 hectares of mangrove forests and is rehabilitating and restoring another 226,000 hectares of degraded and de-vegetated mangrove lands.
- PROTECT the Indus Delta Tidal Wetlands from human disturbances.
- REHABILITATE degraded mangrove forests and ensure they are sustainably managed through effective stewardship agreements with local communities.
- IMPLEMENT sectoral policies and strategies that support sustainable development and minimise deforestation and loss of ecosystem services.
- EMPOWER local communities and other stakeholders through awareness raising and capacity building.
- DELIVER high-quality Blue Carbon Credits as a result of interventions over the project’s lifetime (60 years).
The project protects the existing 102,000 hectares of mangrove forests and is rehabilitating and restoring another 226,000 hectares of degraded and de-vegetated mangrove lands.
of mangrove forests protected
100000
ha
of degraded and mangrove lands rehabilitated and restored
200000
ha
