Wildlife vulnerable to global warming in Pakistan

Islamabad

Senior Director of WWF (World Wildlife Fund) Pakistan chapter and environmental expert Dr. Ejaz Ahmad Saturday urged the need for protection and conservation of wildlife in Pakistan, which is most vulnerable to global warming.

Talking to APP Dr Ijaz said that wildlife is an important resource with economic cultural and recreational value to humans an integral part of biodiversity of Pakistan.

Global warming and climate change is forcing wildlife to change their behaviours adding for instance many birds are nesting breeding and migrating earlier as spring arrives sooner than before he added.

Dr Ijaz said that scientists predict that a 1.5 C global temperature rise may see 25 percent of the Earth s animals and plants disappear a 3 C rise may see 30 per cent disappear.  He said that Pakistan s wildlife includes 668 species of birds 195species of mammals and 192 species of reptiles.