LAHORE, Jan 03: Environmentalists define biodiversity loss as the decline in the number of species, genetic variability or the biological communities existing in a prescribed area. This loss in the variety of life can lead to a severe breakdown in the smooth functioning or existence of the ecosystem where decline is happening, they define. Boris Johnson on the Spread of Corona in UK According to the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) – Pakistan Chapter study, the total mangroves cover in the mighty Indus delta is approximately 129,000 ha and about 3,000 ha along the Baluchistan Coast in the Gawatar Bay, Miani Hor and Kalmat Khor areas. It means that in Pakistan over 600,000 hectares of Indus delta and coastline is under mangrove forestation cover. The coastal and delta communities, marine and terrestrial life of the coast are dependent and entwined to this ecosystem, it reveals. The Indus Delta therefore helps survive the 97 percent of the total mangrove forest, which include around 37 percent of the Delta area, while the remaining 3 percent is supported by three pockets on the Balochistan Coast, the report reveals. Sudan, Egypt & Ethiopia Agree to More Nile Dam Talks The study report further … Continue reading Depletion of Mangroves: Ecosystem Posing Threat to Sea Communities, Biodiversity