Pakistan home to over 13,032 glaciers, new study reveals
November 7, 2024- Coordinator to Prime Minister on Climate Change, Romina Khurshid Alam has said Pakistan is focusing on environmental conservation, climate and glaciological research, protected areas management, ecotourism, and the socio-economic development of mountain communities.
Addressing a press conference jointly organized by Ministry of Climate Change and EvK2CNR on the occasion of launching “The new inventory of 13,032 glaciers in Pakistan: the “glaciers and students” project”, the PM’s aide lauded the role of the Italian government and the support to Pakistan and particularly in Gilgit-Baltistan and added: the contribution of EvK2CNR and UNDP in carrying out comprehensive studies develop the new glaciers inventory of Pakistan that has revealed the new remarkable number of 130...