Coral Reefs Discovered Along Pakistan Coast
By Matt J. Weiss, March 24, 2009 @ 01:00 AM (EST)
Source: Dailytimes.com.pk
For the first time in the history of Pakistan, the Sindh Wildlife Department (SWD) found vast scatters of coral reefs along the coastal belt of Balochistan.
After the discloser of these reefs, Pakistan will now be included in the list of 100 countries in the world where coral reefs are found. These reefs were found during the recent SWD survey conducted in different coastal towns of Balochistan; the SWD survey team also found dead coral reefs on the coastal hills of Balochistan.
“The discovery of these coral reefs in the Arabian Sea along the Balochistan coast is breaking-news for the international community,” said SWD Hyderabad Conservator Dr Fehmida Firdos.
Firdos, the team-leader of the survey team, said that these coral reefs were found on the Daraan and Gunz coasts of Balochistan in a four-day survey of the coastal areas of Balochistan. “We were supposed to continue the survey for a longer period but as the weather was not suitable, we were not able to continue,” she said.
Corals are actually animals that belong to phylum vertebrate; international coral reefs are endangered wildlife, however in Pakistan, the government has yet to declare these strange rock shaped animals as endangered and protected wildlife. “We are planning to recommend to the federal government to legislate and declare these coral reefs as endangered wildlife as Pakistan is already a member of the International Coral Reefs Task Force,” said Firdos.
After the discloser of these reefs, Pakistan will now be included in the list of 100 countries in the world where coral reefs are found. These reefs were found during the recent SWD survey conducted in different coastal towns of Balochistan; the SWD survey team also found dead coral reefs on the coastal hills of Balochistan.
“The discovery of these coral reefs in the Arabian Sea along the Balochistan coast is breaking-news for the international community,” said SWD Hyderabad Conservator Dr Fehmida Firdos.
Firdos, the team-leader of the survey team, said that these coral reefs were found on the Daraan and Gunz coasts of Balochistan in a four-day survey of the coastal areas of Balochistan. “We were supposed to continue the survey for a longer period but as the weather was not suitable, we were not able to continue,” she said.
Corals are actually animals that belong to phylum vertebrate; international coral reefs are endangered wildlife, however in Pakistan, the government has yet to declare these strange rock shaped animals as endangered and protected wildlife. “We are planning to recommend to the federal government to legislate and declare these coral reefs as endangered wildlife as Pakistan is already a member of the International Coral Reefs Task Force,” said Firdos.
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