Asia & the Pacific

Pakistan

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The country is covered by the National UNESCO Office in Islamabad.

The flora and fauna consist of a blend of Palaearctic and Indo-malayan elements, with some groups from the Ethiopian region. Pakistan is currently involved in a variety of projects related to freshwater, biodiversity, earth sciences, oceans, gender issues and poverty reduction.

Below you can access the projects that are being implemented in the country within the framework of UNESCO’s Natural Sciences Sector.

Freshwater

- Hydrology for the Environment, Life and Policy (HELP) Indus basin project More

- Hindu Kush HimalayanFlow Regimes from the International Experimental and Network Data (HKH FRIEND)

- Asian Water and Development Information for Arid Lands – A Global Network (Asian G-WADI)

People, Biodiversity and Ecology

- Sustainable Management of Marginal Drylands project (SUMAMAD)

- Biosphere Reserves (WNBRs)

Oceans

- UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission’s Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System programme (IOTWS)

Earth Sciences

- Deltas in the Monsoon Asia-Pacific region (DeltaMAP) (IGCP, Project 475)

- Marine and Non-marine Jurassic: Global correlation and major geological events (IGCP, Project 506)

Basic Sciences

- Breaking the Poverty Cycle of Women: Empowering Adolescent Girls to Become Agents of Social Transformation in South Asia More

- International Centre for Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East (SESAME) in Allan, Jordan