Adnan Rafique in the Daily Mail News (Pakistan): A five member delegation of Oxfam GB, an International NGO called on Federal Minister for Environment Hameed Ullah Jan Afridi here Wednesday and discussed different issues related to environment, climate change priorities of Government of Pakistan and possible opportunities for greater OGB PK program engagements with the Ministry & related departments for effective and meaningful change.… They overviewed new National Change strategy (2009-2014) regarding human rights, justice and opportunities for poor women and men in Pakistan. Moreover, several aspects of land rights and economic opportunities were shared.
They also highlighted incidences violence against women and girls education in Pakistan as well. On this occasion, views were also shared about humanitarian response, preparedness and disaster risk reduction and climate change. While briefing the Federal Minister about Oxfam work on social issues and climate change in Pakistan, they told about Action Based Researches specially in the field of poverty, environmental crisis and climate change in the country.
They also informed about their pilot project in coastal belt of Pakistan. Likewise, campaign activities around climate change in Pakistan like awareness raising, development of material in Urdu languages and sensitization of government officials were highlighted.
Federal Minister … told that the agricultural productivity in Pakistan is being affected due to changes in land and water regimes. Dry land areas, in arid and semi-arid regions are most vulnerable, as these regions are already facing significant water shortages and temperatures are already close to the tolerance limits which is negatively affecting agricultural productivity….
Ranikot Fort in Pakistan's Thar Desert, shot by Mazheraliansari, Wikimedia Commons, under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license
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