Title Pakistan Forest Digest Issue 01- A4 - Pakistan Research Group

SDPISustainable Development Policy Instituteabout fire was received at 11:30 onWednesday and teams wereimmediately sent out to put out thefire. He said that 140 firemen tookpart in this operation. Howeverthe firefighters are facingproblems due to the difficultaccess routes. He also said thathelicopters were not availablebecause of the rescue operationcontinuing on Hunza Lake. It wasmuch easier to control fire usinghelicopters. According to veryreliable CDA sources 16firefighters fainted due to extremeheat and lack of modernequipment. However,CDA spokesmanRamzan Sajid deniedreports of any suchincident withfirefighters.Darband: Police impounds two vehicles loaded with timberDaily Shamal, Abbottabad, May 27, 2010Oghi (Shamal Correspondent)Darband police got theinformation that workers of timbermafia were smuggling timber viaDarband. The police set up acheck point near Balwai.Meanwhile, two Datsun truckscoming from Oghi which wereloaded with timber were caught.The vehicles and drivers werelocked up in Darband policestation. President of the forestmanagement committeeMohammad Yunus and presidentof the reforms committee LalaQalandar Khan lauded theDarband police for their timelyaction.Shinkiari: Forests on fire,Wildlife faces destructionDaily Mashriq Peshawar, May 27, 2010Shinkiari (General Reporter) Thebeautiful forests of Shinkiari areon fire. It is said that every yearduring summer season before theonset of monsoon season twotypes of people set forests on fire.One, the farmers who need grassfor their cattle and secondly theforest officials who want toremove evidence of the trees cutillegally. This destroys wildlife aswell as newly planted trees. It alsoleads to high level of pollution inenvironment. It was also reportedthat the forest department hires anumber of people before monsoonfor putting out fires but due tonegligence of the department allthese measures remain ineffective.On the contrary people set forestson fire to serve their personalinterest. If the forest departmentpays proper attention there is noreason that the forests would notbe safe from fire.Dhok Gakhhar:Fire in forests under controlDaily Shamal, Abbottabad, June 09, 2010Tarnawa (Special Correspondent)talking to journalists the notablesof Upper Khanpur have said thatthe fire that broke out in DhokGakhhar a few days ago was putout immediately. This helped savethe lives of birds. They said if theforest department takes such swiftaction against fire all forests ofUpper Khanpur area will remainsafe. The timber from the forestsand the rare species of birds arenational assets. The forestdepartment should remain alert forsaving these from fire.Pakistan Forest Digest Vol. 1, No. 1, April – June, 2010