South Asia Investor Review

Pakistan, which contributes less than 1% of global carbon emissions, is among the countries considered most vulnerable to climate change. About a third of the country was devastated by massive  floods  in 2022. The nation committed continued pursuit of nature-based solutions to the problem at  COP26  in Glasgow in 2021. As part of this commitment, the country is planting one of the world's largest mangrove forests in the Indus River Delta, a key component of its Ten Billion  Tree Tsunami  campaign launched by former Prime Minister Imran Khan.  Pakistan Mangroves Plantation Project. Source: Delta Blue Carbon Mangrove Forest: Also known as  Delta Blue Carbon Project , the mangroves plantation will eventually cover 350,000 hectares of Tidal Wetlands on the south-east coast of Sindh. Currently, Pakistan is estimated to have 600,000 hectares of mangrove forest. Mangroves absorb hundreds of millions of tons of atmospheric carbon, reduce the impact of st...

Pakistan's  Ten Billion Tree Tsunami  project launched in 2014 by the PTI government has sparked a silent olive revolution in the country.  Pakistan, now the 19th member of the International Olive Council , is producing about 1,500 tons of olive oil per year and 830 tons of table olives,  according to  Juan Vilar Strategic Consultants . It is also helping tackle some of the effects of  climate change  such as soil erosion and desertification and bringing new opportunities to farmers. Olive cultivation was started as a pilot project in Potohar region by Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif's government in 2014. The PTI government promoted it nationwide as a part of Prime Minister Imran Khan's Ten Billion Tree Tsunami initiative to bring about the olive revolution in the country.  Olive Valley, Pakistan Pakistan is the world's third largest  importer of cooking oil . In 2020, Pakistan imported $2.1 billion worth of palm oil, behind only India's...