KARACHI: Speakers at the recent launch of an Indus delta ecoregion development project have called for integrating conservation in businesses and forging alliances with the private sector willing to invest in bankable projects.
The Dutch Fund for Climate and Development (DFCD) Indus Delta Ecoregion Landscape Initiative is to be jointly implemented by World Wide Fund for Nature-Pakistan (WWF-P) and Sindh Enterprise Development Fund (SEDF) of the Sindh government’s investment department.
“The idea behind this investment-based conservation model is to bring forth and implement innovative, self-sustaining, for-profit conservation models in the Indus delta ecoregion,” said Rab Nawaz, senior director programmes at WWF-P, while emphasizing the need for collaborative efforts for green businesses, biodiversity conservation and sustainable management of natural resources in Sindh.