Islamabad: The experts speaking at the webinar on Saturday opined that the core reasons for the degradation of ecosystems they cited were the unchecked deforestation, use of land change and.
Islamabad: The experts speaking at the webinar on Saturday opined that the core reasons for the degradation of ecosystems they cited were the unchecked deforestation, use of land change and.
Funding, training urged for promotion of mountaineering
Islamabad
February 21, 2021
Islamabad : Speaking at a webinar on ‘mountaineering challenges confronting Pakistan,’ the experts urged the government to urgently establish a professional mountaineering school and a strong Alpine Club of Pakistan (ACP) having right professionals on board.
The experts also appreciated the Pakistan army for conducting the rescue operations quite efficiently when needed. They highlighted that getting a mountaineering permit takes too long despite the Prime Minister’s instruction to reduce the processing time. It takes too much time to get a visa for the foreign tourists though the federal government has announced a lenient visa policy.
‘Keep winter fests eco-friendly’
PHOTO: AFP
ISLAMABAD:
Experts on Sunday urged for an inclusive and integrated winter sports strategy to attract tourism towards northern areas of the country.
Environment and climate change should remain the main concern while devising any sports events for the winter season, experts said at a webinar.
It is the hibernation and mating time for wildlife while massive human activities would disturb their lifecycle, they said at the webinar organised by the Development Communications Network (Devcom-Pakistan) and DTN to brainstorm on “Winter Sports – Scope, Opportunities and Challenges”.
The experts also showed their concerns on what they called was ‘the unwise decisions’ of the Gilgit-Baltistan government to open Deosai National Park for a sports festival in March this year.