Thursday, January 21, 2010

Pakistani NGOs to use GIS for saving turtle habitat


 Karachi-based  non-governmental organisation Shehri-CBE (Citizens for a Better Environment) would conduct GIS mapping of Karachi’s beaches as well as carry out a GIS-based analysis of the turtle habitat, in collaboration with the Indus for All Programme-WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) Pakistan.The project will include environmentally sensitive eco-systems such as the Korangi Creek system. Stretched over 70 kilometres between Rehri Goth and Cape Monze, the project would cost 4.1 million PKR (Pakistani currency), out of which WWF-Pakistan would contribute 70 percent and Shehri-CBE would add the remaining fund.

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