Wildlife protection stressed at GB event

On 5 March, the World Wildlife Day was celebrated in Gilgit to raise awareness of the ecosystem of Gilgit-Baltistan and protection of wildlife among students. In this regard, WWF-Pakistan in collaboration with Gilgit-Baltistan Forest, Wildlife and Environment Department and the Aga Khan Higher Secondary School, Gilgit, organised an event at the school. The purpose of the event was to raise awareness of world’s forests and woodlands and preservation of the millions of livelihoods that depend directly on them, with a particular attention to traditional knowledge of the communities who have managed forest ecosystems and wildlife.