Great Kills Road
The fishermen of three fishing villages around Karachi have one common asset and so a common challenge to safeguard it. The mangrove forests are natural treasure for the fishermen, which are being cle…
Great Kills Road
The fishermen of three fishing villages around Karachi have one common asset and so a common challenge to safeguard it. The mangrove forests are natural treasure for the fishermen, which are being clear- cut by the vested interests. This struggle against deforestation is now turning into a battle of their survival. The timber mafia, land-grabbers and heartless urban corporations are wreaking havoc on their centuries old settlements by logging mangrove trees. Those indigenous people who tried to resist the devastation were also killed by the vested interests. Mystic are not restricted to the human world. Mangroves are spiritual trees which are in service of mankind. They are refuge to birds, marine forms of life and a natural guard against disasters. Fishermen call them their lifeline. —Anonymous Three fishing villages around Karachi have a common asset, therefore a common challenge to safeguard it. For centuries, these fishermen have been successfully managing the natural treasure of mangrove forests, but now timber mafia, land-grabbers and big corporations of the city are eyeing on this unique heritage. The struggle to protect mangroves has now turned into a battle of survival for the fisherfolk. Mangroves are mystical trees, their killing must be stopped, but those who resisting the chopping of forests are also being assassinated. —Khalid Hasan Khan
Great Kills Road
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The fishermen of three fishing villages around Karachi have one common asset and so a common challenge to safeguard it. The mangrove forests are natural treasure for the fishermen, which are being clear- cut by the vested interests. This struggle against deforestation is now turning into a battle of their survival.
The timber mafia, land-grabbers and heartless urban corporations are wreaking havoc on their centuries old settlements by logging mangrove trees. Those indigenous people who tried to resist the devastation were also killed by the vested interests. Mystic are not restricted to the human world.
Mangroves are spiritual trees which are in service of mankind. They are refuge to birds, marine forms of life and a natural guard against disasters. Fishermen call them their lifeline.
—Anonymous Three fishing villages around Karachi have a common asset, therefore a common challenge to safeguard it. For centuries, these fishermen have been successfully managing the natural treasure of mangrove forests, but now timber mafia, land-grabbers and big corporations of the city are eyeing on this unique heritage. The struggle to protect mangroves has now turned into a battle of survival for the fisherfolk.
Mangroves are mystical trees, their killing must be stopped, but those who resisting the chopping of forests are also being assassinated. —Khalid Hasan Khan.