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NEWSLETTER SAVE WILDLIFE & NATURE

AUGUST 2011(Volume: 1)

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Ghazanfar Ali Khan Langah President

Director Lahore Zoo (R),Deputy Game Warden, Wild Life and Park Department-Punjab(R),Member Board of

Governors City University Peshawar and Member Zoo Management Committee Punjab.

ADVISORY BOARD

MEMBERS

Ashiq Ahmad Khan

Chief Technical Advisor Advisor Government of Balochistan. Ministry of Forest and WildLife Government

ofBalochistan,

Advisor Ministryof Environment Government of Pakistan.

Visiting Professor Chinese Academy of Science

China. Chairman Steering Committee Snow Leopard

International.

Dr Abdul Aleem Chaudary

Environmental Advisor Chief Conservator Forest Punjab (R ). Director General Wildlifeand Parks Punjab (R ).

Mr Badar Munir

Protection and Conservation Advisor Member Ontario Federation ofAnglars and

Hunters’ Federation. Member Safari Club International.Remained as

honorary Game Warden Punjab for5.5years.

PATRONS

Mir Mehdi Raza

Khan Talpur Younger of the two

sons of His Highness, manages the private

State of His Highness

Mir Ali MuradKhanTalpur,M

ehrano Wildlife Refuge and other

Forest on Nara Canal

and Architectural and Natural Heritage of

the State.

Sheikh Farid-

ud-din Ahmad Additional Chief

Secretary Punjab (R ).

Malik Amin

Aslam Former Minister of State Environment

and Environment

expert. MBA : McGill

University

MSc: Oxford University

EXECUTIVE

MEMBERS

Sheikh

GhazanfarHussain Federal Secretary Local

Government and Rural

Development Government of Pakistan (R).

ShahidHussian Raja Federal Secretary,Ministry of Privatization.

Brig Tanveer Rafi (R )

SayedGhayoorObaid Architect (Profile).

DrAhsanQureshi ENT(Surgeon) Abbottabad Artist of Conservation Foundation

Canada.

AtifNaseem Khan Chief Chemical Engineer having

Experties in Environmental Science.

Talha AliKhushwaha Visiting Professor in Fast and

National College of Arts.

Kamran Inam Butt Foreign Based Wildlife

Conservationist.

TEAM

MEMBERS

Ahsan Ejaz Director Logistic and

Administration

Business Studies with

Marketing.

Mohammed Ali Ishaq Consultant Media

Communication. Post Graduate Media and

Culture &MBA (Advertising)

Australia. BSc Chemical Engineering

Pakistan.

Rida Zahra Consultant Environment

(Projects and Proposals)

MSc EnvironmentalScience.

Abid Ali Assistant

ConsultantEnvironment MPhill (student)

Environmental Science

Javaid Amin Director Audio Visual

Faisal Mirza Non- Linear Editor Final cut Pro Adobe Studio

Suit, 2D animations and

special effects.

SWAN (Non Profit NGO)

The earth we abuse and the living things we kill in the end will take their revenge; for, in exploiting their presence we are diminishing our future.

Marya Mannes, More in Anger, 1958 .

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We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive.

Albert Einstein

SWAN: the organization has been working for the

cause of wildlife and nature from last 10 years and

since its inception, it has produced 4 short

documentaries, and 4 more are in the pipeline for future

releasing. SWAN owes all its activities to the sole

efforts of its founding President Mr. Ghazanfar Ali

Langah and his few friends. Some of these activities

are:

1. Inviting young people to understand the importance of

Flora and Fauna by organizing village associations,

trips, public meetings, school intervention programs,

replanting/re-introductory programs, etc. for

environmental protection.

2. Holding Seminars, Conferences and workshops to help

mobilize professionals and general public towards the

understanding of preserving Nature and helping Wildlife

in Pakistan.

3. Publishing regular Newsletter and other printed

advocacy material.

SWAN’S STORY

Would We See The Lost Ones Again? Its Monsoon time again, every drop of rain from the sky has

brought beauty to all Eco zones especially to the Semi-Arid and

Arid zones. All vegetation covers in such a way that the areas

where there was no life is now packed with beauty. Now it is the

high time when the birds and animals are breeding. The migratory

birds are adding color in the sky. We being the custodians of nature

are bound to protect all species to propagate for us and for the

coming generation.

Our Hard Luck! Many species of flora and fauna in Pakistan have

gone extinct and others are rapidly reaching threatened status,

amongst which Sarus Crane has the saddest story. The last of Sarus

Cranes were shot in Sindh Province in 1996 and later the fly way

route between Sindh and Gujrat (India) had lost this beaut. Now the

homeland landscapes are waiting for this beautiful, magnificent and

tallest flying bird on the Earth.

SWAN is making all efforts in collaboration with ICF

(International Crane Foundation Wisconsin USA) and WWF

(Pakistan) to bring back these lost species. Four Species of Cranes,

1.Eurasian Crane, 2.Demoiselle Cranes, 3.Siberian Cranes and

4.Sarus Crane our native to Pakistan. Eurasian and Demoiselle

Cranes are seen,Sarus Crane is threatened and Siberian Crane is

critically endangered. The last viewing of Siberian Cranes was in

year 2002. SWAN under the patronage of MrAshiq Ahmad Khan

has constituted Crane Conservation Group in Balochistan and

Punjab and sooner one will be formed in Sindh Province. These

members are taking this mission through heart and soul and

hopefully we would see the calls and sights of these four

magnificent Crane Species as part of the Landscape of Pakistan.

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DO WE KNOW OUR MOTHERLAND?

Ahsan is a self-learned wildlife and nature artist from Pakistan and has been active with painting since childhood. His passion for

painting and his work attracted the attention of Agencies working for nature Conservation around the Globe. He is a member of

Artist for Nature Conservation Foundation Canada and is representing the wildlife and wilderness of Pakistan. (Complete collection

available for interested buyers)

Biodiversity of Pakistan is full of surprises and

wonders. The treasures of wildlife in Pakistan include

up to 174 mammal species, 195 species of reptiles, only

22 species of amphibians of which 9 are endemic, 531

species of Fish, Birds includes a total of 786 species.

The Chukar(Alectoris chucker) is the National Bird of

Pakistan and whilst the Peregrine falcon is the military

state-bird of the Pakistan Air Force.

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Common Leopard Warbler Garganey Teal Stone Chat

Western

Tragopan

FLORA

DRAWINGS byDr. AHSAN QURESHI

Pakistan is blessed with 5000 to 6000 species including both native and introduced species, 372

species are endemic, and in the world there are 25,000 to 75,000 species. Almost 80% of the

endemics are found in the Northern and Western mountains The Kashmir Himalayas are identified

as a global center of plant diversity. The forest area is 4.3 million hectares that is 4.8% of the total

area of the country. Threats to fauna of Pakistan include deforestation, grazing, agriculture practices

like pesticides and construction of dams and barrages.

FAUNA

Markhor Chukkar

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Species

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan_Air_Force

TROPHY HUNTING

Trophy Hunting is the legal harvest of the selected individuals in

wildlife population with pre-determined sex and age. Hence it is the

sustainable utilization of the wildlife species without effecting the

healthy population of the concerned species at the same time benefiting

the local community also.

The animals identified as trophies are usually male and off age .

CONTACT

P15-Siddiq Trade Center, Lahore Pakistan.

042-35781647

0321-8457212/0313-4442400

[email protected]

Youtube.com: TheSwanpakistan

www.swanpakistan.org

HADITH ’Prophet Muhammad

(PBUH) is reported to have

said that if the smallest of

birds is killed without its

right and thrown away, this

act will be questioned as a

crime.’’

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