Wetlands Community Celebrates Mother Language Day

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Speeches &

Presentations in the

programWhile welcoming to the participantsand local people in the program, Mr.Nisar A. Brohi, Director, Sangat De-velopment Foundation discussed in

detail on the wetlands communitybased management programlaunched by Sangat with the supportof Indus for all program, WWF Paki-stan and Sindh Wildlife Department,Government of Sindh, for the reha-bilitation and sustainable manage-ment of wetlands complex in Deh

The program was divided intothree segments, one wasspeeches and presentations ofthe experts on the importance ofthe wetlands and their conser-vation strategy, second was theoath taking ceremony of the Vil-lage Based Wetlands Protection

Committees (VBWPCs) as wellas commitment seeking fromthe Local Stakeholders for thebiodiversity conservation atwetlands of Deh Akro-II andthird was the Folk Musical Eve-ning with local folk singers.

On the eve of International Mother Language Day, 21st February 2010,

Sangat Development Foundation with the support of Indus for All Pro-

gram, WWF Pakistan organized cultural activity with indigenous peo-

ple of the wetlands on Chhuchh wetland in Deh Akro-II. The cultural

activity was An Evening with Local Folk Singers and Mch Kahchahri.

Speeches &Presentations in

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He appealed to the local communityto understand the importance of thewetlands and their biodiversity andtake part in the protection and sustainable management efforts of wetlands.

Mr. Munawar Siraj, writer and col

umnist said that wetlands are gift byGod; the local community should

realize their importance and avoid othe over exploitation of the naturaresources of the wetlands of DehAkro-II.He offered his gratitudes to Sangaand WWF Pakistan celebrating

Akro-II, Nawabshah.

He said that there are multidimen-sional threats to the wetlandsbiodiversity, which re-quired sustainable ap-proach to deal withand bring backthe glamourand van-ity tothe

wet-lands

of DehAkro-II Nawabshah.The wetlands areunprotected thoughthey support rare,vulnerable and en-dangered wildlifespecies. The mainthreats to biodiversity are overgraz-ing on adjacent, use of poison for

fishing, use of pesticides, herbicidesand inorganic fertilisers on agricul-tural land, water pollution, prolifera-tion of alien invasive species, hunt-ing, excessive collection of fuelwood, fodder as well as sell.

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SDFFlat # 7, 2nd Floor, Sharif

Building Market RoadShaheed Benazirabad, Sindh,

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ager of WWF Pakistan said it is thefirst project of its nature, which hasbeen launched to promote commu-nity based wetland management inPakistan.

He further said that it is good omento introduce community based wet-lands management project in DehAkro-II wetlands complex in order

to encourage the local communitiesof the area to adopt the wetlandsand work for the biodiversity con-servation.

He further said that with creatingawareness on the importance of thewetlands, their biodiversity and con-servation strategy, it is also impera-tive to develop the understanding,knowledge and skills of the localcommunity with regard to properlymanaging the wetlands.

While speaking on the occasion, Mr.Muhammad Salih Billo, Senior Jour-nalist and Editor of Sindh GreenNewspaper said that it is dilemma of

mother lan-guage day withthe local com-munity andpromoting theirlanguage andculture, whichwould indeeddevelop closercoordination of

understandingamong thesestakeholders aswell as wouldbe helpful indevelopingjoint strategy toconserve thenatural re-sources of the

wetlands onsustainable ba-sis.

While speakingin the programMr. Usama An-wer, Site Man-

Oath Taking Ceremony of VillageBased Wetlands ManagementCommittees of Wetlands Deh Akro-


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tion of the wetlands of DehAkro-II Nawabshah. Until andunless indigenous communitywould not realize the impor-tance of the natural lakes,which are very unique in theworld and are the largestcrocodile sanctuary in SouthAsia, and also a large number

of endangered species have

habitats on the wetlands, allthe conservation strategieswould be difficult to achievetheir set goals. So the localcommunity should join theirhands in all activities whichhave been introduced for theirdevelopment and sustainable

our society that they have not real-ised the importance of this veryunique desert wetlands complex ofDeh Akro-II Nawabshah.

Mr. Billo further said that all local,national and international stake-holders should come forward tosave the wetlands. The major re-

sponsibility is of district government

Nawabshah, to extend full supportand cooperation to the organiza-tions, working for the protection andconservation of the wetlands biodi-versity.

He also realised to the local commu-nity of their paramount importantrole to be playing for the rehabilita-

An Eveningwith Local Fo

Singers andSoohars of th

area.

Mr. Anwer said that full and effectiveparticipation of the local community shouldbe ensured, and make them realize to playtheir due role for the protection and conserva-tion of biodiversity of the wetlands for thewildlife and people.


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lands of Deh Akro-II. All local stakeholdersattending the program signed and ex-pressed their full commitment to the cause

of protection and development of wetlandsof Deh Akro-II Nawabshah.

3rd session of the program was An Eve-ning with Local Folk Singers and Sooharsof the area.

The local singers andSoohars are the key opin-ion change makers in thearea, they have not only

presented the songs andBeet/Dour/Story Tellingitems but also used vari-ous local music instru-ments such as Chaangh,Been, Boureendo etc, whichwere largely enjoyed andappreciated by the all par-ticipants.

community based management for the wet-lands of Deh Akro-II.

However, over exploitation such as woodfor fuel as well as sell, over greasing andillegal hunting of the natural resources ofthe wetlands should be stopped at once on

the site, all focused should be made on theconservation and protection of the speciesof the wetlands .

Oath taking ceremony of VBWMCs andCommitment seeking from the local stake-holders for the Biodiversity Conservationof Wetlands Deh Akro-II.In the second session of the program, Vil-lages Based Wetland Management Com-mittees (VBWMCs) were administered oath

by the renowned Journalist Mr. Salih Billo.The all committee members of all respec-tive villages showed their full commitmentto work with sincerity and vaguer for thebiodiversity conservation of wetlands ofDeh Akro-II.

With this, local stakeholders also madecommitment in writing on the bannerwhich was separately designed to get com-mitment from all stakeholders and indi-viduals interested to work for the biodiver-sity conservation and development of wet-

The local folk singers and Sooharsalso conveyed the messages for the com-

munity participation in rehabilitation of wetlands and of their biodiversity.

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Wetlands Community Celebrates Mother Language Day