Pakistan, Balochistan

Background information about the district is given, the rationale and requirement of the new system of local government and the salient features of the history and geography of Gwadar are given.

This study focuses on Damb Village, Balochistan, which is a site of a naturally occurring mangrove forest in Miani Hor lagoon. The latest mangrove vegetation map prepared by SUPARCO using SPOT imagery in 2003 suggests that 86,727 ha are under mangrove forests along Pakistan’s coast.