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WWF nature carnival in
Karachi
Amanullah Khan
Karachi—World Wide Fund for Nature in collaboration with ICI
Pakistan organized a nature carnival to create awareness and
importance of environment protection for the 9th year in Pakistan.
Actually, ICI Pakistan Ltd, and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
partnered for the ninth year to organize the WWF Wetlands Nature
Carnival held at PAF Museum Faisal, which was attended by over ten
thousand visitors, including students, teachers and parents. This
year, the Carnival focused on creating awareness on the state of the
Wetlands of Pakistan, and methods of conserving this diverse
ecosystem.
Since 1999, ICI Pakistan and WWF have partnered to organize the
annual WWF Nature Carnival in order to educate the general public
about the significance of nature conservation. Each year, the event
involves participation from educational institutions, students and
corporate concerns offering an excellent opportunity for creating
awareness on critical environmental issues, with a healthy mix of
educational and entertaining activities.
Visitors to the WWF Wetlands Nature Carnival 2008 had the
opportunity to participate in an exciting range of activities
including a nature exhibition and competition, fun fair, puppet and
magic shows, spellathons, and various games focusing on
environmental themes, as well as the opportunity to learn more about
the importance of environment and WWF-Pakistan’s initiatives in
nature conservation. The participants also learnt more about ICI
Pakistan, its products, and its various activities in the area of
community development and environment preservation.
At the Prize Distribution Ceremony, Pierre Seillan, the French
Consul General in Karachi was the Chief Guest who distributed
shields among the winning schools. Mir Hussain Ali, Secretary
Environment and Alternate Energy, Government of Sindh, Mahboob Alam
Ansari, the Secretary Forest and Wildlife Department, Government of
Sindh, the Director Indus for All Programme, WWF-Pakistan Dr. Ghulam
Akbar and Suhail Aslam Khan, General Manager HR, Corporate
Communications and Public Affairs, ICI Pakistan Limited also
distributed prizes among the students and teachers of the
participating schools.
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