BANK Alfalah, in collaboration with WWF-Pakistan, committed to planting 25,000 mangroves in 2024 at Khdri Miani Hor, Balochistan, as part of a pledge to plant 100,000 trees by 2030 with species like Rhizophora mucronata selected for their adaptability to local climate and tidal conditions, as well as their economic and carbon sequestration benefits, said a press release.

This follows their 2023 effort of planting 15,000 mangroves at the WWF Wetland Centre, Sandspit, Karachi. •