WILDLIFE plays a significant role in maintaining the ecological equilibrium of nature. The presence of wildlife affects the character of its habitat by continually supporting the evolutionary adaptations of everything in its environment. The presence of wildlife is also an effective way to assess the quality of the environment.

Wildlife is an important part of the ecological community as it plays an important role in the environment. The importance of wildlife cannot be denied as wildlife itself is an important character of nature, so its conservation is an important obligation for human beings for the sustainability of life on the planet earth.

It may be added that ecological value is the interaction of wildlife in nature. Thus wildlife plays an essential role in the ecological and biological processes that are yet again significant to life.

The normal functioning of the biosphere depends on endless interactions amongst animals, plants, and micro-organisms. This, in turn, maintains and enhances human life further. In view of the above, there is an urgent need to sensitise the Pakistani masses about the wildlife and its protections. Also, there is a need to highlight the importance of wildlife and to step up the fight against wildlife crime, which has wide-ranging economic, environmental and social impacts.

Khan Faraz

Peshawar

Published in Dawn, March 24th, 2017