Dec. 3, ZIARAT, Pakistan (UPI Next) -- A 247,000-acre forest of juniper trees, some of which are thousands of years old, in Pakistan's southwest may soon vanish because of the dearth of government ...

Spanning over 247,000 acres, the Ziarat’s juniper forest was the largest such forest in the country. It was also the second oldest such forest, trailing behind the one in California, the United ...

Juniper berries are enjoyed for their flavour in cooking and their oil has several uses. The forest in Ziarat is a popular tourist spot, some 120km (75 miles) east of the provincial capital Quetta.

Juniper forest in Ziarat, a valley in the southwestern Balochistan province, is the second-largest of its kind in the world. Amir Latif | 20.11.2023 - Update : 21.11.2023 .

Considered the second largest Juniper forest of its kind globally, the new biosphere reserve in Ziarat measures about 110,000 hectares. Juniper trees have a slow growth rate and are among the oldest ...

The Juniper forest in Ziarat Valley is spread over merely eight square kilometres, while the juniper forest in Kalat’s Harboi Hills is spread over 30 square kilometres.

Some of the trees in the juniper forest in the picturesque Ziarat valley of Balochistan province are believed to be as much as 7,000 years old. The forest covers an area of around 280,000 hectares ...

Spanning over 247,000 acres, the Ziarat’s juniper forest was the largest such forest in the country. It was also the second oldest such forest, trailing behind the one in California, the United ...

The juniper forests at Ziarat in the Pakistani province of Balochistan are some of the largest - and oldest - in the world. According to a report submitted in April 2016 at Unesco by Pakistan's ...

The Juniper Forest of Ziarat in Balochistan, which is believed to be the second largest of its kind in the world, has been declared as Biosphere Reserve. The International Co-ordinating Council of ...