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 ...

The process to get the Ziarat juniper forest designated as the biosphere reserve was initiated by the IUCN, an non-governmental organisation working for environmental protection, under its UNDP ...

Juniper forest in Ziarat, a valley in the southwestern Balochistan province, is the second-largest of its kind in the world - Anadolu Ajansı ...

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 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 forests both in Kalat and Ziarat need special attention, especially in regards to funding and to finding a way to stop them drying up, or villagers using the forest as firewood.

One of the world’s largest and most ancient juniper forests in southwestern Pakistan, already stressed by water shortages, faces a further threat as its trees are cut down for fuel and to clear land ...

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.

The process to get the Ziarat juniper forest designated as the biosphere reserve was initiated by the IUCN, an non-governmental organisation working for environmental protection, under its UNDP ...