Pakistan, July 27 -- Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs Muhammad Junaid Anwar Chaudhry on Saturday stated that Pakistan hosted the largest contiguous arid mangrove forest in South Asia, primarily located in the Indus Delta region of Sindh, which has the potential to generate annual revenue of $20-50 million depending on market prices and volume.

In a message on the occasion of the International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem, the minister said Sindh's Delta Blue Carbon project, covering over 350,000 hectares, has already generated $40 million in carbon credit sales and projects to generate billions over the coming decades. "Given Balochistan's significantly smaller mangrove area cover about 4,058 hectares and simil...