Chairman of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has described wetlands as the lifelines of our environment, food security and climate resilience, and called for urgent collective action to safeguard them, warning that when wetlands are destroyed, nature is silenced and it is always the poorest and most vulnerable who pay the highest price.
He said in his message on World Wetlands Day that Pakistan among the countries most vulnerable to climate change cannot afford to neglect its wetlands, including rivers, lakes, mangroves and fragile deltaic systems.
He pointed out that Sindh’s wetlands and mangroves have, for generations, shielded coastal communities from disasters and sustained millions of livelihoods, stressing that their protection is not only an environmental necessity but a matter of social justice.
Reaffirming the PPP’s commitment, Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said the party believes climate action must place people at its heart, safeguard natural resources and ensure sustainable development for future generations.
He urged governments, communities and youth to become guardians of wetlands, emphasizing that harmony between people and nature is the path to a safer, greener and more hopeful future.