In Pakistan, the topic of air pollution usually turns to its obvious effects on human health, agriculture, and urban life whenever it is brought up. The effects of air pollution on the rich biodiversity of the country, especially on migrating birds, are a lesser-known but no less important side effect.
The very polluted skies that are also hastening the effects of climate change are posing an existential threat to these birds, which migrate across continents once a year.
Millions of migratory birds use Pakistan as a vital path. The Indus Flyway Zone of the nation is a segment of the Central Asian Flyway, which spans from Siberia to the Indian Ocean, and is traversed by them.
