By John Vidal, The Guardian
Gore warned that all the world's icy regions were experiencing rapid and dangerous global warming.

The world must burn less diesel and wood, Nobel peace prize-winner Al Gore said, as the soot produced is accelerating the melting of ice in polar and mountainous regions.

An area of an Antarctic ice shelf almost the size of New York City has broken into icebergs in April after the collapse of an ice bridge widely blamed on global warming, a scientist said on Tuesday.

In theory, the world

Pakistan is deficient in forest resources, as only 5 percent of total geographical area of the country is under forest cover and that, too, is under pressure due to various factors, including use of forest lands for non-forestry purposes and illegal logging.

Water shortages mostly due to poor management