IlPakistan had the world's sixth largest mangrove forest in the Indus Delta, covering 345,000 hectares of land, but after a rapid reduction, its position dropped to 35th in the world.
Forests were reduced to 263,000 hectares in 1977, 158,500 hectares in 1990 and shrunk to 80,000 hectares in 2002.

US$100,000 from International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is ready to be released for a massive restauration project as soon as the guidelines for the disbursement of grants are set.
Many organisations, including the forest and fisheries department of Sindh and Balochistan, Pakistan Navy, DHA Karachi, WWF-Pakistan, Indus Earth Trust joined the mangroves plantation campaign.