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Pakistan floods aggravated by deforestation and other ecological mistakes


Lessons to learn

As climate experts believe extreme weather will be more common in future, environmentalists see a couple of lessons to be learned from the current disaster. Afforestation and more careful land use along the Indus are among the obvious ones. Khan adds that some people might also need to be resettled. "Places that were very close to the river maybe should not be rebuilt."

Experts also agree that disaster preparedness needs to be improved. Better warning systems will be needed to inform people further downstream in time about approaching flood waters.

And, says Saleem Ullah from UNDP, more small dams might also help to store some of the water for people to use it during the next drought which might come sooner than expected.

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