The global climat changes across the globe has created a bunch of risks for the natural resources and life of many species. No doubt the developed countries have caused and will continue to cause the major harm to natural resources, but the most to be affected by the depleting natural resources are and will be the world's poorest regions. Major portion of the FATA has been affected by the conflicts for quite a long time and developmental activities and normal life are on the hault. Terrain of FATA is mostly hilly which was covered by forest in the initial days, the exploding population needs for fuel, and livelihoods have made majority of the hills as barren. The steap slopes in the of the mountains and absence of vegetation cover on them has reduced the recharge of underground aquifiers significantly. Underground water is over exploited and as a result the underground water table is going down day by day.
FATA as a blessing in disguise has less polloution due to scarcity of industry, and the earth cover provides efficient filtration, which makes the quality of the drinking water very good. in more than 80% of the FATA areas the quality of underground water is very good, but it is depleted day by day.
The adjacent areas of FATA are also speedily moving to water scarcity issue and with in coming decade they too will be facing water scarcity issues.
Now it is the time for people of the world to help FATA people and people of the FATA to help world population in slowing down the degradation of the natural resources.
Rain water harvesting in the area is the only solution to save the future of the coming generations. Harvesting of rain water will not only help in recharge to underground water but will also help in small scale to medium scale reforestation of the area. In the meanwhile concepts of controlled grazing could be introduced in the region to help FATA people achieve sustainable livelihoods. Rain water harvesting in FATA will also decrease the risk of the floodings downstream in parts of Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa and other parts of Pakistan.
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