The Indus Delta is dying, and Pakistan is allowing it to happen largely out of sight. Journalists, environmentalists and policymakers have repeatedly drawn attention to the worsening condition of the delta, yet the response remains fragmented and inadequate. For the communities living along the coast, the consequences are unfolding in front of their very eyes.

Seawater is consuming farmland, freshwater sources are becoming saline, fish stocks are declining and people are being forced to abandon settlements........

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