Tahir Qureshi

{{Short description|Pakistani environmentalist and coastal ecosystem expert (1946–2020)}}

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| name = Muhammad Tahir Tahir Qureshi

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| birth_date = 1946

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| death_date = 29 Dec 2020{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/766626-environmentalist-s-demise-condoled|title = Environmentalist's demise condoled}}

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| nationality = Pakistani

| known_for = Environmentalist and a conservationist

| occupation = Divisional Forest Officer, Sindh Pakistan

| employer = Ministry of Climate Change (Pakistan)
Government of Pakistan
employee as a forester

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Tahir Qureshi Mangrove Man or Mangroves Hero of Pakistan (1946-2020 Urdu بابائے مینگروز پاکستان ) {{Cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/672220/father-of-mangroves-fights-for-pakistans-forests|title='Father of Mangroves' fights for Pakistan's forests|date=10 November 2011}} was a senior Pakistani environmentalist and coastal ecosystem expert at the IUCN International Union for Conservation of Nature who dedicated his whole life to the preservation and expansion of Mangrove trees in Pakistan Indus River Delta-Arabian Sea mangroves and other coastal areas. Tahir Qureshi had played a key role in rehabilitation of more than 30,000 hectares of mangrove forests in Sindh and Baluchistan.{{Cite web|date=2001-10-07|title=KARACHI: Importance of mangrove forests highlighted|url=http://beta.dawn.com/news/280/karachi-importance-of-mangrove-forests-highlighted|access-date=2020-12-30|website=DAWN.COM|language=en}} International Union for Conservation of Nature awarded him title Hero of mangroves.{{Cite web|last=Hub|first=IISD's SDG Knowledge|title=IUCN April Newsletter Highlights Heroes of Conservation {{!}} News {{!}} SDG Knowledge Hub {{!}} IISD|url=http://sdg.iisd.org/news/iucn-april-newsletter-highlights-heroes-of-conservation/|access-date=2020-12-30|language=en-US}}{{cite tweet|number=946696373709271040|user=tribunelabs|title=Tahir Qureshi has rehabilitated over 30,000 hectares of mangrove forests in Sindh and Balochistan. He considers pol… |date=29 December 2017}}{{Cite web|date=2019-02-04|title=IUCN Pakistan celebrates the World Wetlands Day, calls for Greater focus on Coastal Communities|url=https://www.iucn.org/news/pakistan/201902/iucn-pakistan-celebrates-world-wetlands-day-calls-greater-focus-coastal-communities|access-date=2020-12-30|website=IUCN|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=1mile² Karachi|url=http://www.visitingarts.org.uk/programmes/exchange/1mile%c2%b2/1mile%c2%b2-karachi/|access-date=2020-12-30|website=Visiting Arts}}{{Cite web|date=2017-12-25|title=Losing Sanctuary|url=https://tribune.atavist.com/losing-sanctuary-|access-date=2020-12-30|website=Atavist|language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Pakistan's mangrove restoration efforts called into question |url=https://news.trust.org/item/20131203123452-q63ki/ |access-date=2020-12-30 |website=news.trust.org}}