Year-end plan: PMNH to get forest diorama

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Museum for Natural History (PMNH) will have a state-of-the-art forest gallery titled Botanical Forest Diorama till the end of the year which will be a great addition for the researchers and students to explore different species of plants. The work on establishing this gallery will be completed by the end of this year, PMNH Director General Dr Rafique said. The forest gallery will have specimen of variety of plant species, herbs and insects which would enable the students to conduct research and explore different aspects.  Listing the other initiatives being taken by PMNH for preservation of natural resources, he said that the museum will also start work on establishing an `Ocean Gallery’ during the next year to display a huge variety of specimen of fishes and things associated with their existence.  He said the PMNH has also envisaged the idea of establishing a Geopositioning Information System Lab, which will help to identify the geo location from where the object belongs.  Dr Rafique said establishing Ecology and Molecular labs are also his long awaited dreams on which his department will work soon. He said PMNH will also submit PC-I for construction of its six lingering blocks to Ministry of Science and Technology till December to expand the display of museum and its activities, which is benefiting for thousands of students.  

Published in The Express Tribune, October 20^th, 2018.