Pakistan, April 6 -- Abad Khan (35), a poor plant seller is extremely worried after his saplings started dying due to induced climate change weather patterns, the rise of temperature in the spring season, drought and salinity affecting the afforestration business in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Unaware of climate change's phenomenon, Abad Khan, a resident of Nowshera district, who is associated with the sale and purchase of conventional, ornamental and fruit plants viz a viz flowers since 2014, is agonized after a decrease in its sales during the ongoing spring season.

While loading plants in his Chingchi loader at Tarnab, a hub of conventional and ornamental plants at Peshawar from where varieties of species including Araucaria, Gangi Palm, Bot...