Mountains:
the Lifeline of Pakistan: International
Mountain Day 2006 was jointly organized by The
World Conservation Union (IUCN) and Pakistan
Tourism
Development Corporation (PTDC) at the Media Centre
in Islamabad, Pakistan.  |
| The
World Conservation Union (IUCN) celebrates International
Mountain Day in Pakistan and Nepal: The UN General Assembly declared December 11 from 2003 onwards as ‘International Mountain Day’. This special UN Day serves to highlight the global importance of mountain ecosystems and the unique needs of mountain communities. This year’s theme for UN International Mountain Day is "Managing Mountain Biodiversity for Better Lives". |
| The delegation of Parliamentarians visits mangrove forests in Indus Delta: The delegation of parliamentarians visited mangroves forest along the coast of Karachi. The visit was organized by the Consumer Rights Commission of Pakistan (CRCP) in collaboration with the World Conservation Union – IUCN Pakistan. |
| Sustainable Development Forum Qila Saifullah Meeting: A meeting of Sustainable Development Forum of district Qila Saifullah was held on November 23. District Nazim Maulvi Anwar-ud-Din chaired the meeting. The district coordinator IUCN Qila Saifullah briefed the audience about the process adopted for IDV preparation. He informed that on the basis of available secondary data and through consultations with all the stakeholders in the district, the consultant has prepared a draft of State of Environment and Development (SoED) of the district. |
| Julia
Marton-Lefèvre appointed Director General of
the World Conservation Union: Ms.
Julia Marton-Lefèvre – a global
expert and leader in development and conservation
- has been appointed Director General of the
World Conservation Union (IUCN), the world’s
leading conservation authority. |
| IUCN Office established in Muzaffarabad: Recognizing IUCN's strengths, the Government of AJK requested IUCN to help in rehabilitation of earthquake affected areas and to assist in formulation of strategy for sustainable development for AJK. At the beginning of this year, the President of IUCN visited the earthquake affected areas in Muzaffarabad and responded positively to the request of the Government of AJK for opening an office in AJK. |
| Climate
Change is a global problem - building capacity
to meet the challenge: The
World Conservation Union (IUCN) Pakistan in collaboration
with IUCN Asia and the Ministry of Environment,
Government of Pakistan, is organizing a three
day training workshop between September 18 and
September 20 on building capacity of federal
and provincial government institutions and civil
society organizations to meet the challenge of
climate change. The workshop is being organised
under the auspices of Pakistan Environment Programme.
Participants from relevant federal and provincial
government agencies and civil society organizations
from all over the country are participating in
the workshop. |
| National Workshop on Urban Air Quality and Integrated Traffic Management Concluded:
The general recommendations of the workshop suggested having a comprehensive approach addressing mobile and industrial/ stationary sources of air pollution, implementation of policies, development and adoption of ambient air quality standards. Participants suggested undertaking more air quality monitoring and operationalzing the air quality provisions of the Pakistan Environmental Protection Act of 1997 through the provision of a Pakistan air quality policy/action plan. |
| National
Workshop on Urban Air Quality and Integrated
Traffic Management held in Karachi:
Organized by the Pakistan Clean Air
Network (PCAN), in collaboration with Pakistan
Environmental Protection Agency (Pak
EPA), Sindh Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA),
City District Government Karachi (CDGK), Clean
Air Initiative for Asian Cities
(CAI-Asia), Asian Development Bank (ADB), World
Bank and IUCN Pakistan, the workshop National Workshop
on Urban Air Quality and Integrated Traffic Management
aimed at devising a pragmatic
plan of action for Pakistan
especially Karachi, based on national and international
experiences in Air Quality Management (AQM). |
| IUCN
Participates in UNDP-SGP Stakeholders Workshop: IUCN
Sindh Programme participated in stakeholders workshop
organized by UNDP- GEF Small Grants Programme in
Badin. The workshop was presided over by the District
Nazim, Ali Anwar Helepoto and attended by the DCO
and EDOs and representatives of NGOs and media. |
| 10 Days left to apply for 2006 Reuters-IUCN Environmental Media Awards: With just 10 days to the deadline of 15 September, journalists and editors are invited to submit entries for this year's Reuters-IUCN Media Awards for Excellence in Environmental Reporting, open to print and online journalists worldwide. The global winner will receive a cash prize of US$ 5'000. |
| Regional
Director, IUCN Asia meets with Sindh Government
Officials in Karachi: Regional
Director, IUCN Asia, Ms. Aban Marker Kabraji
held meeting with the Additional Chief Secretary
(Dev) Government of Sindh in Karachi. Speaking
on the occasion, Ms. Aban Marker Kabraji said
that National Conservation Strategy (NCS) had
clearly indicated the possible implications of
LBOD but no heed was given at that time. |
| Regional
Director, IUCN Asia Region visits Balochistan
Programme Office: Ms.
Aban Marker Kabraji, Regional Director, IUCN
Asia Region, Ms. Nikhat Sattar, Country Group
Head (CGH-2), Mr. Sohail Malik, Country Representative
and Mr. Hamid Sarfraz, Manager, Programme Coordination
visited Balochistan Programme office. . |
| Meeting
of IUCN delegation with Governor of Balochistan: Ms.
Aban Marker Kabraji, Regional Director, IUCN
Asia Region met with Governor Balochistan Mr.
Owais Ahmed Ghani. She was accompanied by Ms.
Nikhat Sattar, Country Group Head for Pakistan & Nepal,
Mr. Sohail Malik, Country representative IUCN
Pakistan, Mr. Hamid Sarfraz, Manager Programme
Coordination, Syed M. Saleem Chishti, Head Balochistan
Programme Office and Dr. Abdul Majeed, Head IUCN
Pakistan Water Programme. |
| Consultative
workshop on Water Programme of IUCNP held in
Karachi: A
draft framework for the Water Programme has
been developed by IUCN Pakistan in cooperation
with an international water management consultant.
The framework consists of an overall theme
and six projects that address some of the issues
enclosed in this theme. The framework is a
very concise document which will be elaborated
by IUCN Pakistan once consulted with main partners
and external stakeholders. In this regard a
consultative workshop was held in Karachi which
was attended by the representatives of government,
academia and civil society organizations. |
New
book explores relationship between poverty,
health and environment: The
majority of Asia's poor live in rural areas
where ecosystems they depend on – water
bodies, grasslands, soils and forests - are
facing strains from unsustainable exploitation
or conversion to other uses, according to a
new publication launched today by ADB and the
World Conservation Union (IUCN).
Full
release [PDF] | Full
publication | IUCN
Asia Regional Office | ADB
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| National
Roundtable on Fisheries: Speakers
called for sustainable fisheries policy at
a ‘Roundtable Meting on Fisheries’ organized
by Pakistan National Committee (PNC) of IUCN.
The meeting was facilitated by PNC Chairman,
Mr. Javed Jabbar while representatives of
fishermen community, social society representatives,
government officials from Balochistan, NWFP
and Sindh also attended the meeting. |
Pakistan
to lend a Snow Leopard cub from Naltar
Valley to the Bronx Zoo : At
a ceremony attended by a large gathering
of environmentalists, wildlife specialists,
diplomats, academics and the media, an
orphaned snow leopard named Leo was handed
over to officials from the Wildlife Conservation
Society/Bronx Zoo for participation in
a captive breeding programme in New York,
USA. The Minister of State for Environment
Malik Amin Aslam was the chief guest and
the US Ambassador His Excellency Ryan C.
Crocker was the guest of honour. |
LEO
- The Snow Leopard: Leo,
the Snow Leopard, was rescued by a shepherd
of Naltar Valley, in Northern Areas of Pakistan.
The Gilgit office of the World Wide Fund
for Nature-Pakistan (WWF-P) brought the cub
to
their office and later it was moved to the
Khunjerab National Park on decision of The
Northern Areas Forest and Wildlife Department
and the Federal Government. With onset of
summer and the resulting increase in temperature,
the cub was taken back to Naltar Valley and
has since remained there. Consequently, the
US Embassy in Islamabad was informed of the
cub's situation and submitted a proposal
to the Government of Pakistan suggesting
that
the snow leopard be loaned for captive breeding
to an international facility as part of a
long-term conservation and rehabilitation
programme.
Noting the existence of state-of-the-art
snow leopard facilities in the US, namely
the world
renowned facility at the Bronx Zoo, IUCN
Pakistan backed this proposal and worked
tirelessly
to persuade all parties. Once identified
as a potential home for the cub, the Wildlife
Conservation Society/Bronx Zoo enthusiastically
took on the venture. |
| 2nd Rapid Environmental Assessment Training (1-5 August, 2006), Pakistan
After the first very successful REA training in May 2006, the World Conservation Union (IUCN), Pakistan in partnership with Church World Service-Pakistan/Afghanistan (CWS-P/A) is organizing 2nd REA Training Session during 1-5 August, 2006 (venue will be announced shortly). World renowned REA Expert Mr. Charles Kelly from Benfield Hazards Research Centre, UK will again be coming to Pakistan as the resource person for this training.
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| EFR
Project Launched. The
Environmental Fiscal Reforms (EFRs) Project is
funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and
Cooperation (SDC) and is going to be implemented
by the World Conservation Union (IUCN), in collaboration
with the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics.
The project, in collaboration with relevant government
agencies and other stakeholders, aims at enhancing
national capacity to research, formulate, review
and implement comprehensive environmental fiscal
reforms in Pakistan in order to rationalize tax
structures, efficient use of tax sources, cost
recovery and removing environmentally harmful
subsidies in environment and natural resource
sectors. An inception seminar today - July 4,
2006 - in Islamabad, marks the official launch
of this project and is also meant to introduce
this subject and project to all relevant stakeholders
at the federal, provincial and district levels.
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| Alert
Bulletin -3: Moonsoons
may trigger major landslide. The World
Conservation Union (IUCN), the Worldwide Fund
for Nature (WWF) and CARE International warn
against a serious environmental hazard in earthquake
affected areas. |
| National
Roundtable on Deserts,
and
Desertification held in Islamabad , June 5, 2006:
Pakistan National Committee (PNC) of IUCN members organized a national
Roundtable on deserts and desertification on the occasion of the World
Environment Day, on June 5 in Islamabad . The Roundtable aimed to bring
together a wide range of pertinent stakeholders to discuss the critical issues
and challenges related to deserts and desertification in the country and provide
effective and innovative solutions. |
| World
Environment Day, June 5, 2006:
Don't
Desert Drylands! Pakistan especially vulnerable
to desertification Pakistan, with most of
its land area classified as arid or semi arid
is extremely vulnerable to
the growing threat of desertification through drought
and soil degradation. It has one of the lowest
percentages of area under forest and with little
slowing down of the trend of deforestation - one
of the major causes of desertification - the situation
demands extraordinary measures to be undertaken
on an emergency basis. The World Environment Day
2006, with its slogan, "Don't desert drylands," poignantly
brings home the urgency of this message. |
|
International Day of Biodiversity:
Pakistan's Rich Biodiversity Faces Serious Threats. The International Day for Biological Diversity (IBD) is celebrated all over the world, on May 22, to highlight the significance of biodiversity conservation. It symbolizes the collective will of the world to cooperate in halting and reversing the accelerating loss of biological and genetic resources of the planet. It gives an opportunity to all, to join hands and talk about the existing and emerging problems caused by biodiversity loss and prospects of biodiversity conservation. The theme for IBD 2006 is Protecting
Biodiversity in Drylands. |
| Islam,
environmental education
and
conservation in the MACP. Conservancies of
Northern Pakistan. Religious
leaders in Islam are highly respected personalities,
and they are approached by communities
on matters dealing with all aspects of
daily life, as laid out in the teachings
of Islam, giving them leadership and voice
in the activities that are undertaken both
by individuals and groups. As a result
of both their stature in the community
and the Islamic teachings, religious leaders
can play a vital role in explaining the
linkages between all aspects of the natural
world, and that when the links or relationships
are severed-certain species decrease or
disappear because of poaching or environmental
systems are degraded through pollution-it
affects all life on earth. |
| Hearing their voices: – The Women and Children in the Earthquake Affected Areas of Pakistan The project is executed by the Ministry
of Environment, Government of Pakistan, and implemented
by IUCN-Pakistan. Project partners include the Government
of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), the Northern
Areas Administration, the World Wide Fund for Nature
(WWF), the Aga Khan Rural Support Program (AKRSP) and
the Himalayan Wildlife Foundation. |
| The
Mountain Areas Conservancy Programme – A
community-based approach to watershed management
in the mountains of
northern Pakistan The project is executed by the Ministry
of Environment, Government of Pakistan, and implemented
by IUCN-Pakistan. Project partners include the Government
of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), the Northern
Areas Administration, the World Wide Fund for Nature
(WWF), the Aga Khan Rural Support Program (AKRSP) and
the Himalayan Wildlife Foundation. |
| World
Wetlands Day 2006 'Wetlands and
water – supporting
life, sustaining livelihoods' February 02, each year
is celebrated
as the World Wetlands Day (WWD). It marks the date
of the signing of the Convention on Wetlands on February
02, 1971, in the Iranian city of Ramsar on the shores
of the Caspian Sea. |
| Valli Moosa
advocates environmentally sound
development in Pakistan.
President of the World Conservation Union (IUCN) calls
for a more assertive role of the conservation movement
in socio-economic development in Pakistan and offers
assistance for post-earthquake reconstruction. |
| IUCN's
President for Upscaling
IUCN’s Earthquake Work in Pakistan.The
President of the World Conservation Union (IUCN)
Mr. Valli Moosa pledged to upscale IUCN's efforts
in post-earthquake reconstruction and rehabilitation
in the country. He was addressing media representatives
at the end of his three day visit to Pakistan. |
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