Workshop
on poultry related issues
By Bakhtiar Ahmad
Abbottabad,
July 6: District Government Abbottabad
in collaboration with IUCNP Abbottabad
Office organized a workshop to discuss
poultry related environmental issues
in the district. DCO Abbottabad
chaired the workshop and the participants
included relevant District Government
Officials, representatives of Poultry
Farmers Association, CSOs and EPA
NWFP.
Speaking on the occasion Gul
Rehman, DCO Abbottabad, appreciated
the support of IUCN and EPA NWFP
in organizing the workshop and
assured that District Government
will involve all stakeholders
in decision making process in
this regard.
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He
said that the District Government
would try its best to solve all
poultry related issues with full
involvement of the stakeholders.
Javed Khan, President Poultry Association
Abbottabad, presented poultry related
issues from poultry farmer's perspective
and suggested to comprise a committee
of relevant Govt. Officials, EPA
and poultry Association for monitoring
the poultry farms and for penalizing
those found violating the rules.
Mussadaq Shah,
ACO Abbottabad presented the background
of the workshop and informed that
in the first meeting of DEPC Abbottabad,
held on April 6, 2005, various environmental
issues of District Abbottabad were
discussed. During the discussions,
environmental impact of poultry
farms emerged as one of the major
issues of district. It was, therefore,
decided to hold a session on poultry
related issues where the impact
of poultry farms on the environment
and possible remedial measures will
be discussed.
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Dr. Amjad Ali Khan,
Deputy Director NWFP Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA), presented
the background of various legislations
related to poultry forms. He explained
that EPA NWFP in collaboration with
IUCNP Sarhad Office has prepared environmental
guidelines for 22 sectors including
poultry farms. The Federal EPA has
approved these guidelines and from
now on all new poultry farms will
be granted NoC by EPA, if they comply
with these guidelines.
Hameed Hassan from IUCNP Peshawar
office explained various provisions
of land use zoning under the LGO 2001
and the role of TMAs in this regard.
He also informed that IUCNP is organizing
a training sessions on environmental
guidelines for all 22 sectors including
poultry sector for the relevant stakeholders
in Abbottabad. |
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After an in-depth discussion on
the presentations the participants
unanimously agreed on the following
recommendations:
Poultry Association will provide
a poultry farm to EPA, where they
will apply all guidelines and environment
friendly practices, making it a
demonstration farm, for replication
by other poultry farmers.
EPA will also look into the possibility
of supporting model poultry farms
through a small project, for which
EPA will submit a PC-I to NWFP Government.
All new poultry farms will be required
to plant trees in the area around
the building of their poultry farm. |
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