2003
| Dam Aur Tarqqiyat - Faisala Sazi Ki Ahm Tarjehaat |
This
document was produced by IUCN Pakistan under the
project of World Commission on Dams - Consultative
process in Pakistan. The objective of publishing
this report is to raise knowledge among stake holders
and pulblic about big projects in water and energy
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Dam Aur Tarqqiyat -
Executive Summary
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This
documentis is urdu translation of the Exectuvie
Summary of the World Commmission on Dams' report
Dams and Development..... (Size.
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| Replicable Natural Resource Management Practices - The Northern
Pakistan Experience |
PSNP,
Swiss funded initiative of IUCN Pakistan in NWFP
and Northern Areas, commissioned a study to identify
the path breaking practices regarding Replicable
Natural Resource Management. Various projects were
carried out during this study. A detailed review
of all these projects is reviewed in this Document... (Size.
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| .NASSD Background Papers : |
During early consultations at the tehsil level, and with key governmental and non-governmental organizations, 16 areas of intervention were identified as being critical for the Northern Areas Strategy for Sustainable Development (NASSD). Parts of the information of the papers were then incorporated into the State of the Environment and Development (SoED) and the main strategy, i.e., NASSD. However, since the Papers contain a wealth of extremely useful information, a decision was taken to produce a series of NASSD Background Papers
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| .1. Gender Environment and Development: |
During early consultations at the tehsil level, and with key governmental
and non-governmental organizations, 16 areas of intervention were
identified as being critical for the Northern Areas Strategy for Sustainable
Development (NASSD). To ensure gender equity - i.e. equal access to social
amenities, economic opportunities, and decision making, etc. -
the situational analysis serves the purpose of taking stock and
identifying interventions, which do not compromise the needs of
one gender over the other.
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| .2. Environmental Education: |
The Environmental Education Background Paper of NACS provides recommendations
for capacity building and facilitates mainstreaming of environmental concerns
into the education processes.
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| .3. Governance: |
Governance can be argued to be the state of the relationship between
the state and citizens in a polity. The second part of this aspect
would be the mechanisms, comprising of rules and principles whose
interplay provides the framework for their resolution. The study
of both the aspects in the Northern Areas (NA) has been a focus
of this assignment. The paper presents the results together
with recommendations.
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.4. Non Governmental Organizations: |
NGOs/CBOs are the third major development sector besides government
and private sector. NGOs have been gradually moving from the practice
of service delivery to the institutional capacity building programs.
This trend gives the idea of self-sustained medium/small NGOs/CBOs
having support from government and large development organizations.
This would generate more empowerment of the grassroots communities
in decision making, implementation, maintenance and monitoring of
development activities, which is imperative for sustainable
development. The involvement of NGOs/CBOs in the formulation
and implementation of the NASSD originates from this underpinning.
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| .5. Sustainable Tourism and Cultural Heritage: |
Tourism sector is one of the major contributors to the economy
of the Northern Areas, though no official statistics are available
but it is estimated that more than 50% of International tourists
arriving in Pakistan visit Northern Areas. The objective of this
paper is to identify the issues faced by the sector and suggest
practical and impermeable recommendations for resolution of these issues.
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| .6. Communication:
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Communication is one of the key process and cross cutting theme in the
project. Since, the NASSD is being developed through a participatory
process, many of its major activities like public consultation meetings,
IG/RT forums have an inherent communication and advocacy aspect.
Besides, in the NASSD communication has been applied as a structured
process or an instrument of policy to create awareness and participation
at various phases of policy cycles.
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.7. Biodiversity:
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The background paper provides information on the status and trends
in biological resources of NA and highlights issues and problems
faced in conservation of these resources. It also looks into current
initiatives, identifies key stakeholders, and provides options for
future actions for conservation and sustainable use of biological
diversity in NA.
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.8. Forestry: |
Briefly, the paper has considered and discussed the long-term and
Short-term local demands within resource production, Biodiversity,
wildlife, habitats and eco-systems, Forest protected areas,
Eco-tourism, NTFP - medicinal plants, Community involvement in
private forests and protected forests.
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| .9. Population: |
This background paper was commissioned by the Northern Areas
Strategy for Sustainable Development to provide an overview
of current understandings of linkages between population,
poverty and environment in the Northern Areas, with a view
to identifying a set of strategic directions for the future.
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| .10. Rangelands and Livestock: |
This paper covers rangeland and livestock sector. Rangelands
are primary resource base available to rural people and are
vital for local economics. Furthermore, they are major and
most economical source of forage for livestock, particularly
for sheep and goats. The vast majority of households keep
livestock for a range of purposes. This paper covers: milk,
meat, wool, hair, dung production, as gifts for religious
purposes, for traction and as capital investment.
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| .11. Water: |
Taking in to account the importance of water for sustained
economic development and environmental management of the Northern
Areas, water was identified as one of the priority topics for the
preparation of the background paper. It provides a vehicle for
exploring key issues in depth along with essential information
about the subject, summarizes trends, and offers some of the
practical solutions.
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| .12. Private Sector: |
The concept behind this background paper is to contribute towards
the development of a comprehensive conservation strategy for the
sustainable development of Northern Areas (NA) while analysing the
private sector in terms of its role and significance in the
sustainable development of the region.
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| .13. Urban Environment :
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This paper 'Urban Environment' would supply baseline information
for state on the environment report as well as would be helpful
to formulate strategic guidelines for each sector to incorporate
environmental concerns in future development projects
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| .14. Health and Environment:
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'Environmental health' would supply baseline information for state on the
environment report as well as health of the Northern Areas and would be
helpful to formulate strategic guidelines for each sector to incorporate
in future development projects.
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| .15. Energy:
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The energy strategy for NA has been confined to deal with the
socio-economic aspects, present available source of energy,
present power demand and demand forecast up to the next
fifteen years, i.e., 2016, identification and implementation
of the hydel project at the promising sites.
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.16. Agriculture: |
This paper suggests that an effort should be made for a
sustainable agriculture that is not only proficient but
also profitable. Focus on agriculture will be on
exploitation of potential for higher yield where it
exists in cereal and horticulture crops by encouraging
diverse research areas.
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