Social Policy Work of IUCN Pakistan

IUCN Pakistan (IUCNP) has been engaged in social policy work through two main channels: the national, provincial and district level conservation strategies, and its field projects in the country.

Starting from the key role it played in the formulation of the Pakistan National Conservation Strategy (NCS), IUCNP helped the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) and the Balochistan province formulate their conservation strategies. Recently it has worked with stakeholders in Pakistan’s Northern Areas to develop the Northern Areas Strategy for Sustainable Development (NASSD). In addition, it has also been working in two districts of NWFP to help formulate district level conservation strategies – the Chitral Conservation Strategy (CCS) and the Abbottabad Conservation Strategy (ACS). IUCNP has also been involved in helping to implement these strategies.

The IUCN Pakistan Programme has developed several web resources relating to their social policy work, including development information and news, conservation strategies, and discussion lists. For more information, please click here

The other major dimension of IUCNP’s social policy work has been through its field projects, especially the Environmental Rehabilitation in NWFP and Punjab (ERNP) and the Mountain Area Conservancy Project (MACP).

MOUNTAIN AREA CONSERVANCY PROJECT

The goal of the Mountain Areas Conservancy Project (MACP) of IUCN Pakistan is to protect biodiversity and ensure its sustainable use in Pakistan’s Karakorum, Hindu Kush, and Western Himalayan mountain ranges through a community-based conservation approach. MACP is based on the premise that conservation activities are unlikely to be sustainable over the long term unless local communities are actively involved.
Full feature // MACP website

ENVIRONMENTAL REHABILITATION IN NWFP AND PUNJAB (ERNP)

The goal of the ERNP project in Pakistan is to halt and reverse the ongoing process of environmental degradation. In line with the National Conservation Strategy (NCS) of Pakistan, the project methodology is based on the use of integrated measures of rehabilitation of natural resources and sustainable socio-economic development. Thus the fundamental approach is the full involvement of the local population in the management of the resources on which they depend.
Full feature // IUCN Pakistan website