WWF - Pakistan Ongoing Conservation Projects -  2010

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High Altitude Wetlands Conservation in Northern Pakistan
Donor Agencies: WWF International Global Freshwater Programme
Start Date: June 2004
Planned End Date: June 2010
Summary
The initial project on participatory Conservation of High Altitude Wetlands (HAW) focused on bio physical, ecological and socio-economic capital assessments, and produced comprehensive management plans for the six potential HAWs of the region. The project was extended to start test based implementation of the Management Plans of two HAWs viz., Handarab and Utter Lakes jointly with local communities, Forest, Wildlife and Fisheries departments of Northern Areas......more

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Pakistan Sustainable Cotton Initiative
Donor Agencies: WWF – Switzerland, IKEA
Start Date: January 2005
Planned End Date: December 2011
Summary
The Pakistan Sustainable Cotton Initiative (PSCI) aims at developing and promoting best management practices for sustainable cotton production. This will include demonstration of best water management practices and significant reduced applications of pesticides and fertilizers in cotton production without significantly affecting the yield......more

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Protection and Management of Pakistan Wetlands Programme
Project Category: N/A
Donor Agency: GEF, UNDP, RNE, WWF-Network
Start Date: June 2005
Planned End Date: May 2012
Summary
The Pakistan Wetlands Programme fits well within Pakistan’s development goals by aiming to promote equitable sharing of natural resources, securing rights-of-access, especially for poor communities, diversifying livelihoods, improving the income earning potential of stakeholder communities and creating incentives for sustainable wetlands management......more

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Indus For All Programme (IFAP)
Project Category: N/A
Donor Agency: RNE, WWF’s Living Waters Programme, WWF - Int Asia Pacific Programme
Start Date: July 2007
Planned End Date: June 2012
Summary
The Indus Ecoregion Programme is an ambitious long-term (2005-2055) initiative of the World Wide Fund for Nature – Pakistan (WWF-P) and the Government of Sindh that will address poverty and natural resource degradation in the Indus Ecoregion. The failure of previous disconnected short-term poverty reduction and natural resource management projects has raised the need for a long-term vision and framework that integrates the existing efforts of all stakeholders and results in comprehensive solutions leading to sustainable management of the Indus Ecoregion......more

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Assessment of Environmental Impacts of Implementation of Better Management Practices in Cotton Crop
Project Category: Freshwater
Donor Agency: WWF - Switzerland
Start Date: July 2007
Planned End Date: June 2011
Summary
Cotton is one of agriculture's most water-intensive and pest-sensitive crops, mostly grown in semi-arid and water-scarce areas. Its cultivation takes up more than 2.4% of global arable land, involves about 30 million farmers, and has been estimated to consume 11% of the world's pesticides. It therefore has significant environmental and social impacts in many regions of the world......more

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Indus Basin Water Security
Donor Agencies: WWF- UK
Start Date: October 2007
Planned End Date: June 2010
Summary
Rivers and aquifer systems need water to maintain themselves and their functions and benefit to the society. Minimum flow requirements are needed to maintain delta ecosystem functioning and the associated livelihoods. The amount of water needed for this purpose is known as environmental flow, which provides critical contribution to river health, economic development and poverty alleviation......more

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Gyps Vulture Restoration
Project Category: Species
Donor Agencies:  BirdLife International, Environmental Agency of Abu Dhabi
Start Date: June 2007
Planned End Date: May 2015
Summary
The Oriental White-backed Vulture (Gyps benegalensis) was once described as the commonest species of vulture found in the Indian sub-continent (Gilbert et al 2002). It was quoted as the most widely distributed species in Pakistan (Roberts 1991), occurring in provinces of Punjab, Sindh and North West Fortier Province (NWFP)......more

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Conservation Of Indus River Dolphin by improving agriculture resources use in the Lower Indus Basin in Pakistan
Donor Agencies: WWF- Switzerland,WWF Sweden and Engro Foods
Start Date: February 2004
Planned End Date: June 2011
Summary
WWF - Pakistan and WWF International have both identified freshwater ecosystems as a top priority for conservation in the new millennium and have pledged to conserve species of special concern, including those which are endangered, threatened and nationally important.
The endangered Indus dolphin falls into all of these categories. As a species endemic to Pakistan, it is Pakistan's responsibility to take the necessary measures to ensure that this unique species is protected.....more

9
Contract for Transferring the Green Office Concept Within the WWF Network
Summary
Green Office is a simple and light Environmental Management System (EMS) developed by WWF - Finland. It has been in operation since 1997. Green Office is suitable for small and large offices in the private as well as the public sector. Both the environment and the company will benefit from the Green Office Management System......more

10
Pakistan Environmental Reporting Awards (PERA)
Donor Agencies: WWF - Pakistan
Summary
The Pakistan Environmental Reporting Award (PERA) scheme was jointly launched by ACCA and WWF (the conservation organisation) in May 2002. The Awards aim to identify and acknowledge innovative efforts made by organisations both in the corporate and public sector to report on the environmental impact of their activities. Companies working in any type of sector can participate in these awards. These awards are held on annual basis. .....more

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Spellathon
Donor Agencies: Unilever Pakistan, Dadex
Summary
Spellathon is a spelling test of environmental terms and issues, developed for children at English medium schools. The main aim is to increase children's awareness regarding environmental issues. Using high quality colourful information brochures, provided as part of the program, they can have fun while improving their spelling and gaining a greater knowledge of the environment. Children make a small donation to participate and receive special prizes according to their score on the quiz. .....more

12
Land Cover Mapping of Central Karakorum National Park
Donor Agency:  International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development
Summary
The Central Karakoram National Park (CKNP) is the largest National Park of Pakistan located in an extremely rugged area in Karkoram Range. There are four main types of forests including Montane Dry Temperate Coniferous, Montane Dry Temperate Broadleaved, Sub-Alpine and Northern Dry Scrub forests. The study area harbors a great faunal diversity. There are at least nine large mammal species including Markhor, Himalayan ibex, Ladakh urial, Blue sheep, Marco Polo sheep, Snow leopard, Himalayan brown bear, Black bear and Himalayan lynx are found in the area......more

Forest Cover Change Assessment using Satellite Images in Swat and Shangla Districts
Donor Agency:  UNDP
Summary
The study examined the spatial and temporal land cover changes in Swat and Shangla to understand the deforestation pattern and extent using satellite images. The study assessed particular damage made to the forest during the conflict period of Oct. 2007 and Oct. 2008 and also evaluated eight years forest degradation rate of Swat and Shangla during 2001 and 2009....more

District-wise Forest Cover Assessment of Pakistan
Summary
GIS and Remote Sensing based tools and technologies are in use to assess forest cover for the last two decades in Pakistan. The national level forest cover studies based upon satellite images include the Forestry Sector Master Plan (1992) and National Forest & Range Resources Study (2004). Aim of these mapping activities conducted at 1:250,000 scale was to estimate national forest cover disintegrated at province level. The results of such, relatively coarser detail, studies provide concise baseline information for policy level awareness and decision making. However, no systematic baseline data disintegrated at local administration boundaries (e.g., District and Tehsil), is available to accurately measure either the current extent of forest cover or the deforestation rate of a particular district (Qamer et al., 2010)...... more