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June 05
World Environment Day
INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR CONSERVATION OF NATURE
Theme:
Your Planet Needs You: UNite to Combat Climate Change
Theme reflects the need for
urgency for nations to agree
on a new deal at the crucial
climate convention meeting
in Copenhagen some 180
days later in the year, and
the links with overcoming
poverty and improved
management of forests.
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World Environment Day-Everyday
As the world celebrates World Environment Day, the negative impact on people and nature of
unsustainable lifestyles and practices are felt more strongly than ever before, according to
IUCN.
Only 180 days before the UN climate meeting in Copenhagen, climate change is also the main
focus of this year’s worldwide celebrations. A two-day meeting is being held in Mexico as the
main event marking World Environment Day, reflecting the country’s growing role in fighting
global warming.
“We’re running out of time to reverse a series of dangerous trends,” says Julia MartonLefèvre, IUCN Director General. “For too long, we’ve been taking much more than the earth
can produce and we must recognize that the natural environment, upon which we depend,
is suffering as a result. We need to increase our investments in nature now.”
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World Environment Day-Everyday
Well managed natural resources are crucial to sustainable development, encourage economic
growth and help reduce poverty. To make sure that investment in nature is done on a global
scale, IUCN is working on all levels of society-from governments to the private sector to civil
society, including indigenous peoples.
“With governments preoccupied with financial bailout plans and finding a way to deal with
climate change, we cannot let the debates about these issues make us forget that we are
running out of time very quickly,” adds Ms Marton-Lefèvre. “Giving the world’s most
vulnerable people a fighting chance to deal with poverty, food insecurity and climate
change vulnerability requires us to act before it’s too late.”
World Environment day was established by the UN General Assembly in 1972 to mark the
opening of the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment and is celebrated each year
across the globe to raise awareness about pressing environmental issues and get political
attention.
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(IUCN) INTERNATIONAL UNION
FOR CONSERVATION OF NATURE
INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR CONSERVATION OF NATURE
A Global Union
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The Driving Force
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Vision
Mission
A just world that values and
conserves nature
Influence, encourage and
assist societies to conserve
the integrity and diversity of
nature and ensure any use of
natural resources is equitable
and ecologically sustainable
Our Structure
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Our Value Proposition
Impact
Knowledge
Empowerment
Building new
approaches and a
Applying, and in
constituency that
some cases
can maintain,
tailoring,
knowledge
Research and data
promote and extend
to
a
specific
situation
for sustainable
the application of
and/or
the
needs
of
resource
sustainability
partners
at
any
level
management
Reach
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Governance
Establishing a
common standard
for approaches,
services and
products that allow
for scaling-up,
adaptation and
quality control
IUCN Priority Areas
1 – Conserving the diversity of life
Ensuring sustainable and equitable management of biodiversity from local to
global levels
2 – Changing the climate forecast
Integrating biodiversity considerations and opportunities into climate change
policy and practice
3 – Naturally energizing the future
Implementing ecologically sustainable, equitable and efficient energy
systems
4 – Managing ecosystems for human well-being
Improving livelihoods, reducing poverty and vulnerability and enhancing
environmental and human security through sustainable ecosystem
management
5 – Greening the Economy
Integrating ecosystem conservation values in economic policy, finance and
markets
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Why is IUCN Unique?
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Only organization that has as its members, States, governments,
and NGOs
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Only environmental organization that has been granted ‘observer’
status at the United Nations
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Only Scientific body to have 6 full fledged Commissions
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Governed by a Council whose members are drawn from all over
the world, and serve on a voluntary basis
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Secretariat serves as a full time office
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IUCN Contribution
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IUCN has helped
Governments formulate
policies and
implemented
programmes according
to them.
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It has also contributed to
the debate on vital
issues related to state of
the world environment.
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IUCN in Pakistan
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Offices & Projects
CIADP Chitral Office
Sarhad Office at Peshawar
• CIADP
• FATA Support
BPSD Qila Saifullah Office
Juniper Ziarat Office
Balochistan Office at Quetta
• BPSD
• BRF
BPSD Gwadar Office
BPSD Lasbela Office
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Northern Areas Office at Gilgit
• HKKH
• Shigar
Islamabad Office
• Programme Coordination
• AJK Programme/ESMA
• EFR
• PWP
• MACP
• PSDS
• ATB-TPM
• CC-TAP
• NIAP
Country Office at Karachi
• Constituency
• Coastal Ecosystem
• Water Programme
• Sindh Coastal project
• Clean Air Initiative
• Comm. & Outreach
• Finance
• HR
• Admin
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 Khush-Hali Associates
 Northern Areas of
Pakistan
 Pakistan Environmental
Protection Foundation
 P&D Department, FATA
Civil Secretariat
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Donors & Partners
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Key Environmental threats in Pakistan
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Change in landuse preferences
Unsustainable Harvesting…. from Mountains to marine resources
Water stress
Deforestation.. less than 5% forest cover (only 3% productive cover)
Desertification
Urban Air Quality Deterioration
Threats to the biodiversity of wetlands…
– Unsustainable drainage of water from wetlands
Pollution
– Industrial
– Agricultural
– Domestic waste and landfill
Environmental and resource Governance
IUCN Pakistan Interventions:
Technical Advisory Panel on Climate Change (TAP-CC)
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The Technical Advisory Panel on Climate Change (TAP-CC) was established
in December 2007.
Objective:
• To provide support to the Government of Pakistan (GoP) in addressing
climate change concerns in the country.
• Endorsed by the Ministry of Environment (MoE), GoP.
Members:
• Global Change Impacts Studies Centre (GCISC)
• Pakistan Agriculture Research Council (PARC)
• Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD)
• Eminent national experts on climate change.
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Technical Advisory Panel on Climate Change (TAP-CC)
Achievments
• Carried out a Policy Gap Analysis
• Held Regional Conference on Climate Change
• Assisted in preparations for Council Of Parties
Meetings (COP 13 and 14)
• Arranged an exposure visit to The Energy and
Resources Institute (TERI), India
• Conducted a training course on Climate Change
and Air Quality Management
• Hosted a Lecture by Dr. Enrique Penalosa on Sustainable Transport
• Held a Seminar on ‘Impacts of Climate Change on Agriculture in the Punjab’
• Compiled research on Climate Change
• Held a Seminar on Climate Change in Muzaffarabad, AJK
• Carried out Climate Change Related Studies in Northern Areas
• Arranged roundtable Discussion on Climate Change
• Assisted in conducting a training workshop for media
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Balochistan Partnerships for Sustainable Development
Goal:
Sustained ecological and human well-being in
Balochistan
Objectives:
• Promote sound environmental governance
at the district level through visioning,
planning and implementation.
• Facilitate integrated water, coastal and
marine resource management.
• Enhance capacity of relevant stakeholders
to support sustainable development in
Balochistan.
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Balochistan Partnerships for Sustainable Development
Area of focus:
• Environmental Governance
• Climate Change and Desertification
• Coastal development and rehabilitation
• IWRM (Integrated water resource management)
Area of Operation:
• Gwadar
• Lasbela
• Mastung
• Quetta
• Pishin
• Qila Saifullah
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Sindh Coastal Communities Development Project in
Badin & Thatta Districts
Major issues in coastal and marine
areas:
• Scarcity of fresh water
• Urban and industrial pollution
• Over exploitation of fisheries and
mangroves
• Sea intrusion due to diversion of
river Indus water
• Lack of scientific coastal zone
management
• Absence of community involvement
in planning and implementation of
development programme
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Sindh Coastal Communities Development Project in
Badin & Thatta Districts
Under the SCCDP, IUCN-Pakistan is tasked with the planning and implementation of
community planting, management and environmental assessment of aquaculture in
the coastal areas of the Thatta and Badin districts.
Project activities:
•Community Mobilisation
–Awareness campaigns through mass meetings
•Mangroves Restoration / Rehabilitation
–Consultations with concerned stakeholders.
–Development of the selected sites for mangroves nurseries and plantations
–Selection of mangroves species and marking of mother plants for seed
collection
–Basic training of community for raising mangrove plantation and nursery
•Environmental Impacts of Crab and Prawn Ponds
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Mainstreaming Biodiversity Conservation into Production
System in the Juniper Forest Ecosystem
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Ziarat district of Balochistan has the
world’s second largest cluster of
Juniper forests in the world.
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These Junipers trees are also called
‘living fossils’ due to their slow growth
rate of 1.5cm per year, making some of
those present in the surrounding
forests over 2500 years old.
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Mainstreaming Biodiversity Conservation into Production
System in the Juniper Forest Ecosystem
Objectives:
• Strengthen the capacity of local communities and partner institutions for
sustainable natural resource management.
• Devise community-based solutions to enhance social and economic wellbeing in the selected pilot areas.
• Replicate successful models across the district in other Juniper areas.
• Improve the health of the Juniper forest ecosystem in order to conserve
biodiversity and increase the ecosystems contribution to sustainable
development.
• Reduce the negative impact of livestock grazing and energy production
activities, while exploring opportunities for income generation from
sustainable tourism, controlled hunting, and watershed and ecosystem
services.
• Develop community-led solutions to natural resource management
challenges in selected areas.
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Environmental Fiscal Reforms (EFR)
“Building Coalitions for Change to Implement Pro-Poor Environmental Fiscal
Reforms” is a three year project designed to tackle these challenges.
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Supported by Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, the
project is being implemented by IUCN in partnership with Pakistan
Institute of Development Economics (P.I.D.E.) and District Government
Abbottabad.
The primary aim of the project is to forge linkages between research,
policy advocacy and pilot implementation of EFR in Pakistan by building
on ongoing reforms.
The project will explore opportunities to promote a coordinated approach
to policy formulation and implementation on the premise that
environmental problems invariably cut across spatial, administrative and
temporal boundaries.
It will undertake EFR-related activities at the federal, provincial and
district levels.
Environmental Fiscal Reforms (EFR)
Project Components:
– Action research and
awareness raising
– Capacity building
– Enabling institutional,
legal and policy
framework
– Piloting Select EFR
Options
– Disseminating lessons
learned for wider
replication
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Pakistan Clean Air Network – “ Striving for Clean Air in
Pakistan” (PCAN)
International Union for Conservation
of Nature (IUCN) Asia Regional
Office signed an agreement with
Asian Development Bank (ADB), on
06 April 2005, to become a non-city
member of Clean Air Initiative for
Asian Cities (CAI-Asia) Centre.
Under this agreement, IUCN helped
establish Pakistan Clean Air
Network (PCAN) and serves as its
Secretariat.
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Pakistan Clean Air Network – “ Striving for Clean Air in
Pakistan” (PCAN)
Unique in nature, PCAN works towards promoting better Air Quality Management
(AQM) practices through:
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Working with all interested individuals as well as relevant groups, to undertake
AQM knowledge management in Pakistan;
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Supporting establishment of city level multi stakeholder groups for AQM related
initiatives;
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Undertaking institutional strengthening and capacity building for AQM;
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Promoting and facilitating air quality research, with a view to ensure clean and
safe air, for the health and well-being of the people;
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Promoting sustainable transport activities;
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Working for the prevention of indoor air pollution;
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Assisting government agencies in the implementation of an air quality programme;
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Establishing Air Resource Information Network, for collection and dissemination of
air quality documents.
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National Wetlands Policy Formulation: 2008-09
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Formulation of a Core Policy
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Orientation to;
– Alpine wetlands complex
– Indus Dolphin wetland
complex and wetlands of
Sindh
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Consultation with key
stakeholders
Situation analysis
National Issue Statement
developed
6 Sub-national Stakeholder
Consultations conducted
National Wetlands Policy Formulation: 2008-09
Next Steps
• 1 National Workshop
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Finalization of draft policy with
extensive expert review
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Facilitate approval of draft
policy from the National
Wetlands Advisory Committee
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FATA Sustainable Development Plan
Goal
A just, peaceful and equitable society where people can live in
harmony and with dignity by securing social, economic and
ecological well-being
Objectives
– Address basic social needs and underlying causes of prevailing
disparities
– Improve institutional and financial capacities
– Explore and diversify available opportunities
– Manage and maintain ecological and subsistence-support
systems
– Monitor and evaluate multi-sectoral progress
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FATA Sustainable Development Plan
Key Thematic areas
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Governance
Environment
Economic Development
Services and utilities
…thank you
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