Sarhad Provincial Conservation Strategy - IUCN

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N A T U R A L R E S O U R C E M A N A G E M E N T
■ continue improving agricultural marketing, credit,
infrastructure, pesticide use, and soil conservation;
■ guard vigilantly against expropriation of agricultural
land for other uses; and
■ implement projects for the institutions described.
Water Management
A commitment is made in the next three years t o :
■ commission a management review;
■ prepare and submit to Government a concept
paper on the need for public control of groundwater
development by law; and
■ start re-organizing the Irrigation Department
according to the recommendations of its management
review.
Soil
A commitment is made in the next three years t o :
■ develop and apply flexible systems of controlled
grazing appropriate to each site to improve the
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density and vigour of ground vegetation, with
the cooperation of the land and livestock
o w n e r s ;
■ work with the systems mentioned, to implement
participatory integrated renewable resources
development projects, with adequate incentives
provided to the participants for overcoming their
resistance to controlled grazing; and
■ expand the scope of the Soil Conservation Unit to
encompass all practices for increasing the sustainable
productivity of agricultural land prone to soil
erosion, which should be facilitated by including
such practices in participatory integrated renewable
resources development projects.
Fisheries, Energy & Mineral Resources
A commitment is made in the next three years to prepare
detailed strategies for these sub-sectors. Over the
l o n g - t e r m a commitment is made to implement the
s t r a t e g i e s .