Sarhad Provincial Conservation Strategy - IUCN

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13 B I O L O G I C A L D I V E R S I T Y , P A R K S & P R O T E C T E D A R E A S development of the Biodiversity Action Plan and the parks and protected areas system plan as training opportunities; additional resources will be sought to implement a major institutional training initiative for the relevant Government and non-governmental agencies. Such a programme will include basic biological training for mid-level professionals, advanced training for senior management, and enforcement training for field staff. A cadre of professionals responsible for systems planning and implementation will be trained. New mechanisms for financing parks and protected areas through their own revenues will be developed. 1 3 . 4 TRADITIONAL ECOLOGICAL K N O W L E D G E One of the best sources of biodiversity information is the traditional ecological knowledge of indigenous populations. Much of the information about medicinal plants in northern Pakistan comes from local people. But as society changes, and urbanizes, much of this information is lost. An active programme to collect and use traditional and indigenous knowledge is needed. This need is partly met by IUCN’s community-based biodiversity project in the Northern Areas and the NWFP, but more could be done. Many institutions are now working on the collection and systematic cataloguing of traditional knowledge. Many individuals in Pakistani universities have extensive, useful data bases. Institutions and individuals in the international community are also participating and taking an interest in the biodiversity and traditional ecological knowledge of Pakistan. Some of this focuses on the biodiversity hot spots while much of the rest focuses on individual endangered species and habitat restoration. What is apparent is a lack of a coherent mechanism to ensure the collection and availability of the traditional ecological knowledge in Pakistan; efforts in this regard need to be better coordinated. These and other related issues must be discussed for an affirmative action to conserve and use traditional ecological knowledge. 166 SARHAD PROVINCIAL CONSERVATION STRATEGY 1 3 . 5 I M P L E M E N TAT I O N The most appropriate mechanism to implement the proposed reforms and to aid in strengthening the concerned departments is a Round Table on Biodiversity, Parks, and Protected Areas, similar to those suggested for other high-priority sectors. This group of Government officials, regional experts, and relevant NGOs will be mandated to oversee the development and implementation of an action plan, to implement institution-strengthening initiatives and systems planning, to oversee basic research, to provide impetus to the establishment of parks and protected areas, and generally to oversee the policy and legislative reform process. Such a Round Table will provide the resources necessary to undertake the work through the provision of a focal point staff person in the department. To complete the extensive proposed workload, a major submission to GEF II for institution-strengthening using a two-track planning and implementation process should be a priority. Park system planning will begin, in parallel with the implementation of at least two new national parks. The latter process will be used to train staff and to elaborate the system planning work. As additional sites are determined to be suitable, the training and implementation process will begin again. In this iterative fashion, a cadre of professional park managers and planners will be put in place, and the park system will eventually be complete. 13.6 C O M M I T M E N T S During the next three years, a commitment is made to: ■ establish the Biodiversity, Parks, and Protected Areas Round Table with appropriate support staff; ■ initiate the Round Table process and develop a work plan; ■ initiate as soon as possible an institution-strengthening programme; ■ initiate a biodiversity, parks, and protected areas status review; ■ implement the community-based biodiversity project in the Northern Areas and the NWFP;
■ approve implementation of the Palas Conservation and Development Project; ■ facilitate a series of workshops on conservation and biodiversity, with a significant public awareness campaign; ■ complete and implement an NWFP Biodiversity, Parks and Protected Areas Action Plan in collaboration with the development of a national Biodiversity Action Plan; ■ initiate legislation for biodiversity protection, using both statutory instruments but respecting customary l a w ; ■ identify priority national park and other protected areas study sites, assess them and establish more protected areas, begin management planning, and then implement management plans; ■ focus in particular on: – enlarging the existing wildlife sanctuaries so that sufficient habitat protection is available for the entire range of species, – enlarging the Chitral Gol National Park and improving access to its cultural heritage sites, – creating a large new national park in the core of the Hindu Kush around Tirich Mir, – evaluating Buni Zom as a national park, – evaluating the Thui peaks for national park status, – evaluating the upper Swat Valley for a national park contiguous with the Shandur/Handrup region in the Gilgit Agency, – evaluating the Falaksir/Mankial area of the Swat Valley for a new recreational trail system, B I O L O G I C A L D I V E R S I T Y , P A R K S & P R O T E C T E D A R E A S 13 – improving tourism facilities of the trail system in the Kaghan Valley and particularly around Malika Parbat, and – creating a biodiversity reserve in the Upper Siran Valley linked to similar sites in the Kaghan and Palas Valleys; ■ seek significant new GEF II funding for the biodiversity, parks, and protected areas programme; ■ implement the Action Programme for the Conservation of Wetlands in South and West A s i a ; ■ collaborate with the SPCS NGO and Communication programmes in public awareness about biodiversity; ■ participate in the Chitral District Conservation Strategy process; ■ participate in the design and implementation of new land use planning laws and process; and ■ participate in ex situ plant genetic resource programmes. Over the long-term, a commitment is made to: ■ continue implementation of the Biodiversity Action Plan, then review it; ■ continue the institution-strengthening programmes; ■ implement successful GEF II proposals; ■ establish a number of national parks and protected areas to a minimum of 10% of the provincial land base, representing all the ecoregions of the province; and ■ establish a programme for the collection of traditional ecological knowledge. SARHAD PROVINCIAL CONSERVATION STRATEGY 167
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