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18 A S S E S S I N G P R O G R E S S T O W A R D S S U S T A I N A B I L I T Y provided sufficient resources for the ‘process’ elements for this programme to proceed. In addition, some ‘seed’ funding is available for fledgling programmes in support of non-governmental organizations, sustainable land use programmes, and a Chitral District Strategy, among others. But all the programmes require more significant funding. Other donors are needed in order to implement the strategy fully. There is definite interest in the SPCS, as demonstrated by the good attendance at the various donor coordination meetings. Indeed donors such as Germany have already agreed to fund some aspects of the work (such as improvement of urban environment in Peshawar—the Peshawar District Strategy). Others, such as Canada, Norway, the Netherlands, and the European Union, are also generally pleased that the NWFP is setting its environment and development priorities through the SPCS. By 1998, the priority-setting process will be in line with the financial planning cycle of the Government of NWFP, and there will be a more rational connection between environmental priority-setting and financial reality. This is quite an important achievement because it is often the case that governments worldwide do not make a link between financial planning and the environment. The ‘greening’ of Government budgets is clearly becoming a priority, but it is still too often the case that Government decides on infrastructure or other development priorities first, and then considers that an environmental impact assessment process will be sufficient to transform the project into ‘sustainable development’. Also, many conventional economists still use the term ‘sustainability’ in a strictly financial sense. This perspective will take time to change, and, again, it 236 SARHAD PROVINCIAL CONSERVATION STRATEGY should not just be an analysis undertaken in the context of environmental impact assessment. A sustainability analysis, before proceeding with a project, is the appropriate approach. Institutions such as the International Institute for Environment and Development in the United Kingdom and the International Institute for Sustainable Development in Canada have research teams staffed by economists from developing countries working on the topic of assessing progress towards sustainability. Work in Canada on ‘greening’ Government budgets is under way, and the applicability of this work to Pakistan will be examined. By aligning SPCS priorities with the financial planning cycle, this problem will begin to be solved. Optimism must prevail, if this project is to succeed. No matter how long it takes, the sustainable development of the NWFP is crucial to the survival of the human species. Even partial success can provide inspiration for the rest of Pakistan, and eventually for the balance of south and central Asia. A region racked by decades of warfare, with untold environmental problems, needs a role model. The NWFP can provide that leadership. In 1997, it will be appropriate to do an evaluation of the Transition to Implementation phase of the SPCS, and to prepare a new Strategy, linked to the Ninth Five-Year Plan. But this will have far more significance than the first one, given the dawning of a new millennium. In fact, the next phase of the SPCS might best be called the SPCS 2000 with an even longer term vision than the five-year planning cycle and work plan that it would contain. The SPCS 2000 would therefore have a more symbolic component as well—defining with more precision a vision of sustainability for decades to come.

A N N E X U R E I D I S T R I C T- L E V E L PUBLIC CONSULTAT I O N S PLACE DATE Peshawar 13 January 94 Mardan 09 February 94 Swabi 02 March 94 Charsadda 09 March 94 Nowshera 24 March 94 Dera Ismail Khan 05 April 94 Tank 06 April 94 Kohat 12 April 94 Abbotabad 20 April 94 Karak 23 April 94 Mansehra 27 April 94 Battagram 28 April 94 Bunner 05 May 94 Lakki Marwat 14 May 94 Bannu 16 May 94 Haripur 18 May 94 Swat 30 May 94 Dir 31 May 94 Chitral 26 June 94 Kohistan 14 September 94 Malakand Agency 14 December 94 SARHAD PROVINCIAL CONSERVATION STRATEGY 237

A N N E X U R E I<br />

D I S T R I C T- L E V E L<br />

PUBLIC CONSULTAT I O N S<br />

PLACE DATE<br />

Peshawar 13 January 94<br />

Mardan 09 February 94<br />

Swabi 02 March 94<br />

Charsadda 09 March 94<br />

Nowshera 24 March 94<br />

Dera Ismail Khan 05 April 94<br />

Tank 06 April 94<br />

Kohat 12 April 94<br />

Abbotabad 20 April 94<br />

Karak 23 April 94<br />

Mansehra 27 April 94<br />

Battagram 28 April 94<br />

Bunner 05 May 94<br />

Lakki Marwat 14 May 94<br />

Bannu 16 May 94<br />

Haripur 18 May 94<br />

Swat 30 May 94<br />

Dir 31 May 94<br />

Chitral 26 June 94<br />

Kohistan 14 September 94<br />

Malakand Agency 14 December 94<br />

SARHAD PROVINCIAL CONSERVATION STRATEGY 237

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