Sarhad Provincial Conservation Strategy - IUCN

4 . 3
THE TWO-TRACK APPROACH
The SPCS process used a two-track approach. This
implied that formulation and implementation would
proceed in parallel, one feeding into the other.
Figure 4.1 is the diagrammatic presentation of the
approach. Thus while public consultation on the
Inception Report was under way during the last two
years, activities such as preparation of the environmental
profile, institution-strengthening, and awareness
raising were implemented in parallel.
By the same measure, the SPCS is designed as a
cyclical process that would be repeated every several
years. Based on the lessons from the implementation
track and input from the public consultations,
this version of the strategy is designed for the
period 1995-98, although the strategy does present
the long-term perspective as well. In 1998, the
strategic planing process will be resumed, following
the same approach, to produce the SPCS 2000.
One of the advantages of the two-track
approach has been that the NWFP E n v i r o n m e n t a l
P r o f i l e could be prepared with the support of the
Government of the Netherlands. The profile
reviewed and summarized all the secondary data
on the state of environment in the NWFP. This—
together with public consultation outputs and with
investigations done by the SPCS staff such as the
Kabul River study, pesticides use study, and surveys
for the component strategies—formed the basis of
the proposals contained in this report. The strategy
focuses on elaborating the issues, setting priorities,
and scheduling the proposals for action.
4 . 4
A FOCUSED STRAT E G Y
The environmental neglect and abuse of the past
centuries is a great challenge, and the large number
of complex environmental problems cannot be
addressed in a short time. Moreover, the NWFP is
a resource-poor province, and donors are unlikely
to fund all that must be done. Therefore, this strategy
presents priorities for implementation in its agenda.
The strategy follows the 80:20 rule: focusing on
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actions that can bring an 80% improvement with
only 20% investment. The remaining 20% improvement
must wait. Based on these considerations and
the input from public consultation, the priority areas
for action under the SPCS are environmental awareness
raising, sustainable development of natural
resources, poverty alleviation, public health, abating
water and air pollution (especially in urban
areas), and conservation of biodiversity.
Learning from the Pakistan NCS, priorities have
been set within the SPCS action plan both with
respect to time and source of financing for each
theme. The purpose is to avoid implementation
becoming donor-dependent. With such a process,
the Government and people of the province will
implement the priority actions with whatever
resources are available to them, and donor input
will be harnessed and integrated as it becomes
available along the way.
THE TWO-TRACK APPROACH FIGURE 4.1
Strategic Planning
SPCS
Inception Report
Public Consultation
Testing New
Management Processes
SPCS 1995-98
SPCS 2000
Development Programme
Coordination
& Review
Priority Programmes
1993-94
Monitoring & Review
Revised or New
Programmes
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