Sarhad Provincial Conservation Strategy - IUCN

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G O V E R N A N C E & C A P A C I T Y D E V E L O P M E N T
■ complete the training of staff in strategic planning
and priority setting; and
■ codify the methods in the ES training and procedural
manuals, with an annual planning cycle
s p e c i f i e d .
Over the l o n g - t e r m, a commitment is made to evaluate
the effectiveness of the procedures in time for the
next generation of the SPCS, in 1998, and to modify
the procedures appropriately following the evaluation.
Environment & Land Use Planning Processes
In the next three years, a commitment is made to:
■ design a land use planning process and give it
legal status in the NWFP Environment Act;
■ design an integrated resource management
process and give it legal status in the NWFP
Environment Act;
■ undertake pilot land use planning projects; and
■ undertake pilot integrated resource management
processes.
Over the l o n g - t e r m, a commitment is made to
evaluate and modify the processes, and to replicate
them if they prove valuable.
Environmental Impact Assessment Processes
In the next three years, a commitment is made to:
■ include a mandate for EIA in the NWFP
Environment Act;
■ design a detailed environmental assessment
process including monitoring mechanisms, and
put it in the regulations of the Act;
■ include in such a process the following:
– a requirement to assess the impacts of infrastructure
projects and other sector,
– a requirement to assess the impacts of policy
and financial decisions of Government,
– a requirement that the results of EIAs be acted
upon,
– preparation of EIA guidelines for each
s e c t o r ,
– identification and protection of ecologically
sensitive areas where projects should not
occur, and
– a cumulative effects assessment;
■ develop procedural manuals to help the private
sector undertake EIAs;
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■ undertake a public awareness campaign about
environmental impact.
State of the Environment Reporting
In the next three years, a commitment is made to
revise the environmental profile of the NWFP and
where possible establish trends in key environmental
indicators.
Over the l o n g - t e r m, a commitment is made to
update the report every five years.
Environmental Research
In the next three years, a commitment is made to:
■ create and maintain a three-member
Environmental Research Board to synchronize
and coordinate environmental research in the
N W F P ;
■ assess the feasibility of and establish an independent
institute for social research;
■ mandate colleges, technical institutes, and universities
to do research in environment and other
emerging fields; and
■ seek transfer of the PCSIR to provincial control.
Institution-strengthening Initiatives
In the next three years, a commitment is made to:
■ accelerate the existing institution-strengthening
initiative, particularly for the new Wildlife
D e p a r t m e n t ;
■ place a major effort on expanding institutionstrengthening
initiatives to include cultural heritage,
biodiversity, parks and protected areas,
fisheries, and soil conservation;
■ twin the NWFP with British Columbia in Canada;
■ explore twinning relationships with an African
country (e.g. Zimbabwe), an Andean state (e.g.
northern Peru or Ecuador), and a Central Asian
Republic (e.g. Kirghizstan); and
■ maintain/strengthen the present relationships
with donor agencies in Switzerland, the Nordic
countries, Canada, the Netherlands, and
G e r m a n y .
In the l o n g - t e r m, a commitment is made to
explore opportunities for establishing partnerships
with the administration of different types of
c o u n t r i e s .