INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR CONSERVATION OF NATURE

June 05World Environment Day

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Theme:

Your Planet Needs You: UNite to Combat Climate Change

Theme reflects the need for urgency for nations to agree on a new deal at the crucial climate convention meeting in Copenhagen some 180 days later in the year, and the links with overcoming poverty and improved management of forests.

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World Environment Day-Everyday

As the world celebrates World Environment Day, the negative impact on people and nature of unsustainable lifestyles and practices are felt more strongly than ever before, according to IUCN.

Only 180 days before the UN climate meeting in Copenhagen, climate change is also the main focus of this year’s worldwide celebrations. A two-day meeting is being held in Mexico as the main event marking World Environment Day, reflecting the country’s growing role in fighting global warming.

“We’re running out of time to reverse a series of dangerous trends,” says Julia Marton-Lefèvre, IUCN Director General. “For too long, we’ve been taking much more than the earth can produce and we must recognize that the natural environment, upon which we depend, is suffering as a result. We need to increase our investments in nature now.”

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Well managed natural resources are crucial to sustainable development, encourage economic growth and help reduce poverty. To make sure that investment in nature is done on a global scale, IUCN is working on all levels of society-from governments to the private sector to civil society, including indigenous peoples.

“With governments preoccupied with financial bailout plans and finding a way to deal with climate change, we cannot let the debates about these issues make us forget that we are running out of time very quickly,” adds Ms Marton-Lefèvre. “Giving the world’s most vulnerable people a fighting chance to deal with poverty, food insecurity and climate change vulnerability requires us to act before it’s too late.”

World Environment day was established by the UN General Assembly in 1972 to mark the opening of the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment and is celebrated each year across the globe to raise awareness about pressing environmental issues and get political attention.

World Environment Day-Everyday

INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR CONSERVATION OF NATURE

(IUCN) INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR CONSERVATION OF NATURE

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A Global Union

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The Driving Force

VisionVision MissionMission

A just world that values and conserves natureA just world that values and conserves nature

Influence, encourage and assist societies to conserve the integrity and diversity of nature and ensure any use of natural resources is equitable and ecologically sustainable

Influence, encourage and assist societies to conserve the integrity and diversity of nature and ensure any use of natural resources is equitable and ecologically sustainable

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Our Structure

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Our Value Proposition

Reach

Research and data for sustainable

resource management

Applying, and in some cases

tailoring, knowledge to a specific

situation and/or the needs of partners at

any level

Building new approaches and a constituency that

can maintain, promote and extend

the application of sustainability

Establishing a common standard for approaches,

services and products that allow

for scaling-up, adaptation and quality control

Imp

act

Knowledge GovernanceEmpowerment

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IUCN Priority Areas 1 – Conserving the diversity of life

Ensuring sustainable and equitable management of biodiversity from local to global levels

2 – Changing the climate forecast

Integrating biodiversity considerations and opportunities into climate change policy and practice

3 – Naturally energizing the future

Implementing ecologically sustainable, equitable and efficient energy systems

4 – Managing ecosystems for human well-being

Improving livelihoods, reducing poverty and vulnerability and enhancing environmental and human security through sustainable ecosystem management

5 – Greening the Economy

Integrating ecosystem conservation values in economic policy, finance and markets

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Why is IUCN Unique?

• Only organization that has as its members, States, governments, and NGOs

• Only environmental organization that has been granted ‘observer’ status at the United Nations

• Only Scientific body to have 6 full fledged Commissions

• Governed by a Council whose members are drawn from all over the world, and serve on a voluntary basis

• Secretariat serves as a full time office

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IUCN Contribution

• IUCN has helped Governments formulate policies and implemented programmes according to them.

• It has also contributed to the debate on vital issues related to state of the world environment.

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INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR CONSERVATION OF NATURE

IUCN in Pakistan

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Sarhad Office at Peshawar•CIADP•FATA Support

Balochistan Office at Quetta•BPSD•BRF

Country Office at Karachi• Constituency• Coastal Ecosystem• Water Programme• Sindh Coastal project• Clean Air Initiative• Comm. & Outreach• Finance• HR• Admin

Northern Areas Office at Gilgit•HKKH•Shigar

Islamabad Office• Programme Coordination• AJK Programme/ESMA• EFR• PWP• MACP• PSDS• ATB-TPM• CC-TAP• NIAP

Juniper Ziarat Office

BPSD Gwadar Office

BPSD Qila Saifullah Office

BPSD Lasbela Office

CIADP Chitral Office

Offices & Projects

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Khush-Hali Associates Northern Areas of

Pakistan Pakistan Environmental

Protection Foundation P&D Department, FATA

Civil Secretariat

Members – 28

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Donors & Partners

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Key Environmental threats in Pakistan

• Change in landuse preferences

• Unsustainable Harvesting…. from Mountains to marine resources

• Water stress

• Deforestation.. less than 5% forest cover (only 3% productive cover)

• Desertification

• Urban Air Quality Deterioration

• Threats to the biodiversity of wetlands…

– Unsustainable drainage of water from wetlands

• Pollution

– Industrial

– Agricultural

– Domestic waste and landfill

• Environmental and resource Governance

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IUCN Pakistan Interventions:Technical Advisory Panel on Climate Change (TAP-CC)• The Technical Advisory Panel on Climate Change (TAP-CC) was established in

December 2007.

Objective:• To provide support to the Government of Pakistan (GoP) in addressing

climate change concerns in the country.• Endorsed by the Ministry of Environment (MoE), GoP.

Members:• Global Change Impacts Studies Centre (GCISC)• Pakistan Agriculture Research Council (PARC) • Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) • Eminent national experts on climate change.

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Technical Advisory Panel on Climate Change (TAP-CC)

Achievments• Carried out a Policy Gap Analysis• Held Regional Conference on Climate Change• Assisted in preparations for Council Of Parties

Meetings (COP 13 and 14)• Arranged an exposure visit to The Energy and

Resources Institute (TERI), India• Conducted a training course on Climate Change

and Air Quality Management • Hosted a Lecture by Dr. Enrique Penalosa on Sustainable Transport• Held a Seminar on ‘Impacts of Climate Change on Agriculture in the Punjab’• Compiled research on Climate Change• Held a Seminar on Climate Change in Muzaffarabad, AJK• Carried out Climate Change Related Studies in Northern Areas• Arranged roundtable Discussion on Climate Change• Assisted in conducting a training workshop for media

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Balochistan Partnerships for Sustainable Development

Goal:

Sustained ecological and human well-being in Balochistan

Objectives: • Promote sound environmental governance

at the district level through visioning, planning and implementation.

• Facilitate integrated water, coastal and marine resource management.

• Enhance capacity of relevant stakeholders to support sustainable development in Balochistan.

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Balochistan Partnerships for Sustainable Development

Area of focus:• Environmental Governance • Climate Change and Desertification • Coastal development and rehabilitation • IWRM (Integrated water resource management)

Area of Operation:• Gwadar• Lasbela• Mastung• Quetta• Pishin • Qila Saifullah

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Sindh Coastal Communities Development Project in Badin & Thatta Districts

Major issues in coastal and marine

areas:• Scarcity of fresh water • Urban and industrial pollution• Over exploitation of fisheries and

mangroves• Sea intrusion due to diversion of

river Indus water• Lack of scientific coastal zone

management • Absence of community involvement

in planning and implementation of development programme

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Sindh Coastal Communities Development Project in Badin & Thatta Districts

Under the SCCDP, IUCN-Pakistan is tasked with the planning and implementation of

community planting, management and environmental assessment of aquaculture in

the coastal areas of the Thatta and Badin districts.

Project activities:•Community Mobilisation

–Awareness campaigns through mass meetings

•Mangroves Restoration / Rehabilitation–Consultations with concerned stakeholders.–Development of the selected sites for mangroves nurseries and plantations–Selection of mangroves species and marking of mother plants for seed collection–Basic training of community for raising mangrove plantation and nursery

•Environmental Impacts of Crab and Prawn Ponds

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• Ziarat district of Balochistan has the world’s second largest cluster of Juniper forests in the world.

• These Junipers trees are also called ‘living fossils’ due to their slow growth rate of 1.5cm per year, making some of those present in the surrounding forests over 2500 years old.

Mainstreaming Biodiversity Conservation into Production System in the Juniper Forest Ecosystem

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Mainstreaming Biodiversity Conservation into Production System in the Juniper Forest Ecosystem

Objectives:

• Strengthen the capacity of local communities and partner institutions for sustainable natural resource management.

• Devise community-based solutions to enhance social and economic well-being in the selected pilot areas.

• Replicate successful models across the district in other Juniper areas.

• Improve the health of the Juniper forest ecosystem in order to conserve biodiversity and increase the ecosystems contribution to sustainable development.

• Reduce the negative impact of livestock grazing and energy production activities, while exploring opportunities for income generation from sustainable tourism, controlled hunting, and watershed and ecosystem services.

• Develop community-led solutions to natural resource management challenges in selected areas.

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Environmental Fiscal Reforms (EFR)

“Building Coalitions for Change to Implement Pro-Poor Environmental Fiscal

Reforms” is a three year project designed to tackle these challenges.

• Supported by Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, the project is being implemented by IUCN in partnership with Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (P.I.D.E.) and District Government Abbottabad.

• The primary aim of the project is to forge linkages between research, policy advocacy and pilot implementation of EFR in Pakistan by building on ongoing reforms.

• The project will explore opportunities to promote a coordinated approach to policy formulation and implementation on the premise that environmental problems invariably cut across spatial, administrative and temporal boundaries.

• It will undertake EFR-related activities at the federal, provincial and district levels.

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Environmental Fiscal Reforms (EFR)

Project Components:

– Action research and awareness raising

– Capacity building

– Enabling institutional, legal and policy framework

– Piloting Select EFR Options

– Disseminating lessons learned for wider replication

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Pakistan Clean Air Network – “ Striving for Clean Air in Pakistan” (PCAN)

International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Asia Regional Office signed an agreement with Asian Development Bank (ADB), on 06 April 2005, to become a non-city member of Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities (CAI-Asia) Centre. Under this agreement, IUCN helped establish Pakistan Clean Air Network (PCAN) and serves as its Secretariat.

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Unique in nature, PCAN works towards promoting better Air Quality Management(AQM) practices through:• Working with all interested individuals as well as relevant groups, to undertake

AQM knowledge management in Pakistan;• Supporting establishment of city level multi stakeholder groups for AQM related

initiatives;• Undertaking institutional strengthening and capacity building for AQM;• Promoting and facilitating air quality research, with a view to ensure clean and

safe air, for the health and well-being of the people;• Promoting sustainable transport activities;• Working for the prevention of indoor air pollution;• Assisting government agencies in the implementation of an air quality programme;

and• Establishing Air Resource Information Network, for collection and dissemination of

air quality documents.

Pakistan Clean Air Network – “ Striving for Clean Air in Pakistan” (PCAN)

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National Wetlands Policy Formulation: 2008-09

• Formulation of a Core Policy team

• Orientation to;– Alpine wetlands complex– Indus Dolphin wetland complex

and wetlands of Sindh

• Consultation with key stakeholders

• Situation analysis

• National Issue Statement developed

• 6 Sub-national Stakeholder Consultations conducted

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National Wetlands Policy Formulation: 2008-09

Next Steps• 1 National Workshop

• Finalization of draft policy with extensive expert review

• Facilitate approval of draft policy from the National Wetlands Advisory Committee

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FATA Sustainable Development Plan

Goal

A just, peaceful and equitable society where people can live in harmony and with dignity by securing social, economic and ecological well-being

Objectives

– Address basic social needs and underlying causes of prevailing disparities

– Improve institutional and financial capacities

– Explore and diversify available opportunities

– Manage and maintain ecological and subsistence-support systems

– Monitor and evaluate multi-sectoral progress

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Key Thematic areas• Governance• Environment• Economic Development• Services and utilities

FATA Sustainable Development Plan

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INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR CONSERVATION OF NATURE

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