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Pakistan
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The National Conservation Strategy Report has
three
explicit objectives: conservation of natural resources,
promotion
of sustainable development, and improvement of efficiency
in the
use and management of resources. It sees itself as a "call
for
action" addressed to central and provincial governments,
businesses, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), local
communities, and individuals. The sustainable development
of
Pakistan is viewed as a multigenerational enterprise. In
seeking
to transform attitudes and practices, the National
Conservation
Strategy recognizes that two key changes in values are
needed:
the restoration of the conservation ethic derived from
Islamic
moral values, called qanaat, and the revival of
community
spirit and responsibility, haquq-ul-abad.
The National Conservation Strategy Report
recommends
fourteen program areas for priority implementation:
maintaining
soils in croplands, increasing efficiency of irrigation,
protecting watersheds, supporting forestry and
plantations,
restoring rangelands and improving livestock, protecting
water
bodies and sustaining fisheries, conserving biodiversity,
increasing energy efficiency, developing and deploying
renewable
resources, preventing or decreasing pollution, managing
urban
wastes, supporting institutions to manage common
resources,
integrating population and environmental programs, and
preserving
the cultural heritage. It identifies sixty-eight specific
programs in these areas, each with a long-term goal and
expected
outputs and physical investments required within ten
years.
Special attention has been paid to the potential roles of
environmental NGOs, women's organizations, and
international NGOs
in working with the government in its conservation
efforts.
Recommendations from the National Conservation Strategy
Report are incorporated in the Eighth Five-Year Plan
(1993-
98).
Data as of April 1994
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