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Empowering local communities to protect forestry resources and reverse deforestation and forest degradation in high value Chilgoza forests in the Kalash valley of Pakistan

XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022











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    The project aimed to support the conservation of Chilgoza forests through the promotion of sustainable forest management actions for sustainable local livelihoods. The GEF funded this FAO-implemented project in Pakistan through Provincial Forest and Wildlife Departments. It was implemented through a direct approach and was part of The Restoration Initiative. The evaluation scope involved a comprehensive and systematic account of the project’s performance by assessing its design, implementation and results upon completion. It covered the project’s execution period from 2018 to 2024.
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    Project code: GCP/PAK/091/GFF, GEF ID 9516
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    This report summarizes the main findings, conclusions and recommendations from the terminal evaluation of the “Reversing deforestation and degradation in high conservation value Chilgoza Pine Forests in Pakistan” Project, funded through the Global Environment Facility and implemented by FAO. The report used a range of methods to collect evidence – including a desk review of project documentation, field visits to project sites in four provinces, interviews with project beneficiaries and partners and a review of the project theory of change. The audience for this evaluation is primarily project staff in the FAO Country Office. The report concludes with a series of recommendations directed towards FAO regarding the potential for a second phase follow-on project which would consolidate some of the initial impacts made over the life of this project.
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    Community participation and women empowerment in the protected forests of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
    XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
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    Malakand civil division became a part of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa after the merger of the princely states of Swat, Dir and Chitral in 1969. In the princely state regime, the forests were completely belonging to the state, and local people were given some rights. The merger created a vacuum, which was exploited by the timber mafia and heavy cutting of forests took place. The main reason was the confused land tenure system, where the forest land belonged to the forest department, while the local communities were given the rights for timber, fuelwood, and grazing. Under an agreement the department also allowed to receive 60 percent of the net revenue from the commercial timber harvesting. However, the royalty payment was given only to the male members of the family, women were excluded. During this period, a number of donor funded projects started work in this area, and tried to address this key issue of land tenure, community participation, and the equitable distribution of benefits. These projects after a struggle of 20 years convinced the forest department to encourage community participation in the forest management and institutionalize the rules to address the issue of the land tenure. In this regard, legal cover was provided for community participation through the Forest Policy in 1999, the Forest ordinance in 2002, and the community participation rules in 2004. This resulted in getting the cooperation of the local communities, including a royalty share to women, and other disadvantaged groups. The communities organized themselves into forest protection committees with membership of both gender. The two decades struggle decreased the deforestation in the area, and brought an equitable distribution of benefits. Keywords: Gender, Deforestation and forest degradation, Biodiversity conservation, Governance, Economic Development ID: 3485860

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