T h e P a k i s t a n W e t l a n d s P r o g r a m m e Vol. 3 No. 31

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“Nothing Slips By” Articles in this Edition: Logger head turtle at Street Theatre

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Pakistan Wet Notes is Mangrove plantation compiled by Nasir Iqbal Malik, Coordinator, National Awareness-raising and Programme updates Communications, PWP, Training and Capacity conservation of wetlands in . Taseer Ali Mirza, Building In this quarter, the training and capacity Communication Officer, building section conducted five training Graphic Design by courses in which 372 participants were Basharat Hussain. trained. These courses include Principles and Applications of Conservation, GIS which is offered to Wildlife and Forest Unless specifically credited, all Departments throughout the country and photographs have been taken Management. Training by members of the PWP Team in Natural Resource Management was and may be used, with proper also given to participants of Civil Service acknowledgment, for any Academy Lahore. These courses were bonafide conservation purpose offered in and Punjab. NRM workshop at Civil The Pakistan Wetlands Programme has designed and conducted various training Services Academy, Lahore courses since its inception. These A two day workshop on Natural Resource training courses have been designed to Management (NRM) for CSS officers at impart the knowledge of wetlands and the premises of Civil Services Academy their management so that participants (CSA), Lahore was organised by the from various organisations can contribute Pakistan Wetlands Programme (PWP) on towards the protection, restoration and Continued on page 2

U N D P Continued from page 1 th th training workshops. representatives from Sindh rangers, September 16 – 17 , 2009. 180 As a sequel to the NRM workshops Mr. Muhammad Sheikh Taj (Deputy officers from various occupational presented to Pakistan Rangers Conservator, Sindh Wildlife groups participated in the Punjab, PWP organised workshops Department) and game officer, Mir workshop. for Suchal, Shahbaz and Bhittai Akhtar Hussain joined the PWP Advisor NRM Training from Pakistan Rangers in and Thar team. The participants were divided Wetlands Programme briefed Rangers in Sukkur from November into three groups each led by wildlife participants about workshop's 16th – 23rd, 2009. Renowned expert. Participants were briefed scope, objectives and framework. conservationists and environmental about migration, migratory Mr. Richard Garstang, National experts including Dr. Fahmida routes, habitats and threats posed Project Manager introduced the F i r d o u s , P r o f . Z B M i r z a , by global climate change, pollution, PWP, biodiversity and ecotourism Dr. Moazzam Ali Khan, Dr. Shakeel socio-economic pressures on the TWO prospects for Pakistan. Eminent Auj and Dr. Muhammad Arshad lake and lastly but most specifically, scholars presented their lectures on delivered their lectures on different the role Rangers can play to check NRM including Prof. ZB Mirza, Dr. subjects. unethical were explained Mumtaz Malik, Mr. Safdar Ali Shah During the workshops, participants and emphasised. and Dr. Attaullah Shah and Mr. Afzal from the Sindh Rangers at Karachi Medical Camp at Hussain. During their respective were taken to the Wetlands Centre Suntsar Village, Dasht presentations, they apprised the at Sandspit where Dr. Altaf Abro Pakistan Wetlands Programme's participants about eco-system (Indus for All Programme, WWF - Coastal Wetlands Complex i s s u e s a n d m a n a g e m e n t , Pakistan) and others briefed them (MCWC) site office organised a one indigenous and on the functioning of the Wetlands day medical camp at Samati Village, landscaping, wildlife conservation Centre, threats to the local Dasht, with the collaboration of in Pakistan and environmental mangrove forest, highlights of Indus Rural Community Development impact assessment (EIA). e c o - r e g i o n p r o g r a m m e Council (RCDC), President Primary The opening session of the management and conservation Health Initiatives (PPHI) and workshop was also attended by DG initiatives taken by the PWP. National Rural Support Programme WWF - Pakistan Mr. Ali Hasan Habib Conservationist Mr. Babar Hussain (NRSP), Gwadar office. and Vice President Emiratus WWF described the dynamics of the As a result of social mobilization at and Chairman Houbara Foundation mangrove forest and its importance Dasht for the conservation of marsh of Pakistan, Brig Mukhtar Ahmed. to marine ecology while Dr. Fehmida crocodile, it was also observed that The CSA is the first bureaucrat Firdous from the Sindh Wildlife many people are sick or unhealthy organisation for which the NRM Department briefed the Rangers due to the use of unhygienic workshop was organised. The about threats both from poachers practices like use of contaminated objective of this workshop was to and pollution which the endangered water from Dasht River and non enhance the capacity building of green turtles in Pakistan's waters availability of health facilities in civil services trainees in natural are facing. remote areas. It was decided to resource management. Since CSS While participants from Sukkur were jointly organise a medical camp for officers are intimately involved in taken to Lungh Lake where policy making, district management and community development, the workshop focused on highlighting the role they can play in the nature conservation in different eco regions of Pakistan. NRM Workshop for Pakistan Rangers, Sindh The Pakistan Rangers are part of the paramilitary force, and the organization has members of the Pakistan Army under the control of the Ministry of the Interior. Pakistan Rangers are divided into two separate branches: Pakistan Rangers Sindh and Pakistan Rangers Punjab. In spite of their paramilitary role, both divisions have participated in the Pakistan Wetlands Programme's NRM Continued on page 3 conducted atGwadar supervised R bird site P they protect w participants/patients m cleaning use purifiers Programme healthy with The diseases. treated diseases, ENT p various 159 vaccinations. 41 facilitated A and camp gynaecologist d ENT four In help the Continued frompage2 WP e

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FOUR livelihoods; and to support coastal fisheries and fodder for domestic animals. nursery established at Gwadar PWP-MCWC established an agriculture nursery at district office Partnership and district Gwadar which come under of Agriculture Department, Gwadar. Networking enhanced in t h e o b j e c t i v e s o f b o t h The District Agriculture Department organisations. In light of this survey, is an active partner of MCWC site Turbat. both organisations made a mutual office, for the conservation and A consultative meeting was held understanding for working in these sustainable use of coastal wetlands. with Makran Resource Centre areas for the conservation of Both organisations are already (MRC) and Agriculture Date Farm wetlands. working on integrated water Tree Research Centre, Turbat. In Mangrove plantation at resource management at district order to enhance the local products Kawari village. level and recently signed an MoU for PWP aims to reactivate the dying further partnership for integration of Pakistan Wetlands Programme Balochi traditional embroidery art drip demonstration system MCWC site office started mangrove like Chakan Kari and Pesh Kari. at Billar Dam, and for drinking water plantation campaign at Kalmat Additionally, by reintroduction of this issues of Kawari village. lagoon, Kawari Village. In the alternative livelihood initiatives for T h e m a i n o b j e c t i v e f o r beginning of the new plantation the coastal community, especially establishment of the agriculture season, the site team procured women, can be enhanced. nursery is to raise for farmers 892,450 mangrove seeds. Seeds of MoU signed with and promote agriculture techniques Avicennia marina were purchased in the district, and to promote District Agriculture from community members of e n v i r o n m e n t f r i e n d l y a n d Kalmat where natural mangroves Department at Gwadar indigenous agriculture to exist and those of Rhizophora Pakistan Wetlands Programme, farmers. The size of the agriculture MCWC site office signed an MoU nursery is 20 feet in width and 35 feet with District Agriculture Department in length which has capacity for Gwadar. The principal objectives of more than fifteen thousand this MoU were to create an enabling container plants. environment for both organizations, PWP provided basic structure of working on integrated water agriculture nursery with green sheet, resource management and polythene bags for plants, nursery promotion of state of art agriculture tools and bucket water shower for technologies at district level. Prior to the nursery. The district Agriculture this development initiative, a grand Department provided land space research survey conducted by both and water source, and took organizations at district level for responsibility for permanent analysis of water resources and management. agriculture potential in district Gwader. People from both organisations visited potential communities. It was identified that there are some common issues of drinking water and agriculture in Continued on page 5 Department f writing community T government the b WWF district The conservation t presentation o c Education study The shed O and construction c c and large community the P sources provided Education A school community s MoU coastal f conservation MoU three conservation w Conservation MCWC P Department. school over P Department over toEducation primary Schoolhanded Continued frompage4 o h i o o akistan n f h WP WP u u o d o r f e f n m

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