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STFP POST July - September 2018 A Quarterly Newsletter of Sustainable Tourism Foundation Pakistan STFP POST July - September 2018 w w w . s t f p . o r g STFP Post is the quarterly newsletter of Sustainable Tourism Foundation Pakistan. It is published to inform our members, partners, supporters, donors and all other stakeholders of tourism industry about the activities, progrmmes and achievements of STFP. The main aim of STFP is to create awareness about Ecotourism, Responsible Tourism and Sustainable Tourism in Pakistan and to facilitate the exchange of knowledge, experiences and ideas about the best practices of sustainable tourism among the stakeholders of Pakistan’s tourism industry. Contents Let’s Green Our Summer Vacations 1-2 STFP Participation in International Conference –Meet Pakistan 2 Conference on AJK Tourism 2 Indus Dolphin Rescue Operation 2-3 Green Pakistan Campaign Launching Event at Margalla Hills National park 3- 4 Mini Eco Margalla Eco Marathon 4-5 Nature Study Camp for Children at CAMPAIGN FOR GREENING SUMMER VOCATIONS LAUNCHED BY STFP STFP has launched a special campaign “ 4. Take Care of Fires: Portable fuel stoves Maragalla National Park 5 Green Your Summer Vocation” to motive are less harmful to the environment and are more efficient than fires. If you do use a fire, visitors to mountain areas to adopt best Pakistan Tourism Summit and keep it small, use only dead wood and make International Tourism Expo at Karachi practices of responsible travel and minimizing sure it is out by dousing it with water and 6 their negative impacts on the fragile natural checking the ashes before leaving. 7th Global Summit on Urban Tourism environment of these areas. For this purpose 5. Camp Carefully: When camping. Leave and International Fair & Sustainable 10 simple tips on how to be an Eco-friendly no trace of your visit. Tourism Forum 2018 at Seoul, South Tourist was developed by STFP and promoted 6. Keep to the Track: By keeping to the Korea 6 through its website and social media page. track, where one exists, you lessen the chance of damaging fragile plants. Following 10 tips were promoted to encourage World Tourism Day 7 7. Consider others: People visit nature visitors to “step gently” in the fragile AJK Tourism Policy 7 areas for many reasons. Be considerate of environment and make their visit other visitors who also have a right to enjoy STFP’s Green Pakistan Clean environmentally friendly:- the natural environment. Respect local ’ Pakistan Campaign 7-9 1. Don’t Litter: Litter is unattractive, harmful to customs in your dress and behavior. Do not play loud music and respect the quietness of people and wildlife. Plan your visit to reduce World Tourism day 2018 10 nature. rubbish, and carry out what you carry in. 2.Keep Streams and Lakes clean: When 8. Respect Our Cultural Heritage: If you pass by any site of historical and spiritual cleaning or washing take the water and wash significance, treat these places with well away from the water source. consideration and respect. 3. Bury Toilet Waste: In areas without toilet Continue to page 2……… facilities, bury your toilet waste in a shallow hole well away from waterways, tracks, campsites and lodges. STFP POST Page - 2 STFP PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL INDUS DOLPHIN RESCUE TEAM CONDUCTED A CONFERENCE: MEET PAKISTAN SUCCESSFUL RESCUE OPERATION AT TAUNSA Pakistan US Alumni Network (PUAN) organized its annual BARRAGE conference at Serena Hotel Islamabad from 15 to 16 July 2018. th On 5 August 2018, Indus Dolphin Recuse Team at On this occasion the organizing committee also invited Aftab Taunsa Barrage conducted a successful rescue of a Rana, President of STFP as Guest Speaker to participate in their young female Indus River Dolphin in the downstream area International Conference: Meet Pakistan through Art, Culture and of Taunsa Barrage in South Punjab. Society. As per reports, Javed Iqbal, coordinator of Indus Dolphin Rescues Team at Taunsa Barrage received the news of entangling of a young dolphin in one of the fishing hooks placed in the river by local fisherman. He immediately informed the other team members and they reached at the site with their rescue operation kit and started the rescue operation. After an effort of half an hour they successfully rescued the young dolphin and released it in the main flow of Indus River. It was a young female dolphin having a body length of 3 feet and 4 inches. The rescue team was comprised on Javed Iqbal, Sajjad Hussain and Inamullah. This Indus Dolphin Rescue team was established by Sustainable Tourism Foundation Pakistan in 2015 under its Indus Dolphin Ecotourism Enterprise Project with the support of Small Grants Program of USAID. Local CBO, Indus Welfare Foundation, Punjab/Sindh Wildlife Departments and WWF Pakistan were engaged in the training of this dolphin rescue team of local fishermen Mr. Rana spoke about the topic of Exploring Tourism community. This was the third successful rescue operation of Indus River Dolphin completed by this team during the Opportunities in Pakistan. Larger number of young members of last three years. PUAN and people from different walks of life participated in this event. On this occasion STFP also put up a stall of its Indus Indus River dolphin is one of the most threatened fresh water dolphins in the world. Its total population in the River Dolphin Ecotourism Project. Indus is less 1500. It is listed as “Endangered” by the World Conservation Union (IUCN). …..Continue from page 1 9. Protect Plants and Animals: Treat forests, animals and birds with care and respect. They are unique and rare. Do not damage, disturb or remove any plants or animals. Do not purchase animal parts and products. 10. Enjoy your Visit: Enjoy your outdoor experience. Take a last look before leaving an area; will the next visitor know that you have been there? Protect the environment for your own sake, for the sake of those who come after you and for the environment itself. In short, “Take nothing but good memories...Leave nothing but carefully placed footprints." STFP POST Page - 3 GREEN PAKISTAN CAMPAIGN LAUNCHING EVENT AT MARGALLA HILLS NATIONAL PARK Margalla Hills National Park is main tourist attraction of capital city of Islamabad and daily thousands of people The newly formed Government of Pakistan has set a target of visit this national park. planting 10 Billion trees in five years under Prime Minister Imran Internationally renowned conservationist and writer Prof nd Khan’s Green Pakistan Program. On 2 September, campaign’s ZB Mirza was guest on honor on this occasion. He kick off events were held all over the country and more than 2 highlighted the importance of the Margalla Hills National million saplings of trees have been planted in one day. Sustainable Tourism Foundation Pakistan joined hands to support this noble Park and planting trees to meet the challenge of climate mission and organized a family tree plantation event at Trail-5 area change and global warming. Aftab Rana, President of of Margalla Hills National Park in collaboration with Islamabad STFP and Chief Coordinator of Mission Green Pakistan, Wildlife Management Board and Himalaya Wildlife Foundation. briefed the participants about the objectives and plans of the tree plantation drive. Continue to page 4……. STFP POST Page - 4 MINI MARGALLA ECO MARATHON Continue from page 3….. He said that it was very timely decision of Prime Minister Imran Khan to involve the general Margallah Hills National Park carries great significance for public in planting 10 billion trees in the next five years. He said people of Islamabad and Rawalpindi. It holds our fresh this campaign will have long-lasting impact on improving the water sources; forests, wildlife and above all it provide us environment of Pakistan and bring prosperity to the country. He opportunity to refresh our bodies and souls through its said greener Pakistan is better Pakistan for tourism as well so we scenic splendor. In view of this immense importance of should all come forward and play our role to make Pakistan a Margallah Hills National Park and to raise awareness about green and clean country. Later more than 200 saplings of native the protection of this national park Islamabad Wildlife Board trees were planted by the participants of this event in the area in collaboration with Sustainable Tourism Foundation around the information center of Margalla Hills National Park. Pakistan and Himalayan Wildlife Foundation organized a th STFP has launched a long term tree plantation program with a Mini Margalla Eco Marathon on 9 September 2018. vision to plant millions of trees with the active involvement of general public and nature loving tourists under its Mission Green Pakistan Campaign. More information is available on the website of this program at www.missiongreenpakistan.com. The major aim of this event was to create awareness among general public about the uniqueness of Margallah Hills National Park’s ecosystem by involving people in a healthy outdoor activity and to highlight its environmental issues through the media coverage of this meaningful event. On 9th September, the race started at 7am in which more than 226 citizens (197 male and 29 female) participated. The participants were divided into three categories: participants above 60, participants between the ages of 40 and 60 and participants below the age of 40. The route of this mini marathon was from Muraghzar Zoo to Daman-e-Koh and back to Muraghzar Zoo (on the road to Pirsohawa). Total distance of run for male participants was 6 km and for female participants it was 4 km. The race was designed for participants from the age 16 year and above. Continue to page 5……. STFP POST Page - 5 Continue from page 4…….A Prize distribution event was held at NATURE STUDY CAMP FOR CHILDREN the end of the race.
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