THIRD PARTY MONITORING OF BILLION TREES AFFORESTATION PROJECT IN KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA Phase-II Monitoring conducted by: WWF-Pakistan July 2017 THIRD PARTY MONITORING OF BILLION TREES AFFORESTATION PROJECT IN KHYBER Phase-II Monitoring conducted by: WWF-Pakistan July 2017 THIRD PARTY MONITORING OF THE BILLION TREES AFFORESTATION PROJECT IN KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA Monitoring conducted by: World Wide Fund for Nature Pakistan (WWF-Pakistan) July 2017 Report prepared by: 1. Muhammad Ibrahim Khan, Senior Manager Forest, WWF-Pakistan, Team Leader (Lead author) 2. Syed Kamran Hussain, Manager Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, WWF-Pakistan, (Contributing author ) 3. Haleema Saad, Forest Field Monitor, WWF-Pakistan KPK Region (Contributing author) 4. Gul Rukh, Field Monitor, WWF-Pakistan KPK Region (Contributing author) 5. Malik Mudassar Ahmed, Field Monitor, WWF-Pakistan KPK Region (Contributing author) 6. Ijaz Ahmad, Field Monitor, WWF-Pakistan KPK Region (Contributing author) ii | P a g e TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS......................................... vi EXECUTIVE SUMMARY............................................ vii 1 INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND ................................ 1 1.1 Introduction to this document ...................................................................................................... 1 1.2 The Billion Trees Tsunami Afforestation Project .......................................................................... 1 1.3 A brief introduction of WWF-Pakistan .......................................................................................... 3 2 METHODOLOGY ................................................ 3 2.1 Terms of reference and scope of monitoring ............................................................................... 3 2.2 Field monitoring methods ............................................................................................................. 4 2.3 Monitoring team and coordination .............................................................................................. 7 3 OUTCOME OF THE DOCUMENTs REVIEWED .......................... 8 3.1 The BTTAP Project design; ............................................................................................................ 8 3.2 Documentation of the activities and interventions ...................................................................... 9 4 FINDINGS OF THE FIELD MONITORING .......................... 10 4.1 Progress on the BTTAP interventions (quantitative and qualitative progress) .......................... 10 4.1.1 Overall species composition in all interventions ................................................................ 10 4.1.2 Closure of depleted designated forests for increasing natural regeneration and restoration of landscape ecosystem ................................................................................................... 10 4.1.3 Planting of multi-purpose fast growing tree species on communal, private and government lands including designated forests devoid of trees........................................................ 16 4.1.4 Existing status of Phase-I Plantation ................................................................................... 26 4.1.5 Establishment of woodlots: ................................................................................................ 33 4.1.6 Planting along roadside, canal side and railway tracts including motorway ...................... 36 4.1.7 Sowing and dibbling ............................................................................................................ 39 4.1.8 Farm forestry & mass plantation events ............................................................................. 41 4.1.9 Reclamation of saline and waterlogged areas .................................................................... 43 4.1.10 Reclamation/rehabilitation of bad sites through soil and water conservation measures, bioengineering structures and planting of drought resistant species ................................................ 47 4.1.11 Rehabilitation of degraded watersheds .............................................................................. 53 4.1.12 Establishment of Departmental Nurseries.......................................................................... 55 4.1.13 Establishment of Private Nurseries ..................................................................................... 59 4.1.14 Community mobilization ..................................................................................................... 64 4.1.15 Capacity building of farmer communities and entrepreneurs ........................................... 64 4.1.16 Promotion of non-timber forest products (medicinal plants, mushrooms and honey) ..... 65 iii | P a g e 4.1.17 Research and development ................................................................................................ 66 5 ASSESSMENT OF CONTRACTS/PROJECT VIS-À-VIS GOVERNMENT OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA SAFEGUARD POLICIES AND NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION/REGULATIONS; UNMITIGATED ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES OBSERVED ............................. 67 6 New and innovative approaches and techniques Adopted ...... 67 6.1 Water conservation through disposable bottles ........................................................................ 67 6.2 Establishment of water storage points near plantation site ...................................................... 68 6.3 Instillation of Solar tube wells for watering ................................................................................ 68 6.4 Supplementing plantation with sowing ...................................................................................... 69 7 CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS ............................ 69 7.1 Overall performance and achievements: ................................................................................... 69 Percentage of plants raised through different interventions ................................................................. 70 8 SWOT Analysis of Billion Tsunamia Aforestation Project .... 71 8.1 Recommendations ...................................................................................................................... 72 9 Appendix .................................................. 75 9.1 Appendix-A: Monitoring TORs .................................................................................................... 75 9.2 Appendix-B: Survey sheets .......................................................................................................... 77 9.3 Appendix-C: Questionnaires and interviews checklist ................................................................. 86 9.4 Appendix-D: Detail of Enclosure ................................................................................................. 87 9.5 Appendix-E (I): Details of plantations of multipurpose tree species .......................................... 89 9.6 Appendix-E (II): Details of plantations of multipurpose tree species ........................................ 101 9.7 Appendix-F: Details of Woodlots ............................................................................................... 108 9.8 Appendix-G: Details of reclamation of saline and water logged areas .................................... 113 9.9 Appendix-H: Details of roadside and canal side plantations ................................................... 115 9.10 Appendix-I: Details of Sowing and Dibbling .............................................................................. 117 9.11 Appendix-J: Details about farm forestry ................................................................................... 119 9.12 Appendix-K(I): Details of badlands rehabiliatation and watershed management measures ... 121 9.13 Appendix-K(II): Details of badlands rehabiliatation and watershed management measures .. 124 9.14 Appendix-L (i): Details of departmental nurseries-Tube ........................................................... 126 9.15 Appendix-L (II): Details of departmental nurseries-Bare Rooted .............................................. 130 9.16 Appendix-M (I): Details of private nurseries-Tube .................................................................... 134 9.17 Appendix M (II) Contact detail of Private Tube Nursery Growers ............................................ 143 9.18 Appendix-N (I): Details of private nurseries - Bare Rooted ....................................................... 149 iv | P a g e 9.19 Appendix N(II) Contact Detail of Pravite Bare-rooted Nursery Grower ................................... 153 9.20 Appendix O (1): Coordinates of Block Plantation till December 2016 ...................................... 157 9.21 Appendix O (2): Coordinates of block plantaion till June 2017 ................................................ 161 9.22 Appendix O (3): Coordinates of Woodlot ................................................................................. 163 9.23 Appendix O (4): Coordinates of Linear PLantation ................................................................... 168 9.24 Appendix O (5): Coordinates of Saline and waterlogg .............................................................. 169 9.25 Appendix O (6): Coordinates of Sowing and Dibbling ............................................................... 170 9.26 Appendix O (7): Coordinates of Departmental tube Nurseries ................................................ 171 9.27 Appendix O (8) Coordinates of departmental bare