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Third National Report on Implementation of Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Pakistan Third National Report on implementation of Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Pakistan Directorate of Biodiversity Ministry of Environment Government of Pakistan CONTENTS A. REPORTING PARTY............................................................................................................. 3 Information on the preparation of the report...................................................................... 4 B. PRIORITY SETTING, TARGETS AND OBSTACLES ..................................................................... 5 Priority Setting .............................................................................................................. 9 Challenges and Obstacles to Implementation ....................................................................10 2010 Target.................................................................................................................13 Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC)..................................................................42 Ecosystem Approach .....................................................................................................57 C. ARTICLES OF THE CONVENTION .........................................................................................59 Article 5 – Cooperation ..................................................................................................59 Article 6 - General measures for conservation and sustainable use.......................................60 Biodiversity and Climate Change ...............................................................................62 Article 7 - Identification and monitoring ...........................................................................63 Decisions on Taxonomy............................................................................................66 Article 8 - In-situ conservation [Excluding paragraphs (a) to (e), (h) and (j)] ........................69 Programme of Work on Protected Areas (Article 8 (a) to (e)) .........................................71 Article 8(h) - Alien species .............................................................................................74 Article 8(j) - Traditional knowledge and related provisions ..................................................80 GURTS...................................................................................................................80 Status and Trends ...................................................................................................80 Akwé:Kon Guidelines ...............................................................................................81 Capacity Building and Participation of Indigenous and Local Communities........................81 Support to implementation .......................................................................................83 Article 9 - Ex-situ conservation .......................................................................................84 Article 10 - Sustainable use of components of biological diversity.........................................85 Biodiversity and Tourism ..........................................................................................88 Article 11 - Incentive measures ......................................................................................90 Article 12 - Research and training ...................................................................................92 Article 13 - Public education and awareness......................................................................93 Article 14 - Impact assessment and minimizing adverse impacts .........................................97 Article 15 - Access to genetic resources .........................................................................100 Article 16 - Access to and transfer of technology .............................................................103 Programme of Work on transfer of technology and technology cooperation ....................104 Article 17 - Exchange of information..............................................................................106 Article 18 - Technical and scientific cooperation...............................................................107 Article 19 - Handling of biotechnology and distribution of its benefits..................................109 Article 20 – Financial resources.....................................................................................110 D. THEMATIC AREAS ...........................................................................................................116 Inland water ecosystems .............................................................................................118 Marine and coastal biological diversity ...........................................................................120 General ..................................................................................................................120 Implementation of Integrated Marine and Coastal Area Management ...............................122 Marine and Coastal Living Resources...........................................................................123 Mariculture .............................................................................................................127 Alien Species and Genotypes .....................................................................................128 Agricultural biological diversity .....................................................................................129 Annex to decision V/5 - Programme of work on agricultural biodiversity ...........................131 Forest Biological Diversity ............................................................................................136 General ..................................................................................................................136 Expanded programme of work on forest biological diversity............................................139 Biological diversity of dry and sub-humid lands ...............................................................152 Mountain Biodiversity ..................................................................................................157 E. OPERATIONS OF THE CONVENTION ...................................................................................163 F. COMMENTS ON THE FORMAT ............................................................................................163 2 A. REPORTING PARTY Contracting Party PAKISTAN N A T I O N A L F O C A L P O I N T MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, Government Full name of the institution of Pakistan ISLAMABAD Name and title of contact Dr. Bashir Ahmed Wani officer Inspector General of Forests, Ministry of Environment, Mailing address Civic Center, G-6, Islamabad, Pakistan Telephone +92+51+9203726 Fax +92+51+9201121 E-mail [email protected] CONTACT OFFICER FOR NATIONAL REPORT (IF DIFFERENT FROM ABOVE) Full name of the institution Directorate of Biodiversity i) Syed Mahmood Nasir Director Biodiversity, Ministry of Environment Name and title of contact officer ii) Rizwan Irshad Technical Officer (Biodiversity) Ministry of Environment Directorate of Biodiversity Mailing address Ministry of Environment, Government of Pakistan Islamabad, Pakistan Telephone 92-51-9202138, 92-51-9219057 Fax 92-51-9202211 i) [email protected] [email protected] E-mail ii) [email protected]; [email protected] S U B M I S S I O N Signature of officer responsible for submitting national report Date of submission 28-11-2006 3 Information on the preparation of the report Box I. Please provide information on the preparation of this report, including information on stakeholders involved and material used as a basis for the report. Realizing the importance of the complexities related to the subject matters related to the CBD, the Ministry of Environment established a separate Directorate of Biodiversity in June 2005. The process of the preparation of the Third report was initiated during December 2005. Extensive consultations were made with different Wings of the Ministry of Environment including: the Forestry Wing, Zoological Survey of Pakistan (ZSD), and the National Council for the Conservation of Wildlife (NCCW), Pakistan Forest Institute Peshawar and the office of the Inspector General of forests (CBD Focal Point) as well as the Environmental Protection Agency (Pak-EPA) on the format of the Report. Meetings were arranged with the provincial heads of the forestry and other departments. Consultations were made with various Ministries and R & D institutions. Focus group meetings with various experts were also arranged in the provinces. The first draft was widely circulated in the provinces, federal and provincial R & D organizations and the academia. A total of about 175 individuals and some 40 organizations were consulted and their comments were invited. The comments were incorporated in the second draft that was again circulated to all the experts and organizations. Finally, a national level consultative workshop was convened in Islamabad on 4the May 2006. Participants deliberated on each section of the report in small groups. The group findings were shared in the plenary. The post workshop draft was again shared with the sectoral experts and the report was finalized. During this process, there was a wide recognition that this exercise created wide ranging awareness, and had built organizational capacities. The keen interest and funding of UNEP helped to complete the task in a meaningful manner. 4 B. PRIORITY
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