PRODOC 4593 SLM-II Pakistan Page 1 Table of Contents List of tables and figures .............................................................................................................................. 4 PART I: SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS ........................................................................................................ 7 1.1 Background ............................................................................................................................................ 7 1.2 Socioeconomic / National Development Context .................................................................................. 9 1.3 Environmental Context ........................................................................................................................ 12 1.4 Threats to sustainable land management ............................................................................................. 16 1.5 Policy and Legislative Framework for SLM ....................................................................................... 19 1.6 Government’s Institutional Framework for SLM ................................................................................ 21 1.7 Long-term solution and barriers to achieving the solution .................................................................. 22 1.8 Baseline ................................................................................................................................................ 24 1.9 Stakeholder Analysis ........................................................................................................................... 27 PART II: STRATEGY ................................................................................................................................ 29 2.1 Rationale .............................................................................................................................................. 29 2.2 Policy Conformity................................................................................................................................ 30 2.3 Country Ownership and Drivers .......................................................................................................... 31 2.4 Design Principles and Strategic Considerations .................................................................................. 32 2.5 Project Objectives, Outcomes, Outputs and Indicative Activities ....................................................... 35 2.6 Key indicators, risk and mitigation strategy for risks .......................................................................... 44 2.7 Expected global, national and local benefits ........................................................................................ 49 2.8 Cost effectiveness ................................................................................................................................ 52 2.9 Sustainability ....................................................................................................................................... 53 2.10 Replicability ....................................................................................................................................... 54 PART III STRATEGIC RESULTS FRAMEWORK .............................................................................. 56 PART IV: TOTAL BUDGET AND WORK PLAN ................................................................................. 59 PART V: MANAGEMENT ARRANGEMENTS ..................................................................................... 66 PART VI: MONITORING FRAMEWORK AND EVALUATION ....................................................... 70 PART VII: CO-FINANCING AND SUPPORT LETTERS .................................................................... 78 PART VIII: PROJECT ANNEXES ........................................................................................................... 82 Annex 1. Land degradation tracking tool ................................................................................................. 83 Annex 2. Stakeholder Engagement Plan .................................................................................................. 101 Annex 3. Environmental and social screening summary ......................................................................... 104 Annex 4. TOR Project Steering Committee ............................................................................................ 111 Annex 5. TOR Provincial Steering/Coordination Committee ................................................................. 112 Annex 6. TORs for the key program staff NCU ...................................................................................... 113 Annex 7. TORs for the key program staff PCUs ..................................................................................... 124 PRODOC 4593 SLM-II Pakistan Page 2 Annex 8. TORs for the key program staff NDCC ................................................................................... 126 Annex 9. TORs for the key program staff PDCC .................................................................................... 129 Annex 10. Letter of EAD for Implementation of SLMP-II on PCOM Modality .................................... 132 Annex 11. Table of consultants and technical assistants ......................................................................... 133 Annex 12. Profile of activities in project target areas by province .......................................................... 142 Annex 13. Response matrix to LPAC minutes ........................................................................................ 161 PRODOC 4593 SLM-II Pakistan Page 3 LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES TABLES Page Table 1: Population and social indicators for Pakistan 7 Table 2: Trends in Pakistan’s population per province 8 Table 3: Comparative land use in Pakistan, South Asia and the world 12 Table 4: Rangeland area in Pakistan, per province 12 Table 5: Classification of forested land ownership in Pakistan 13 Table 6: Causes and effects of land degradation in Barani (rain-fed) lands 15 Table 7: Key stakeholders and their roles and responsibilities in the project 26 Table 8: Definition/measurement methods for the Objective & Outcome indicators 43 Table 9: Preliminary list of process-oriented indicator-targets for end of project 45 Table 10: Risks and proposed mitigation measures 46 Table 11: Selected global benefits of the project 48 Table 12: Indicative M&E Work Plan and Corresponding Budget 67 FIGURES Page Figure 1: Map of Pakistan showing main geographical features 6 Figure 2: Mean annual temperature anomaly 11 Figure 3: Mean annual precipitation anomaly 11 Figure 4: Project Organogramme 61 PRODOC 4593 SLM-II Pakistan Page 4 ACRONYMS ADB Asian Development Bank AFA Admin & Finance Assistant AFO Admin & Finance Officer AusAID Australian Agency for International Development AZRC Arid Zone Research Centre, Quetta AZRI Arid Zone Research Institute BARI Barani Agricultural Research Institute- Chakwal C&I Criteria and Indicators CBD Convention on Biological Diversity CBO Community-Based Organisation CCB Citizen Community Board CCD Climate Change Division CMDO Community Motivation and Development Organization CO Community Organization DI Khan Dera Ismail Khan EAD Economic Affairs Division EU European Union FAO Food & Agriculture Organization FD Finance Division FEC Foreign Exchange Component GEF Global Environment Facility GHG Green House Gas GIS Geographic Information System GM Global Mechanism GoP Government of Pakistan GPS Global Positioning System HEC Higher Education Commission ICIMOD International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development IDB Islamic Development Bank IGF Inspector General of Forests INRM Integrated Natural Resources Management IP Implementing Partner IUCN International Union for Conservation of Nature IWRM Integrated Water Resources Management KP Khyber Pakhtunkhwa LUP&I Landuse Planning and Implementation M&E Monitoring and Evaluation MDGs Millennium Development Goals MoNFS&R Ministry of National Food Security and Research MoWP Ministry of Water & Power MTDF Medium-Term Development Framework NAP National Action Programme NCCCD National Coordination Committee to Combat Desertification NCU National Coordination Unit PRODOC 4593 SLM-II Pakistan Page 5 NGO Non-Governmental Organization NPC National Programme Coordinator NPD National Programme Director NRM Natural Resource Management NRSP National Rural Support Programme NTFP Non-Timber Forest Products P&D Planning and Development PARC Pakistan Agriculture Research Council PCCCD Provincial Coordination Committee to Combat Desertification PCOM Project Cycle Operations Manual (UNDP-Pakistan) PCRWR Pakistan Council of Research on Water Resources PCU Provincial Coordination Unit PFI Pakistan Forest Institute PFRI Punjab Forestry Research Institute- Faisalabad PPAF Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund PPD Provincial Programme Director PPU Project Preparation Unit PR&CB Policy Reform & Capacity Building PRSP Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper PSC Programme Steering Committee PSDP Public Sector Development Programme QPR Quarterly Progress Report RS Remote Sensing RSPN Rural Support Programme Network SAWCRI Soil and Water Conservation Research Institute- Chakwal SCOPE Society for Conservation and Protection of Environment SLM Sustainable Land Management SMEDA Small and Medium Enterprise Development Authority SPO Strengthening Participatory Organization SUNGI Sungi Development Foundation