THIRD PARTY MONITORING OF BILLION TREES TSUNAMI AFFORESTATION PROJECT IN KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA Monitoring conducted by: WWF-Pakistan January 2016 THIRD PARTY MONITORING OF THE BILLION TREES TSUNAMI AFFORESTATION IN KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA Monitoring conducted by: World Wide Fund for Nature Pakistan (WWF-Pakistan) January 2016 Report prepared by: 1. Muhammad Ibrahim Khan, Senior Manager Conservation, WWF-Pakistan, Team Leader (Lead author) 2. Dr. Bashir Hussain Shah, Watershed Management and Slope Stabilization Specialist (Contributing author) 3. Iqbal Muhammad, Forest engineer and livelihoods expert Contributing author) 4. Syed Kamran Hussain, Research Coordinator WWF-Pakistan Peshawar, (Contributing author) 5. Muhammad Waseem, Project Coordinator WWF-Pakistan Galiat, (Contributing author) 6. Shafique Ullah Khan, Senior Project Officer WWF-Pakistan Chitral, (Contributing author) 7. Haleema Saad, Forest Field Monitor, WWF-Pakistan KPK Region (Contributing author) 8. Gul Rukh, Field Monitor, WWF-Pakistan KPK Region (Contributing author) 9. Malik Mudassar Ahmed, Field Monitor, WWF-Pakistan KPK Region (Contributing author) i | P a g e THIRD PARTY MONITORING REPORT TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS......................................... iv EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.............................................. v 1 INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND ................................ 1 1.1 Introduction to this document ...................................................................................................... 1 1.2 The Billion Trees Tsunami Afforestation Project .......................................................................... 1 2 TERMS OF REFERENCE AND SCOPE of MONITORING ................. 2 3 A BRIEF INTRODUCTION OF WWF-PAKISTAN ....................... 3 4 METHODOLOGY ................................................ 3 4.1 Field monitoring methods ............................................................................................................. 3 4.2 Monitoring team and coordination .............................................................................................. 6 5 OUTCOME OF THE DOCUMENTs reviewed .......................... 7 5.1 The BTTAP Project design; ............................................................................................................ 7 5.2 Documentation of the activities and interventions ...................................................................... 8 6 FINDINGS OF THE FIELD MONITORING ........................... 9 6.1 Progress on the BTTAP interventions (quantitative and qualitative progress) ............................ 9 6.1.1 Establishment of central model nurseries ............................................................................ 9 6.1.2 Establishment of private forest nurseries through youth and women .............................. 12 6.1.3 Planting of multi-purpose fast growing tree species on communal and private lands ...... 16 6.1.4 Planting along roads, canals and railway tracts including motorway ................................. 19 6.1.5 Establishment of enclosures in designated forests ............................................................ 21 6.1.6 Rehabilitation of bad sites through soil and water conservation measures, bioengineering structures and planting of drought resistant species ......................................................................... 23 6.1.7 Reclamation of saline and water logged areas ................................................................... 28 6.1.8 Planting of seedlings under farm forestry and agro-forestry ............................................. 30 6.1.9 Promotion of forest based cottage industries (Planting of Mazri and Kana) ..................... 31 6.1.10 Rehabilitation of degraded Watersheds ............................................................................. 32 6.1.11 Improvement of rangelands and pastures .......................................................................... 34 6.1.12 Promotion of NTFPs ............................................................................................................ 34 6.1.13 Capacity building of farmers communities and entrepreneurs .......................................... 35 6.1.14 Research and development ................................................................................................ 35 7 EMPLOYMENT GENERATION AND LIVELIHOOD IMPACTS OF THE PROJECT 35 8 UNMITIGATED ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES OBSERVED ................. 36 9 ASSESSMENT OF CONTRACTS/PROJECT VIS-À-VIS GOVERNMENT OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA SAFEGUARD POLICIES AND NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION/REGULATIONS ..................... 36 ii | P a g e THIRD PARTY MONITORING REPORT 10 CAPACITY BUILDING NEEDS ................................... 36 11 SUCCESS STORIES ........................................... 38 12 OTHER DELIVERABLES (CAPACITY BUILDING IN GIS BASED MONITORING) ............................................... 43 13 CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS ............................ 44 14 APPENDICES ................................................ 47 Appendix-A: Monitoring TORs ................................................................................................................ 47 Appendix-B: Monitoring indicators ......................................................................................................... 49 Appendix-C: Survey sheets ..................................................................................................................... 50 Appendix-D: Questionnaires and interviews checklist ........................................................................... 69 Appendix-E (i): Details of departmental nurseries-Tube ........................................................................ 70 Appendix-E (ii): Details of departmental nurseries-Bare Rooted ........................................................... 76 Appendix-F (i): Details of private nurseries-Tube ................................................................................... 81 Appendix-F (ii): Details of private nurseries - Bare Rooted .................................................................... 96 Appendix-G: Details of plantations of multipurpose tree species ........................................................ 104 Appendix-H: Details of roadside and canal side plantations ............................................................... 108 Appendix-I: Details of enclosures ......................................................................................................... 110 Appendix-J: Details of reclamation of saline and water logged areas .................................................. 114 Appendix-K: Details about farm forestry .............................................................................................. 115 Appendix-L: Details of promotion of forest based cottage industries related to Mazri and Kana through planting ................................................................................................................................... 116 Appendix-M: Details of badlands rehabiliatation and watershed management measures ................. 117 Appendix-N (1): Coordinates of block plantations ................................................................................ 118 Appendix-N (2): Coordinates of linear plantations ............................................................................... 119 Appendix-N (3): Coordinates of enclosures .......................................................................................... 120 Appendix N (4) coordinates of departmental tube nurseries ............................................................... 123 Appendix N (5) coordinates of departmental bare rooted nurseries ................................................... 125 Appendix N (6) coordinates of private tube nurseries ......................................................................... 126 Appendix N (7) coordinates of private bare rooted nurseries .............................................................. 136 Photo collage of all activities ............................................................................................................... 138 Photo collage of Southern Region ........................................................................................................ 139 Photo collage of Malakand Region ....................................................................................................... 140 Photo collage of Hazara Region ............................................................................................................ 141 iii | P a g e THIRD PARTY MONITORING REPORT LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AT Agror Tanawal BTTAP Billion Trees Tsunami Afforestation Project CCF Chief Conservator Forest CDE&GAD Community Development, Extension & Gender & Development CF Conservator Forest cft Cubic feet D I Khan Dera Ismial Khan DFO Divisional Forest Officer FD Forest Department FGDs Focused Group Discussions FP&M Forest Planning & Monitoring ft Feet GIS Geographic Information Systems GPS Global Positioning System ha Hectare I&HRD Institutional and Human Resource Development JFMCs Joint Forest Management Committees KIIs Key Informants Interviews KPK Khyber Pakhtunkhwa LPG Liquid Petroleum Gas m Meter MAPs Medicinal Plants NGO Non-Government Organization NTFPs Non Timber Forest Products PSC Project steering Committee rft Running feet RND Research and Development RS Remote Sensing SDFO Sub-divisional Forest Officer sft Square feet