Establishment of a National Environmental Engineering and Ecosystem Restoration Institute

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Establishment of a National Environmental
Engineering and Ecosystem Restoration Institute

• Presented by Ministry of Environment
• Government of Pakistan

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GEF Implementation Agency
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Country or countries in which the project is
being implemented

• Islamic Republic of Pakistan

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Country Eligibility

• Pakistan joined GEF on August 4, 1994
• Pakistan ratified UNCBD on 26 July, 1994
• Pakistan ratified UNCCD on 1 June, 1994
• Pakistan ratified UNFCCC on 1 June, 1994

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GEF Focal Area(s)

• Biodiversity
• Climate Change
• Land Degradation

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Operational Program/Short-term measure

• Climate Change Cell
• GEF Cell
• National Conservation Strategy Resource Center

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Project linkage to national priorities, action
plans, and programs

• The Pakistan national Conservation Strategy
  (1992) recommended 14 core programme areas for
  priority implementation, including supporting
  Institutions for common Resources.
• The mid-term Development Framework, 2005-2010
  (September 29, 2004) identifies the need to
  launch and integrate environment in formal as
  well as informal education sector, to designate
  an institution as a National Centre of
  Excellence in Environmental Education and build
  its capacity to enable it to serve as a premiere
  environmental-education training institute. The
  Framework also proposes the establishment of a
  National Institution of Biodiversity and
  Ecosystem Sciences.

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Status of national operational focal point review
(dates)
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Project rationale and objectives

• Development of national policy, plans and
  programmes not only regarding environmental
  planning, pollution and ecology, but also of
  housing, physical planning and human settlements
  including urban water supply, sewerage and
  drainage.
• Ministry is best positioned to deal with both
  brown (primarily involving pollution control
  and impact assessment) and green (biodiversity
  protection, forests, etc.) problems.
• Ministry and other environmental stakeholders of
  Pakistan need to further develop their capacity
  to repair and sustainably maintain ecosystems.
• One purpose of this project is to enhance the
  capability of these stakeholders for both the
  policy development and management of these green
  and brown problems and the repair and maintenance
  of ecosystems.

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Project rationale and objectives

• To accomplish this, the government is proposing
  to establish a National Ecological Engineering
  and Ecosystem Restoration Institution that will
  provide scientific support and training to the
  Ministry of Environment and other stakeholders
  involved in the broad area of ecosystem
  assessment and management in Pakistan. The
  proposed Institution will provide Ministry of
  Environment and other agencies responsible for
  maintaining and managing ecological systems with
• Scientific information that can be used to
  improve ecosystem management strategies and to
  provide education
• Human resource base for activities on ecosystem
  management and restoration, and
• Training designed to enhance various agencies,
  particularly the Ministry of Environment,
  capability for ecosystem management and public
  understanding of the relationships between people
  and the ecosystems they use.

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Expected Outcomes

• The project expects to produce the following
  outcomes
• A steady pool of human resource, which could be
  tapped directly by stakeholders, particularly the
  MoE, for the purpose of ecosystem management and
  ecological restoration in Pakistan.
• The sustained strengthening of existing capacity
  within the MoE, other government institutions and
  other relevant stakeholders, on issues related to
  ecosystem management and ecological restoration.
  

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Expected Outcomes

• The collaboration development, design and
  management of projects on ecosystem management
  and ecological restoration, between the staff and
  students of the institute and the Moe.
• Through research foundation for experimental
  management efforts that the MoE and other
  agencies might wish to pursue.

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Planned activities to achieve outcomes

• The proposed Institute will undertake the
  following
• Education- to create a fill national degree
  programme on ecological engineering and ecosystem
  restoration.
• Capacity Development- to develop existing
  national capacities, particularly the MoE, on
  issues related to ecosystem management and
  restoration.
• Research- to analyze issues and develop projects
  and programmes for the MoE on state of the art
  issues pertaining to ecosystem management and
  ecological restoration.

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Stakeholders involved in project

• Ministry of Environment

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Information on project proposer

• Ministry of Environment
• The Ministry of Environment (MoE) represents the
  Government of Pakistan in environmental matters
• Interacts with other ministries, provinces, and
  donor agencies (through the Economic Affairs
  Division of the Ministry of Finance)
• Formulates and national laws on the environment
  and coordinates with the provincial governments.
• The MoE also deals with and conducts agreements
  with other countries and international
  organizations.

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Information on project proposer

• It formulates national policies and plans
  regarding environmental planning, pollution and
  ecology housing, physical and human settlements
  and urban water supply, sewerage and drainage.
• The MoE works on economic planning and
  policy-making forestry and wildlife and it has
  administrative control of the National Council
  for the Conservation of Wildlife in Pakistan, the
  Pakistan Forest Institution, the Zoological
  Survey of Pakistan, and the National Energy
  Conservation Center (ENERCON)

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Information on proposed executing agency

• Ministry of Environment

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Estimated budget (in US)

• GEF Under preparation
• Co-financing Under preparation
• TOTAL Under preparation