New Project starts in Pakistan

The North West Frontier Province (NWFP) is classified as the poorest province in Pakistan, having a high degree of poverty (42% of the population is categorised as poor) and a high dependence on natural resources to fulfil livelihood needs. Factors such as high population density in rural areas, low literacy rate, limited cultivatable land and gender disparities (in terms of low participation of women, especially in resource management) - increasingly exert pressure on the province's fragile resource base. The Project will be implemented in three districts, and will work with multiple partners to promote integrated natural resource management in and around designated forest areas, through a participatory learning approach.