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Presentation
Range Land and Biodiversity Conservation
June 12, 2015
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Collaborative watershed management after major disasters, collaborative tools, post
project evaluation & discussions with communities, reflecting the need for more
evidence on impact
BY Dr. Faizul Bari, FAO Pakistan
Definition of Rangelands
• Areas unfit for agriculture due to sever cold or heat• Fit for grasses, shrubs and fodder species• Spread over 7 ecological zones; alpine pastures in
the north to the arid and semiarid ranges in the south
• Support both livestock and wildlife grazing
Rangeland Resource• Vast resource cover the major land use; 60% area• Resource is subjected to heavy grazing and
degradation• Current productivity is less than 50%• Vegetation cover has been reduced by 30%• Proportion of Palatable plants reduced to 25%• Correspondingly the related services and functions
drastically reduced; biodiversity, water flow, non-timber forest products, ecotourism
Land Use Analysis • Major land use• There is also grazing within forests• Bringing this major land use under proper
management will result in lot of benefits; increased and healthy and productive livestock
Challenges• Due to the major challenges the current
productivity is far less than its potential• The degradation has negatively impacted the
livelihoods of million of poor people besides reduced functions and services
• The land tenure is a major issue, where the rangelands are exploited due to its community nature
• Poor ranges divert pressure to the surrounding forests
• Nomadic grazing is also major problem
Rangeland Biodiversity• Major land use, habitat for important Fauna
and important flora• Rangeland and pastures jointly used by the
livestock and wildlife, competition for food and habitat
• Overgrazing disturb the wildlife, restricted to remote un-disturbed sites
• Common watering points• Disease transfer
Need for Rangeland Policy• First ever policy• Resource needs to put back on tract• Adopt more holistic approach to natural resource
management including biodiversity conservation• The benefits will be enormous• Will develop strategy for mitigation and adoption of
climate change• Will also contribute to carbon stock
Thrusts/Priority Area• These are the areas if focused the range productivity, services
and functions will increase• The major land resource will be brought under scientific
management
Thrusts/Priority Area (cont)
• Mitigation of climate change & other natural disasters
• Awareness raising & capacity building• Promotion of academic discipline of range
management, research and technology and extension services
• Generation of financial resources & establishment of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Rangeland Development Fund
Institutional Arrangement
• Requires separate staff to focus on the rangeland management
• There is need to also associate livestock and agriculture department