Better Management Practices for Thirsty Crops: ensuring Indus For All Programme (IFAP)
Project Category: N/A
Donor Agency: RNE, WWF’s Living Waters Programme, WWF - Int Asia Pacific Programme
Start Date: July 2007
Planned End Date: June 2012
Summary
The Indus Ecoregion Programme is an ambitious long-term (2005-2055) initiative of the World Wide Fund for Nature – Pakistan (WWF-P) and the Government of Sindh that will address poverty and natural resource degradation in the Indus Ecoregion. The failure of previous disconnected short-term poverty reduction and natural resource management projects has raised the need for a long-term vision and framework that integrates the existing efforts of all stakeholders and results in comprehensive solutions leading to sustainable management of the Indus Ecoregion. Development of the Indus Ecoregion Programme was funded by the Royal Netherlands Embassy (RNE), WWF’s Living Waters Programme (LWP) and WWF – International Asia-Pacific Programme. The global WWF Network is heavily involved in supporting programmes globally and through out the Asia –Pacific Region.
Objective
The overall objective of the Indus For All Programme is: “Natural Resource Management (NRM) in the Lower Indus River Basin Contributes to Improved Livelihood and Sustainable Development”
This is supported by 4 Programme Objectives
- Community-based NRM in four priority areas (Chotiari, Keti Bunder, Kinjhar and Pai forest) contributes to improved livelihoods.
- Improved natural resources and livelihoods through mainstreaming of poverty-environment linkages at policy, planning and decision-making levels.
- Improved institutional capacity and awareness for sustainable management at various levels
- Improved alignment and collaboration for stakeholder interventions
