Project

Sustainable Land Management Programme to Combat Desertification in Pakistan

Lead country

Pakistan

Participating countries

Pakistan

Project status

Under implementation

Implementing period

From May 5, 2015 to December 31, 2020

SDGs addressed by this project

SDG targets

  1. 15.3 Combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil
  2. 15.6 Promote fair, equitable benefits sharing
  3. 15.a Mobilize resources for biodiversity conservation, sustainable use

Project ID: 4593

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Technical team

  • Ecosystems and Biodiversity Programme

Technical area(s)

  • Mainstreaming biodiversity

Sub-area(s)

  • Ecosystem-based mitigation
  • Ecosystem-based adaptation
  • Agrobiodiversity

Landscape(s)

  • Deserts
  • Grasslands

Sub-landscape(s)

  • Semi-arid (cold winter) deserts
  • Drylands

Transformed sector(s)

  • Agriculture
  • Forestry and other land use

UNDP role(s)

  • Capacity development / Technical assistance
  • Convening / Partnerships / Knowledge Sharing
  • Institutional mechanism and system building

Strategy

  • Enabling
  • Management operation
  • Governance

Sub-strategy

  • Mainstream
  • Sustainable land management
  • Institutional framework

Social inclusion

  • Local community/CSOs

Gender equality

  • Women's access to and control over resources
  • Women decision making
  • Land rights for women

Gender result effectiveness scale

  • Gender responsive

Pathway(s)

  • Systems pathway
  • People pathway

Risk reduction target(s)

  • Improve resilience

SDG target(s)

  • 15.3 Combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil
  • 15.6 Promote fair, equitable benefits sharing
  • 15.a Mobilize resources for biodiversity conservation, sustainable use

Conventions and protocols

  • United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
  • National Adaptation Plan (NAP)

Private sector(s)

N/A

Hot topic

  • Poverty reduction

About this project

Description

SLMP-II project was approved by the CDWP in March 2015 at a total cost of Rs. 1666.695 million. The project started its operation from September 2015. This project is an up-scaling phase of the SLMP pilot phase project to be implemented in 14 dry land districts in 4 provinces. It will assist the Government of Pakistan to achieve the long-term goal – “to combat land degradation and desertification in Pakistan” with the primary objective - “To promote sustainable management of land and natural resources in the arid and semi-arid regions of Pakistan in order to restore degraded ecosystems and their essential services, reduce poverty, and increase resilience to climate change”. The project will depend on the strong commitment of the provincial and Federal Governments of Pakistan and the involvement of key stakeholders, in particular those at the community level. The project will deliver three outcomes: Outcome 1: Strong enabling environment at national and provincial levels supports up-scaling of SLM practices; Outcome 2: Effective, targeted and adaptive implementation of SLM Land Use Planning & Decision Support System; Outcome 3: On-the-ground implementation of climate-resilient SLM activities is up-scaled across landscapes. The project will result in successful application of SLM over an area of 800,000 ha in 14 districts covering more than 200 villages. The integrated activities will be performed in Agriculture, Forest, irrigation, livestock, rangelands and soil conservation/stabilization sectors.

Objectives

To promote sustainable management of land and natural resources in the arid and semi-arid regions of Pakistan in order to restore degraded ecosystems and their essential services, reduce poverty, and increase resilience to climate change.

USD $3,791,000

Grant amount

USD $16,630,000

Leveraged amount (co-financing)

1

Source(s) of fund

Sources of fund

 

  • Global Environment Facility – Trust Fund ($3,791,000)

Implementing partner(s)

  • Government of Pakistan

Project metrics

Outcome 1:

Strong enabling environment at national and provincial levels supports up-scaling of SLM practices

 Indicators:

Area of degraded forests and rangelands and shifting sand-dunes in target districts benefiting from introduced SLM techniques
Area of farmland in target districts with reduced land degradation resulting from introduced SLM practices
Project communities are participating in SLM interventions and have increased their average household income earned from dryland farming and NRM activities as compared to baseline.
Total amount of CO2 equivalent greenhouse gas sequestered in the target districts due to effective application of SLM practices
Functioning National & Provincial Desertification Control Cells
Number of key sectoral policies, especially agriculture and forests address desertification issues and SLM principles
Number of provincial land use policies with SLM and NAP mainstreamed, being implemented
Number of integrated participatory district level SLM land use plans being implemented (developed with the participation of key sectoral representatives and NGOs/CBOs)
SLM Information System and Decision Support System operational and being used
% of households participating in agreements to restore degraded dryland forests
% of livestock owners in target districts participating in agreements to restore degraded rangelands
Number of community-financed viable local SLM funds, resource specific business plans, public-private partnerships and targeted matching grants designed and supporting up-scaling
Number of farms in target districts implementing soil and water conservation measures and on-farm management practices
Number of villages and households in target districts participating in SLM activities
Outcome 2:

Effective, targeted, and adaptive implementation of SLM Land Use Planning & Decision Support System
Outcome 3:

On-the-ground implementation of climate-resilient SLM activities is up-scaled across landscapes
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