Progress report for
Multi-stakeholder efforts to enhance socio-ecological landscape resilience in Pakistan's Indus Delta area.
Achievement at a glance
31,720haIn accordance with the approved landscape strategy, UNDP-GEF SGP in the Indus Delta Sindh is supporting local community activities to maintain and rebuild the resilience of the socio-ecological production landscape on 31,720 ha through a series of inter-connected and synergistic initiatives contributing towards the outcome. This effort is being spearheaded by a cluster of 14 CBOs operating in an area of 229,670 ha of inter-tidal, supra-tidal and range-land zones of the Delta area, spanning over three districts (Thatta, Sujawal and Badin) and six talukas/ tehsils.
The details are as under:
- 499 hectares of reforestation of mangroves in and around Ketibunder South Wild Life Sanctuary by five CBOs;
- Mobilization and engagement of communities including indigenous Jat cameleers for conservation of over 15,500 ha of mangroves in Ketibunder South Wildlife Sanctuary;
- Complete rehabilitation of degraded Chach Suleman Khan lagoon on 150 ha;
- Conservation of fresh water Ramsar site Keenjhar lake on 13,470 ha currently under pressure from tens of thousands of tourists from Karachi every weekend. The area comes under Keenjhar lake wildlife sanctuary. An SGP project is working with the existing community-based Keenjhar Conservation Network;
- Two CBOs of the local fishing community have established sustainable crab farms impacting over 10 villages and over 1000 fisherfolks by creating replicable enterprises and providing sustainable livelihood;
- Four organizations have introduced 60% EE metallic stoves and solar products among the communities to reduce deforestation and the burden on natural resources on over 2,027 ha of inland forestry and scrub forests;
- One organization has established a nursery with 50,000 saplings of indigenous trees and plants for onward distribution for reforestation on 50 ha;
- One organization has established a nursery of 24,000 saplings of the highly nutritious indigenous tree Moringa Oleifera on 24 ha;