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GEF Funded Environmental Projects and Initiatives in Pakistan

Explore the completed and ongoing GEF funded projects in Pakistan focusing on biodiversity, sustainable land management, wetlands conservation, and climate change mitigation.

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GEF Funded Environmental Projects and Initiatives in Pakistan

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  1. By Mr. Sikander Hayat Maken Joint Secretary/GEF Focal Point Ministry of Environment, Government of Pakistan jsdev.moe@gmail.com www.moenv.gov.pk

  2. GEF Funded Completed Projects • Fuel Efficiency and Road Transport Sector Project. (Total Cost US$ 7.0 M) • POPs Enabling Activity Project. (Total Cost US$ 0.35.0 M) • First National Report on the Convention on Biodiversity (CBD). (Total Cost US$ 0.038 M) • Mountain Area Conservation Project (MACP Phase I) (Total Cost US$ 10.35 M) • Enabling Activities for the Preparation of Initial National Communication related to the UNFCCC (Total Cost US$ 0.324 M) • Expedited Financing for Interim Measures for Capacity Building in Priority Areas Phase II (Total Cost US$ 0.356)

  3. GEF Funded On-going Projects • Sustainable Land Management for Combating Desertification in Pakistan Phase I (Total Cost US$ 5.0 M) • Pakistan’s Wetlands Project (Total Cost US$ 11.792 M) • Protected Areas Management Project (Total Cost US$ 10.1 M) • Programme for Mountain Area Conservation (Total Cost US$ 4.0 ) • National Capacity Self Assessment for Global Environment Management in Pakistan. (Total Cost US$ 0.199 M) • Conservation of Habitats and Species of Global Significance in Arid and Semi-arid Ecosystems in Baluchistan. (Total Cost US$ 1.2 M) • Sustainable Development of Utility Scale Wind Power Production (Total Cost US$ 1.2 M) • Mainstreaming Biodiversity Conservation into Production System in the Juniper Forest Ecosystem (Total Cost US$ 1.2 M)

  4. Projects in Pipeline (GEF Portfolio)BIODIVERSITY PROJECTS Total Allocation: US$ 5.1 Million

  5. Projects in Pipeline (GEF Portfolio)CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTS Total Allocation: US$ 13.2 Million

  6. New Projects Concepts under consideration of GEF Technical Review Committee in the Ministry of Environment • Promotion/Dissemination of Biogas Plants for Meeting Energy Requirements • National Program on the Documentation and the Taxonomic Classification • Improving Kiln Efficiency for the Brick Industry in Pakistan • Conservation of medicinal plants and promotion of indigenous knowledge and local health, traditions among rural communities. • Sustainable Urban Transport in Pakistan • Controlling Invasive Species in Pakistan • Energy Efficient Bulbs in Public Buildings • Agricultural tube wells Energy Efficient Improvement Program at District Level • Waste to Energy Lahore landfill project • Early Warning System for Glacial Lake Outburst Flow • Promoting Sustainable Energy Production and Use from Biomass from Pakistan

  7. Steps Taken Recently to Strengthen the GEF Programme Management and Highlighting the Role of Ministry of Environment in GEF operations • Established GEF Cell for efficient, effective program management and to maintain institutional memory of GEF in the Ministry of Environment. • Constituted GEF Technical Review Committee for reviewing new and on-going projects. • Recommended the Secretary/Additional Secretary, MoE, to be the chairman of Small Grant Program Steering Committee in future. • Strengthening the GEF Cell and capacity building of stakeholders in the preparation of GEF projects. • Focusing to involve all stakeholders in the implementation of new projects (relevant wings/attached department of MoE, provincial governments and international organizations such as UNIDO,UNOPS, World Bank rather than merely depending on UNDP) Additional Secretary ------- Chairman of GEF Technical Review Committee Joint Secretary (Dev) ------ GEF Focal Point GEF Coordinators ---------- Staff of Ministry of Environment

  8. THANKS FOR YOUR KIND ATTENTION

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