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III. CASE STUDY OF ENVIRONMENTAL
REHABILITATION PROJECT IN MALAKAND DIVISION OF NORTH-WEST FRONTIER PROVINCE
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A. Project setting and inputs
An environmental rehabilitation project (ERP) which focuses on forestry
development is being implemented in NWFP by the Forestry
Department. The project is being sponsored by the World Food Programme
(WFP), the Government of the Netherlands and the provincial government
of NWFP. The project was approved by ECNEC on 18 September 1993, and the
completion date is 30 June 1999. The project area covers Chitral, Swat
and Buner districts. The environment in the area is discussed in chapter
two of this report. Financial inputs to the project amount to PRs 412 million
(US$ 13.8 million), of which the Government of the Netherlands is providing
41 per cent. The World Food Programme is providing 38 per cent, with the
remaining 21 per cent coming from the local government authorities. Field
implementation expenditures, including salaries, extension and training,
operation and maintenance, account for 48 per cent of the financial requirements.
The planned number of personnel to be involved in the project totals
268. The provincial Forestry Department employs 212 persons, spread over
four forest divisions and 10 ranges. Of that total, 55 posts are donor-funded
personnel; those posts include the only expatriate on the project (Senior
Technical Adviser) and 35 women, nine of whom have been recruited so far
on pay scales similar to forest guards with the Forestry Department taking
over in due course. Local graduate advisers include four males and one
female social organizers, two RFO Women's
Programme, a civil engineer and a cartographer. Administrative personnel
include a secretary, an accountant and 12 drivers. One expatriate Assistant
Professional Officer, Range/Natural Vegetation Management, has been added
from additional funding provided by the Government of the Netherlands.
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