List of Awarded Projects

No.	Project Title	Partner	Partner Type	Theme	Location	Status
First Round
1	Distribution, Status and Management of Smooth Coated Otter (Lutrogale perspicillata) in Indus Eco-region	Sindh Wildlife Department, Government of Sindh Sukkur	Govt	Conservation of Species	Nara Desert	Completed
2	Assess the status of Tenulosa Illisha (Palla) and the causes responsible for its decline in its natural habitat	Fisheries Department Government of Sindh	Govt	Conservation of Species	Downstream Kotri	Completed
3	Forest Protection Project through Forest Protection Committees	Indus Development Organization	NGO	Conservation of Habitat	Matyari Forest	Completed
4	Community Based Natural Resource Management Project	Participatory Development Initiatives	NGO	Conservation of Habitat	Kharo Chan Thatta	Completed
5	Rehabilitation of Fishermen Community and Keenjhar Lake through Participatory Approach	Keenjhar Fishermen Welfare Society	NGO	Alternate Livelihood	Keenjhar Lake Thatta	Completed
6	Development and Promotion of Biogas Technologies for Meeting Domestic Fuel Needs of Rural Areas	Shah Lateef Welfare Association, Nawabshah	NGO	Alternate Energy	Pai Forest	Terminated
7	Rehabilitation of Booharki Forest	Badin Development & Research organization	NGO	Conservation of Habitat	Badin	Completed
8	Alternative Energy Project- Dadu	Young Samaji Tanzeem Johi,	NGO	Alternate Energy	Dadu	Terminated
9	Promote Alternate Energy for Sustainable Conservation of Indus Delta Ecoregion	Action for Humanitarian Development	NGO	Alternate Energy	Kharo Chan Thatta	Completed
10	Creating Sustainable Environment through Promotion of Awareness & Energy Efficient Technologies	Global Welfare and Development Organization	NGO	Alternate Energy	Keenjhar Lake Thatta	Completed
Seacond Round
11	Sustainable Reuse of Drainage Effluent in Irrigated Agriculture for Increasing Crop Productivity	Institute of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, Mehran Engineering University, Jamshoro	Academia	Alternate Livelihood	Jamshoro/ Mirpurkhas	Completed
12	Upper Indus Watershed Management through Sea Buckthorn Plantation and Livelihood Improvement, Baltistan	Northern Areas Forest & Wildlife Department, Gilgit, Government of Pakistan	Govt	Conservation of Habitat	Skrdu, Baltistan	Completed
13	Improvement and Rehabilitation of Haleji Lake	Sindh Wildlife Department Government of Sindh	Govt	Conservation of Species	Haleji Lake Thatta	Completed
14	Distribution and Status of Threatened species of fresh water turtules in selected Areas of Indus river System	Zoology Survey Department, Government of Pakistan	Govt	Conservation of Species	Indus River, Punjab & Sindh	Completed
15	Integrated Agriculture Farming for Improving Water Management, Enhancing Productivity and Alleviating Rural Poverty	Research And Development Foundation (RedFound)	NGO	Alternate Livelihood	Thatta	Completed
16	Sustainable Management of Two threatened Indus Delta Dolphin Species, the Indo-Pacific humpback(suasa chinesis) and Indo-Pacific Bottlenose (Tursiops aduncus)	Marine Conservation International (MCI)	NGO	Conservation of Species	Indus Delta & Adjacent Coastal Areas of Sindh	Ongoing
17	Construction of Wetland at village, Majeed Keerio, Nawabshah	Sindhrica Reforms Society, Nawabshah	NGO	Alternate Livelihood	Pai Forest	Completed
18	Use of GIS to analyse marine turtle Habitat: Sandspit & Hawksbay Ecosystem	Shehr-CBE	NGO	Conservation of Species	sandspit & Hawksbay	Completed
Third Round
19	Reforming Forestry Governance in Sindh	Forest & Wildlife Department Government of Sindh, Karachi	Govt	Conservation of Habitat	Sindh	Completed
20	Rehabilitation and Restoration of internal Irrigation System and Habitat Conservation of Pai Forest	Sindh Forest Department Afforestration Division, Shaheed Benazirabad	Govt	Conservation of Habitat	Pai Forest	Completed
21	Community Integrated Rangeland Conservation and Management Project	Sustainable Development Foundation	NGO	Conservation of Habitat	Chotiari	Completed
22	Biodiversity Conservation of the Natural Dye plant Indigo in Pai Forest area of Indus Ecoregion	Goth Sudhar Sangat Haji Keerio	NGO	Conservation of Species	Pai Forest	Completed
23	Community Based Wetland Management of Deh Akro - II	Sangat Development Foundation, Nawabsah	NGO	Conservation of Habitat	Shaheed Benazirabad/ Nawabshah	Completed
24	Rehabilitation of Cyclone Affected Communities through Partner CBOs	Bahar CBO Keti Bundar	NGO	Rehabilitation	Keti Bunder	Completed
Fourth Round
25	GIS Based Boundary Delineation of Highly Encroached Forest Sections in Murree Forest Division	Murree Forest Division, Punjab Forest Department	Govt	Conservation of Habitats	Muree Forest	Completed
26	Extension of Biodiversity Conservation of the Natural Dye Plant Indigo in 02 Districts of Indus Ecoregion	Goth Sudhar Sangat Haji Keerio	NGO	Conservation of Species	Pai Forest	Ongoing
27	Extension Phase of Community Integrated Rangeland Conservation and Management	Sustainable Development Foundation	NGO	Conservation of Habitat	Chotiari	Ongoing

Projects Granted by SC (Grant below 1 Million Rs.)

No	Project Title	Partner	Partner Type	Theme	Time Period
1	Effect of Water Quality on the Availability, Size and Growth of Indian Major Carp ‘Labeo rohit’ in selected Natural Waters for Sustainable Fisheries in Punjab	University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Lahore	Academia	Conservation of Species	Punjab	Completed
2	Livelihood Support to Vulnerable Communities, Jubhoo Lagoon	Sindh Rural Support Programme	NGO	Alternate Livelihood	Jubo Lagoon Thatta	Completed
3	Conservation of Ladakh Urial and Associated Wildlife in Shigar Valley, Skardu, Northern Areas	Conservation Manager, WWF – Northern Areas	NGO	Conservation of Species	Skrdu, Baltistan	Completed
4	Bioavailability and Characterization of Heavy Metals in Mangroves Ecosystem	PCSIR (Dr. Sarwat Ismail)	Govt	Conservation of Habitat	Karachi Sindh	Completed
5	Support for Academia for Dissemination of Scientific Information and Research	Conservation Division and WWF Sindh Programme WWF-P	Academia	Academic Support for NR Based Research	Sindh	Completed
6	Capacity Buidling of Environmental Journalists, Punjab	FEJP & WWF Lahore	NGO	Alternate Livelihood	Punjab	Completed
7	Vulture Less-A15 Minutes Documentary on the Vulture Crisis of Pakistan	Department of Film and TV, National Collage of Arts Lahore	Academia	Conservation of Species	Lahore, Karachi, Tharparker, Salt Range	Completed
8	Environmental Related Livlihood Support and Alternative Energy Resource to Reduce the Wood Cutting	Mehran Research and Developent Society, Hyderabad	NGO	Alternate Livelihood	Miani Forest Sindh	Completed
9	Health and Hygienice Promotion through Safe Sanitation and Increase Plantation, Keenjhar Lake	Jhole Mari Welfare and Development Org.	NGO	Health & Hygiene	Keenjhar Lake Thatta	Completed
10	Safe Drinking Water through Desalination Plant for Coastal Communities, Kharo Chhan	Sindh Radiant Organization Thatta	NGO	Alternate Livelihood	Kharo Chan Thatta	Completed
11	Harnessing the Hunting Communities for Protection of Partridge, at Keenjhar Lake	Keemjhar Maroo-Ara Welfare and Development Org.	NGO	Conservation of Species	Keenjhar Lake Thatta	Completed
12	Support to Sindh Coastal Area Network For the National Level Events	Badin Rural Development Society	NGO	Conservation of Habitat	Thatta & Badin	Completed
13	Economic Empowerment of Women through Skill Enhancement and Proven of Alternative Livelihood	Kiran Aurat Tarqiyati Tanzeem village Talli, Pai	NGO	Alternate Livelihood	Pai Forest	Completed
14	To Create Alternate Sources of Income for Stone Extracting and Fishing Community/Women by Promoting the Enterpreneurship in Jhimpir	Roshni Keenjhar Welfare and Development Organization, Thatta	NGO	Alternate Livelihood	Keenjhar Lake Thatta	Completed
15	Conservation of Mangroves at Keenjhar Lake	Keenjhar Mahool Dost welfare and Development Organization	NGO	Conservation of Species	Keenjhar Lake Thatta	Completed
16	Capacity Building of Stakeholders for the Management Operation and Maintenance of Constructed Wetlands	Sindhica Reform Society	NGO	Alternate Livelihood	Pai Forest	Ongoing
17	In situ Conservation of Mahsheer Fish (Tor putitora) in the Ponch River and Mangla Dam	Dr. Anis ur Rehman, CEO, Himalayan Wildlife Foundation Islamabad	NGO	Conservation of Species	Poonch River & Mangla	Completed
18	Promotion of Ecotourism by Construction of Walkway Facility to make Conservation and Information Centre at Keenjhar Lake accessable for the Visitors	Keenjhar Khush-Hal Welfare and development Organization Thatta	NGO	Conservation of Habitat	Keenjhar Lake Thatta	Completed
19	Carbon Stock Assessment in sub-Watershed of the Himalayan Forest (Ayubia National Park)	Mohammad Qasim, WWF-Pak, Islamabad (in collaboration with the CDM Cell of the Federal Ministry of Environment)	NGO/Govt	Conservation of Habitat	Ayoubia National Park	Completed
20	Environmental Protection of Keenjhar Lake through Installation of Garbage Bins along main Tourism Sites and Conservation and Information Centre	Keenjhar Dost Welfare and Development Organization Sonhri	NGO	Conservation of Habitat+E65	Keenjhar Lake Thatta	Completed
21	Livestock Sector Development in Pai Forest as an Alternate Livelihood Source	Mehran Tarqiatee Tanzeem Sakrand, Haji Ahmed Keerio	NGO	Alternate Livelihood	Pai Forest	Terminated
22	Gyps Vulture Restoration Project- Comprehensive Survey	WWF-Pakistan, Ferouzpur Road Lahore	NGO	Conservation of Species	Punjab	Completed
23	Spatial Pattern, Range and Feeding Habits of the Common Leopard in Ayubia National Park	Department of Environmental sciences of University of Siena	Academia	Conservation of Species	Ayoubia National Park	Ongoing
24	Estimation of Abundance of Indus River Dolphins in 2011	Masood Arshad, Senior Programme Manager, Pakistan Wetlands Programme, WWF – Pakistan	NGO	Conservation of Species	Indus River, Sukkur	Completed
25	District-wise Forest Cover Assessment of Pakistan	Urooj Saeed, Interim Manager GIS Lab, WWF – Pakistan	NGO	Conservation of Habitat	Indus Basin	Completed
26	Distribution, Status and Current State of Habitat of Hog Deer (Axis porcinus) in Indus Eco-region	Mr. Waseem Ahmad Khan, Pakistan Wildlife Foundation, Islamabad	NGO	Conservation of Species	Indus Ecoregion	Completed
27	Crabs as Potential Bio-Indicator in the Mangrove Coastal Areas of Pakistan	Centre of Excellence in Marine Biology, University of Karachi	Academia	Conservation of Species/ Habitat	Keti Bunder	Completed
28	Economical Empowerment of Women through Skill Enhancement and Provision of Alternative Livelihoods Support	Marvi Aurat Tarqyati Tanzeem, Skarand	NGO	Alternate Livelihood	Pai Forest	Ongoing
29	Water Quality Assessment of Manchar Lake	Institute of Advanced Research Studies Chemical Sciences, University of Sindh Jamshoro	Academia	Conservation of Habitat	Manchar Lake	Completed
30	Printing and Publication of the Field Guide to the Birds of Pakistan -Second Edition	Communication Division, WWF - Pakistan	NGO	Conservation of Species	Indus Basin	Completed
31	Restoration of Ecology of River Ravi by Pollution Abatement Practices	Chairman Ravi Commission, Lahore in Collaboration with WWF - Pakistan	NGO	Habitate Conservation and Restoration	Punjab	Ongoing
32	Protecting Cranes in Pakistan	Ghazanfar Ali Khan, SWAN, Lahore	NGO	Conservation of Species	Indus Basin	Completed
33	Desert Bloom- A Colour Guide to the Wild Flrowers of Lower Indus	Prof. Dr. Surraya Khatoon, University of Karahci	Academia	Conservation of Species	Indus Basin	Completed
34	Status and Distribution of Parakeets in Punjab and Sindh	Abdul Wahab Khan, Zoological Survey Department, Islamabad	Govt	Conservation of Species	Sindh & Punjab	Completed
35	Preparation of Revised Manuscript of “Conservation Biology” Richard B. Primack	Conservation Department , WWF-Pakistan	NGO	Conservation of Species	Indus Basin	ongoing
36	Study of Population Status and Ecological Requirements of the Marsh Crocodile in Chotiari Reservoir	University of Jamshoroo, Sindh	Academia	Conservation of Species	Chotiari	Completed
37	Towards an Integrated Systems Approach to Sustainable Tourism Management	Sophia Imran, University of Southern Queensland, Australia	Academia	Conservation of Habitat	Indus Basin	Completed
38	Production of Algal Fuel	FC College, Lahore	Academia	Conservation of Species	Punjab	Completed
39	Sabz Khawab- Dreaming Green a Series	Helping Hands-Multan	NGO	Conservation of Species	Punjab	Ongoing
40	Status and conservation of Asiatic Black Bear (Ursus theibetanus) in District Mansehra	Waseem Ahmed Khan, WWF - Pakistan	NGO	Conservation of species	Mensehra	Completed