Improving Local Livelihoods through Increased Productivity and Enhanced Services of the Chilgoza Ecosystem in Pakistan - GCP/PAK/091/GFF
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The project “Reversing Deforestation and Degradation in High Conservation Value Chilgoza Pine Forests in Pakistan” (2018–2025), funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and implemented by FAO in collaboration with provincial forest and wildlife departments, aimed to conserve and sustainably manage Pakistan’s unique Chilgoza pine forests across Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit-Baltistan, and South Waziristan. As part of The Restoration Initiative (TRI), it contributed to the Bonn Challenge on global forest landscape restoration, while integrating ecological restoration with socio-economic development. Chilgoza pine forests in Pakistan’s dry temperate zone are ecologically important and economically valuable but face increasing degradation due to fuelwood dependency, overharvesting, lack of management plans, and growing international demand. While these forests provide significant income potential, local communities often remain vulnerable to market exploitation, with external traders capturing most profits despite women’s central role in processing and traditional community harvesting protocols. To address these challenges, the project was implemented across four key regions covering 74 755 hectares. The project’s overarching goal was to enhance livelihoods and ecosystem services through sustainable forest management, supported by four outcomes: strengthened forest landscape restoration (FLR) policies and frameworks, demonstrated community-based forest restoration and livelihood improvements, operational and capacitated Chilgoza Forest Protection and Conservation Committees (CFPCCs), and expanded training and knowledge sharing.