Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) on Tuesday organised a seminar “Legal & Institutional Reforms in Forest Laws for accepting Forest Carbon as Commodity.”
Speakers at the seminar pointed out that there needs to be a “comprehensive definition” of what comes into the category of forests, and that how to balance livelihood of dependent people with deforestation. They also said that there needs to be a mechanism for REDD.
Reflecting on post flood scenario, speakers said that there is no estimate of destroyed forests in those areas and there has been no census since 2004 to have an assessment for the natural disaster’s impact. They stressed community ownership of the issue of deforestation and Ministry of Environment should nominate a focal body that could take charge of dealing with the concerns and create awareness for technical issues. They also stressed legal and institutional reforms, public/private partnership should be fostered in this regard and there needs to be a dismantlement of Development Sector Mafia and more focus on corporate social responsibility.
Moin Uddin, Director Corporate Strategy, Tourism Promotion Services (TPS) gave an overview of their organisation and said that it is a subsidiary company of Agha Khan Foundation and Serena Hotels operate under their banner. staff report
via Daily Times – Leading News Resource of Pakistan – Seminar on ‘reforms in forest laws’ held.
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