Development of an Integrated Watershed Management strategy for Resource Conservation in Balochistan Province of Pakistan

Mansoor Ahmed Baloch; Ayşegül Tanik

doi:10.1016/j.desal.2007.02.098

Development of an Integrated Watershed Management strategy for Resource Conservation in Balochistan Province of Pakistan

Mansoor Ahmed Baloch^*, Ayşegül Tanik

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Environmental Engineering

Istanbul Technical University

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Abstract

The south western province, Balochistan constitutes 44% of Pakistan's total area. Unsustainable use and management of its natural resources has caused degradation of its water resources, rangelands, forests and soils in croplands. This paper describes major environmental resource management issues in the light of Balochistan Conservation Strategy (BCS) and recommends Integrated Watershed Management (IWM) as an integrated holistic approach towards problem identification and management. The legal, institutional and participatory components for implementation of an IWM plan in Balochistan are also considered. It is found that such an integrated approach indeed has the mandatory options in dealing with the core issues developed and researched in BCS.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	38-46
Number of pages	9
Journal	Desalination
Volume	226
Issue number	1-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2007.02.098
Publication status	Published - 25 Jun 2008

Funding

Furthermore Mr. Mansoor Ahmed Baloch acknowledges the financial support of Turkish Scientific and Technical Research Council (TUBITAK) under PhD research fellowship program for foreign students.

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TUBITAK
National Council for Scientific Research

Keywords

Balochistan Conservation Strategy (BCS)
Balochistan Province of Pakistan
Integrated Watershed Management (IWM)
Natural Resource Management

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