Award Process and Project Progress

Call for Proposals and Award Process

The Partnership Fund receives project proposals and awards grants in two ways i.e. (1) through a call for small-scale proposals (projects equal to or less than Rs. 1 million) and large-scale proposals (projects equal to or less than Rs. 3 million); and (2) through WWF-Pakistan’s Scientific Committee on a rolling basis. Under the second method, the Partnership Fund only awards small-scale projects that equal or are less than Rs. 1 million.

Round 1

In 2008, the Partnership Fund hosted its first round of funding. In this first call, the Partnership Fund awarded grants to 13 projects. 10 of these projects were approved by the Partnership Fund’s Technical Committee held on August 12, 2008. The remaining three projects, which were less than 1 million rupees, were approved by WWF-Pakistan’s Scientific Committee, which met on September 18, 2008.

Round 2

In the second round of funding, the Partnership Fund’s Technical Committee granted awards to 7 projects. Each of these projects was above 1 million rupees. This was the first time when a project from the Forests and Wildlife Department, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (formerly NWFP) was awarded a grant.

Round 3

In the third round of funding, the Partnership Fund’s Technical Committee approved four projects. During 2010, the Partnership Fund Technical Committee took the extraordinary measure of approving an emergency relief and rehabilitation project in Keti Bunder. Details of currently ongoing projects awarded by the Partnership Fund Technical Committee may be found in the table below.

No.	Project Title	Partner	Theme	Location	Status
First Round
1	Distribution, Status and Management of Smooth coated otter (Lutrogale perspicillata) in Indus Eco-region	Sindh Wildlife Department, Govt. of Sindh Sukkur	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 Govt. of Sindh	Conservation of Species	Downstream Kotri	Completed
3	Forest Protection Project through Forest Protection Committees	Indus Development Organization	Conservation of Habitat	Matyari Forest	Completed
4	Community Based Natural Resource Management Project	Participatory Development Initiatives	Conservation of Habitat	Kharo Chhan Thatta	Completed
5	Rehabilitation of Fishermen Community and Keenjhar Lake through Participatory Approach	Keenjhar Fishermen Welfare Society	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	Alternate Energy	Pai Forest	Terminated
7	Rehabilitation of Booharki Forest	Badin Development & Research organization	Conservation of Habitat	Badin	Completed
8	Alternative Energy Project- Dadu	Young Samaji Tanzeem Johi,	Alternate Energy	Dadu	Terminated
9	Promote Alternate Energy for Sustainable Conservation of Indus Delta Ecoregion	Action for Humanitarian Development	Alternate Energy	Kharo Chhan Thatta	Completed
10	Creating Sustainable Environment through Promotion of Awareness & Energy Efficient Technologies	Global Welfare and Development Organization	Alternate Energy	Keenjhar Lake Thatta	Completed
Second Round
11	Sustainable reuse of drainage efluent in irrigated aggreculture for increasing crop productivity	Institute of Irrigation and Drainage engineering, Mehran engineering university, Jamshoro	Alternate Livelihood	Jamshoro/ Mirpur Khas	Ongoing
12	Upper Indus Watershed Management through sea buckthorn plantation and livlihood improvement, Boltistan	Northern Areas Foest & wildlife Department, Gilgit, Govt of Pak	Conservation of Habitat	Skardu Baltistan	Ongoing
13	Improvement and Rehabilitation of Haleji Lake	Sindh Wild life Department Govt. Of Sindh	Conservation of Species	Haleji Lake Thatta	Ongoing
14	Distribution and Status of Threatened species of fresh water turtules in selected Areas of Indus river System	Zoology Survey Department, Govt of Pakistan	Conservation of Species	Indus River Punjab & Sindh	Ongoing
15	Integrated Agriculture Farming for Improving Water Management, Enhancing Productivity and Alleviating Rural Poverty	Research And Development Foundation(RedFound)	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)	Conservation of Species	Indus Delta & adjacent Coastal areas of Sindh	Ongoing
17	Construction of Wetland at village, Majeed Keerio, Nawabshah	Sindhrica Reforms Society, Nawabshah	Alternate Livelihood	Pai Forest	Completed
18	Use of GIS to analyse marine turtle Habitat: sandspit & Hawksb\ay Ecosystem	Shehr-CBE	Conservation of Species	Sandspit & Hawksbay Karachi	Completed
Third Round
19	Reforming Forestry Governance in Sindh	Forest & Wildlife Department Govt. of Sindh, Karachi	Conservation of Habitat	Sindh	Ongoing
20	Rehabilitation and Restoration of internal Irrigation System and Habitat Conservation of Pai Forest	Sindh Forest Department Afforestration Division, Shaheed Benazirabad	Conservation of Habitat	Pai Forest	Ongoing
21	Community Integrated Rangeland Conservation and Management Project	Sustainable Development Foundation	Conservation of Habitat	Chotairi	Ongoing
22	Biodiversity Conservation of the Natural Dye plant Indigo in Pai Forest area of Indus Ecoregion	Goth Sudhar Sangat Haji Keerio	Conservation of Habitat	Pai Forest	Ongoing
23	Community Based Wetland Management of Deh Akro - II	Sangat Development Foundation, Nawabsah	Conservation of Habitat	Shaheed Benazirabad/ Nawabshah	Ongoing
24	Rehabilitation of Cyclone Affected Communities through Partner CBOs	Bahar CBO Keti Bundar	Rehabilitation	Keti Bandar Thatta	Ongoing
Foth Round
25	GIS based boundary delineation of highly encroached forest sections in Murree Forest Division	Murree Forest Division, Punjab Forest Department	Conservation of Habitats	Murree Forest	Ongoing
Projects Granted by SC (Grant below 1 Million Rs.)
No	Project Title	Partner	Theme	Location	Status
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	Conservation of Species	Punjab	Completed
2	Livelihood support to vulnerable communities, Jubhoo Lagoon	Sindh Rural Support Programme	Alternate Livelihood	Jubho Lagoon, Thatta	Completed
3	Conservation of Ladakh urial and associated wildlife in Shigar Valley, Skardu, Northern Areas	Conservation Manager, WWF – Northern Areas	Conservation of Species	Skardu Baltistan	Completed
4	Bioavailability and characterization of heavy metals in Mangroves ecosystem	PCSIR (Dr. Sarwat Ismail)	Conservation of Habitat	Karachi- Sindh	Ongoing
5	Support for academia for dissemination of Scientific information and research	Conservation Division and WWF Sindh Programme WWF-P	Academic Support for NR Based Research	Sindh	Ongoing
6	Capacity Buidling of environmental journalists, Punjab	FEJP & WWF Lahore	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	Conservation of species	Lahore, Karachi, Tharparker, Salt range	Completed
8	Environmental Relarted Livlihood Support and alternative energy resource to reduce the wood cutting	Mehran Research and Developent Society, Hyderabad	Alternate Livelihood	Miyani Forest Sindh	Completed
9	Health and Hygienice Promotion through safe sanitation and increase plantation, Keenjhar Lake	Jhole Mari Welfare and Development Org.	Health & Hygiene	Keenjhar Lake Thatta	Ongoing
10	Safe Drinking water through desalination plant for coastal communities, Kharo Chhan	Sindh Radiant Organization Thatta	Alternate Livelihood	Kharo Chhan Thatta	Ongoing
11	Harnessing the Hunting Communities for protection of partridge, at Keenjhar Lake	Keemjhar Maroo-Ara Welfare and Development Org.	Conservation Of Species	Keenjhar Lake Thatta	Ongoing
12	Support to Sindh Coastal Area Network For the National Level Events	Badin Rural Development Society	Conservation Of Habitat	Coastal areas Thatta & Badin	Ongoing
13	Economic empowerment of women through skill enhancement and proven of alternative livelihood	Kiran Aurat Tarqiyati tanzeem village Talli, Pai	Alternate Livelihood	Pai Forest	Ongoing
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	Alternate Livelihood	Keenjhar Lake Thatta	Ongoing
15	Conservation of Mangroves at Keenjhar Lake	Keenjhar Mahool Dost welfare and Development Organization	Conservation Of Species	Keenjhar Lake Thatta	Ongoing
16	Capacity building of stakeholders for the management operation and maintenance of Constructed Wetlands	Sindhica Reform Society	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	Conservation Of Species	Poonch River and Mangla	Ongoing
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	others	Keenjhar Lake Thatta	Ongoing
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)	Ecology & Evolution Process	Ayubia Natinal Park	Ongoing
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	Conservation of habitat, and hygiene	Keenjhar Lake Thatta	Ongoing
21	Livestock sector development in Pai Forest as an alternate livelihood source	Mehran Tarqiatee Tanzeem Sakrand, Haji Ahmed Keerio	Alternate Livelihood	Pai Forest	Ongoing
22	Gyps Vulture Restoration Project- comprehensive survey	WWF-Pakistan, Ferouzpur Road Lahore	Survey	Punjab	Ongoing
23	Spatial pattern, range and feeding habits of the common leopard in Ayubia National Park	Department of Environmental sciences of University of Siena	Conservation of Species	Ayubia Natinal Park	Ongoing