The Sarhad Provincial Conservation Strategy aims to secure the economic, social and ecological well-being of the people of the NWFP through the conservation and sustainable development of the province’s natural resources.
Its specific objectives are:

• Treatment of the fundamental social problems that are the underlying cause of environmental degradation;
• Conservation, rehabilitation, and sustainable development of natural resources such as forests, water, soil and wildlife;
• Protect ion of the living environment from air, water and soil pollution;
  development of high-quality environmental protection mechanisms including appropriate legislation, development planning mechanisms, environmental quality standards, and participatory and regulatory institutional arrangements;
• Improvement of the institutional and financial capacity of the NWFP Government to achieve sustainable development of the province’s natural resources;
• Protection and conservation of the cultural heritage of the NWFP;
• Improvement of community and individual involvement in decision making about natural resources and the environment; and
• Raising of public awareness and understanding of conservation and sustainable development.

conservation and sustainable development of the NWFP’s resources are essential to human well-being;
essential ecological processes and life-support systems must be maintained;
genetic and biological diversity of plants, animals and ecosystems must be conserved and promoted;
economic development and environmental management must be undertaken together;
community development organizations and the private sector, are indispensable to finding practicable solutions to the problems of sustainable development;
religious and cultural values must be respected and used as a resource in the design and implementation of the SPCS;
each individual citizen has a responsibility to the environment and can play a positive role in conservation; and
the NWFP has a role to play in national and international efforts to ensure that sustainable development is effectively implemented and that global environmental problems are solved.
The SPCS has identified certain priority areas for action. These include governance and capacity development, poverty alleviation and population, community participation, communication and education, urban environments and sustainable cities, sustainable industrial development, natural resources management, biodiversity conservation and cultural heritage and sustainable tourism.

In addition to the priority areas this summary also presents the short-term (three-year) commitments of the SPCS.

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