National Rangeland Policy (Draft), 2010 (Pakistan)

The formulation of the National Rangeland Policy is essential due to the high significance of the rangeland and pastures. The Policy envisions that rangelands of Pakistan are managed to potential productivity level, contributing significantly to improve living conditions of the dependent communities towards enhancement of livestock share in national economy besides maintaining ecological functions and mitigating impacts of climate change and loss of biodiversity. 

Its overall goals are:

• To rehabilitate the degraded rangelands and pastures close to their potential for increased productivity
• Enhance their environmental and regulatory functions and services
• Increase and conserve rangeland biodiversity besides mitigating the negative impacts of global climate change through collaborative and holistic rangeland resources to contribute to the livelihood improvement of the rangelands dependent communities as well as to the national economy

The main objectives of the Policy include:

• Enhancing the productivity and the related functions and services of the rangeland ecosystem
• Promoting rangeland enterprises for the livelihood improvement of the rangeland dependent communities
• Conserving and maintaining rangeland biodiversity
• Mitigating the negative impacts of global warming and climate change especially related to the desertification
• Enhancing the skill and capacity of the key stakeholders for the sustainable management of the rangeland management
• Undertaking applied and action research on the key problems of the rangelands