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Forest Department

Forest Department is responsible for the management of forests, wildlife, rangeland, watersheds, sericulture, medicinal plants, soil conservation and raising, in addition to management of plantations under the harsh climatic conditions. The department focuses to conserve the existing natural resources and to put a stop to rapidly deteriorating environmental conditions. In its protective role, the department is making unremitting efforts for economical ways and means to improve the vegetative cover by introducing exotic, fast growing, multipurpose species at suitable potential sites.

The area under the control of Balochistan Forest Department is 1.09 million hectares. Precipitation paucity (200-350 mm per annum) is the major limiting factor for forest growth: the soil formation is also hard, shallow and rocky. Vegetation is sparse and consists mostly of slow growing plants. Most of the area of the province is desert and rangeland which are mainly used for grazing purposes.

The department manages three national parks comprising 3, 48, 259 hectares, 14 game sanctuaries with 9, 51, 235 hectares and game reserves of 2, 35, 813 hectares: all forming an area of 15, 35, 307 hectares. Most of the wildlife supporting areas is either government forests or rangeland.

Mission Statement

Conservation and development of natural resources on sustainable use basis through stakeholders’ participation to ensure healthy environment and to continue supply of goods and services for the benefit of the people of Balochistan.

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Functions

Major functions of the department are:

Conservation and development of state forests, national parks, wildlife sanctuaries and game reserves.
Enforcement of forest and wildlife laws and regulations.
Regulation of forest produce (timber, firewood, fuel-wood, medicinal plants and wildlife products).
Coordinate with the Federal Government, private enterprises and NGO’s of national and international levels.
Soil conservation and sand dune stabilization.
Rehabilitation and development of rangelands and watersheds.

Under the current Devolution of Power Plan, the department has both the provincial and the district level setups:

The functions of the department in the present (new) scenario are as follows:

AT THE PROVINCIAL LEVEL

Education and training of local communities.
Ensure the protection of state forests and wildlife protected areas.
Coordination in forestry, wildlife, rangelands, watershed and soil conservation activities at the federal, provincial and district levels.
Regulation of inter-provincial and inter-district movements of forest products.
Formulation of forests and wildlife conservation policies and strategies.