April - June, 2010 - Sustainable Development Policy Institute

SDPISustainable Development Policy InstituteHazara Division: Forest being destroyed over vast areaPage 23Ruthless cutting of trees continues with the connivanceof officials of forest departmentPage 24Battal: forest department adopts effective strategy;timber smugglers go in hidingPage 24Galiyat: forest department sets new record by planting300,000 plantsPage 24Houses are being built in Khan Kalan forestsPage 25Ghazi: Range officer taking bribe destroying forests,DFO also gets his sharePage 25Kand Bate: Performance of forest officials issatisfactory—popular circlesPage 25Forestry Ittehad demands increase in forest royalty to80 percentPage 25FBR allows export of poplar trees to AfghanistanPage 26Janglan: Two vehicles loaded with timber caught; fivepeople arrestedPage 26Writ petition filed by provincial forest departmentdismissed; Forest Society Domail and Deolai restoredPage 27Up gradation of scale was a longstanding demand ofthe employees of forest departmentPage 27Khairabad: Attempt to smuggle timber foiledPage 27Cutting of forests in Dir Bala will not be tolerated atany costPage 27Timber smuggled via Tarbela Lake; FC carries out raidPage 28Saran, DFO is playing important role for protection offorests: people of the areaPage 28Thousands of feet of marked timber mightbe lost in Hazara forestsPage 28Shergarh: Reckless cutting of forests;Inquiry launched against five officialsincluding foresterPage 28Rawalpindi Administration should take measures tomake the city green: Sanaullah AkhtarPage 29Ghazi, police allowed truck loaded with timber to passwithout informing forest departmentPage 29Chapter 03Forest FireEnglish Translations of Urdu ClippingsFire breaks out in Shiekh Badin HillsPage 30Fire in Shiekh Badin forest under control after twodaysPage 30Fire engulfs Margalla hills; 16 firefighters faintedPage 30Darband: Police impounds two vehicles loaded withtimberPage 31Shinkiari: Forests on fire, Wildlife faces destructionPage 31Dhok Gakhhar: Fire in forests under controlPage 31Kundbait: Forest officials set forest on fire to hide theircorruptionPage 32Parhna: Fire in forests burning animals and birdsPage 32Konish Valley: Forests on Tanglai hills catch firePage 32Forest catches fire as mortars fired by NATO troopsfall on Pakistani territoryPage 33Pakistan Forest Digest xi Vol. 1, No. 1, April – June, 2010