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As one part of this broad initiative, in 2006 IUCN created a panel of independent scientists—theWestern Gray Whale Advisory Panel (WGWAP)—which provides scientific advice andrecommendations on the company’s operational plans and mitigation measures for the conservationand recovery of the Western Gray Whale population. The Panel includes 11 prominent internationalscientists from a broad range of scientific disciplines.The IUCN convened meetings between the WGWAP, Sakhalin Energy and other stakeholders providean important mechanism of cooperation and collaboration between various stakeholders. Moreover, itprovides a useful model of how business, scientists and the conservation community can workcollectively to address environmental threats.According to the External Evaluation of the WGWAP in 2011, the “WGWAP process is clearly relevantto the conservation and recovery of western grey whales”. Sakhalin Energy uses the advice of theWGWAP to understand its environmental impacts and conservation challenges. Thematically, theissues with which the panel and Sakhalin Energy are grappling in the WGWAP process are highlyrelevant to the other companies working on the Sakhalin Shelf and to the oil and gas industry morebroadly.Case Studies: Managing Ecosystems for Human Well-beingRestoring the Karez water system in Balochistan, PakistanQilaIskan Khan is a small village of 80 households in Balochistan, Pakistan suffered from acute watershortage, particularly during the drought of 1996–2003. Their Karez, a traditional underground waterchannel system, had collapsed due to lack of annual maintenance. IUCN through its project,Balochistan Partnerships for Sustainable Development (BPSD) used the innovative approach ofIntegrated Water Resource Management in rehabilitating the Karez and restoring water to the village.IUCN has been a pioneer in implementing the innovative Integrated Water Resource Management(IWRM) in the area with the help of Community Conservation Organizations. Under the IWRM, theproject intervened at the watershed, water source and conveyance and command area to enhance theconservation of water and diversify crop patterns as well as livelihood options.With an investment of 2.3 million rupees, the community has been able to earn 14.2 million rupees in asingle year from improved yield of eight crops. The outcome was immediately visible as the irrigatedland increased from 40 acres to 310 acres as of 2011. With increased water availability, thecommunity has started growing vegetables and fruit, which has provided them with alternate source offood while ensuring economic stability.Mountain Watershed Resilience & Risk Reduction in PalestineMarj Sanur and surrounding villages covers an area of nearly 60 km 2 with 25,000 inhabitants islocated in the southern part of the Jenin Governorate, Palestine, and suffers from water scarcity andflooding due to poor land use planning and water management.To address this situation, IUCN aims to support the creation of a development plan for watershedmanagement with the purpose of implementing strategies for building resilience and reducing risks.This plan intends to implement projects that will improve drastically social, economic andenvironmental conditions in the area. Several projects that range in two main categories: waterharvesting projects and reclamation and rehabilitation of land projects are under implementationduring the current development plan 2010–2025.While this work is in an early phase, the most important preliminary outcome is that the watersheddevelopment plan has been prepared and endorsed by its project partners and a watershedassociation has been established.Management of fisheries at the Al Hoceima National Park MoroccoAl Hoceima National Park in Morocco was created in 2004; it covers about 49,000 ha of which 19,000ha of marine environment. Due to administration constraints in the management of the National Park,the marine environment was not taken into account and problems arose such as disputes with localfishermen working in the park waters, illegal fishing activities, including the incursion of trawlers, theuse of dynamite near the coast and spearfishing.353