UNDP - Pakistan - Goal 7: Ensure environment sustainability

There are 8 targets for environmental sustainability. Forest cover has been targeted to increase form 4.8 percent in 1990-91 to 6.0 percent by 2015. Considering that there has been hardly any increase in the forest cover increasing from 4.8 to 4.9 over the 14 years period, it seems difficult to increase the proportion to 6.0 by 2015. Second, local area protected as percentage of total land area to rise from 9.1 to 12.0 percent over 1990-91 to 2004-05 period. Since by 2004-05 the proportion has increased to 11.5 percent the target is expected to be met. Third and fourth indicator relating to the use of energy per unit of GDP and number of vehicles running on CNG and Pakistan is on target. Fifth, Sulphur content to decline by one half but so far there has been no progress towards this direction. Sixth, proportion of safe water has been targeted to rise from 53 to 93 percent. However, the safe water has not been well defined and most of the drinking water in Pakistan cannot be classified as safe. The government through a program is to provide access to safe drinking water to every one in the next three years. Seventh, proportion of sanitation has been targeted to rise from 30 percent in 1990-91 to 90 percent by 2015. At present the ratio is 54 percent and MTDF target is 70 percent the target seems to be too ambitious. Eighth, the regularization of Katch Abadis to increase form 50 percent in 2001-02 to 95. At present 60 percent of these has been regularized.

Target 9: Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country policies and programmes and reverse the loss of environmental resources
Indicators	Definitions	1990-911	2000-01	2004-05	PRSP Target 2005-067	MTDF Target 2009-10	MDG Target 2015
Forest cover including state owned and private forest and farmlands (%)	Forest cover including state owned and private forest and farmlands, as percentage of the total land area	4.8	4.8	4.92	5.0	5.2	6.0
Land area protected for the conservation of wildlife (%)	Land area protected as percentage of total land area	9.1	11.25	11.3	11.38	11.6	12.0
GDP (at constant factor cost) per unit of energy use as a proxy for energy efficiency	Value added (in 1980/81 Rs) per ton of oil equivalent	26,471	27,047	27,000	27,3008	27,600	28,000
No. of vehicles using CNG	No of petrol and diesel vehicles using CNG fuel	500	280,000	700,0003	n/a	800,000	920,000
Sulphur content in high speed diesel (as a proxy for ambient air quality) (%)	Percentage of sulphur (by weight) in high speed diesel	1.0	1.0	1.0	n/a	0.5	0.5 - 0.25
Target 10: Halve, by 2015, the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation
Indicators	Definitions	1990-911	2000-01	2004-05	PRSP Target 2005-067	MTDF Target 2009-10	MDG Target 2015
Proportion of population (urban and rural) with sustainable access to a safe (improved) water source (%)	Percentage of population with access to improved water source	53	694	664	701	76	93
Proportion of population (urban and rural) with access to sanitation (%)	Percentage of population with access to sanitation	30	455	545	55	706	90
Target 11: Have achieved, by 2020, a significant improvement in the lives of slum dwellers
Indicators	Definitions	1990-911	2000-01	2004-05	PRSP Targets 2005-067	MTDF Target 2009-10	MDG Target 2015
Proportion of katchi abadis regularized (%)	Katchi Abadis regularized as percentage of those identified by the cut-off date of 1985	NA	50	60	601	75	95

Notes and Sources:

Planning Commission
Medium Term Development Framework, 2005-10
Pakistan Economic Survey 2004-05
PIHS 2000-01, PSLM (CWIQ) 2004-05 (Coverage of Tap, Hand-pump water)
PIHS 2001-01, PSLM (CWIQ) 2004-05 ( Flush Toilets use)
Target of MTDF has been changed from 50 to 70 percent in view of higher coverage in the previous years
All PRSP targets are taken from Accelerating Economic Growth and Reducing Poverty: The Road Ahead. Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper, Government of Pakistan, December 2003.
Ministry of Environment, 2003

United Nations Development Programme

Pakistan

Goal 7: Ensure environment sustainability