Pakistan Environmental Analysis
ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN
COUNTRY ENVIRONMENT ANALYSIS
December 2008
CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS (as of 30 December 2008) Currency Unit – Pakistan Rupees PRs 1.00 = $0.013 $1.00 = PRs 79.3
ABBREVIATIONS ADB AJK CEA CET CETP CNG CPS CSP CWS EIA EMS EU FAO FY GDP IEE IPCC IUCN LTSF MDG MTDF NEP NEQS NGO NWFP PEPA PRM PRSP PSDP SMART TA UNDP WS&S WTO WWF — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Asian Development Bank Azad Jammu & Kashmir Country Environmental Analysis combined effluent treatment combined effluent treatment plant compressed natural gas Country Partnership Strategy Country Strategy and Program continuous water supply environmental impact assessment environmental management system European Union Food and Agriculture Organization fiscal year gross domestic product initial environmental examination Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change World Conservation Union Long-Term Strategic Framework Millennium Development Goal Medium Term Development Framework National Environment Policy of Pakistan National Environmental Quality Standards nongovernment organization North West Frontier Province Pakistan Environmental Protection Act Pakistan Resident Mission Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper public sector development program self-monitoring and reporting tool technical assistance United Nations Development Programme water supply and sanitation World Trade Organization World Wide Fund For Nature
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Btu (British thermal unit kWh (kilowatt-hour) MAF (million acre-foot) MW (megawatt) — — — — unit of energy 100,000 units of active power per hour unit of volume of water 1,000,000 units of active power
NOTES (i) The fiscal year (FY) of the Government of Pakistan and its agencies ends on 30 June. FY before a calendar year denotes the year in which the fiscal year ends, e.g., FY2008 ends on 30 June 2008. In this report, "$" refers to US dollars.
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COUNTRY ENVIRONMENT ANALYSIS
December 2008
CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS (as of 30 December 2008) Currency Unit – Pakistan Rupees PRs 1.00 = $0.013 $1.00 = PRs 79.3
ABBREVIATIONS ADB AJK CEA CET CETP CNG CPS CSP CWS EIA EMS EU FAO FY GDP IEE IPCC IUCN LTSF MDG MTDF NEP NEQS NGO NWFP PEPA PRM PRSP PSDP SMART TA UNDP WS&S WTO WWF — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Asian Development Bank Azad Jammu & Kashmir Country Environmental Analysis combined effluent treatment combined effluent treatment plant compressed natural gas Country Partnership Strategy Country Strategy and Program continuous water supply environmental impact assessment environmental management system European Union Food and Agriculture Organization fiscal year gross domestic product initial environmental examination Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change World Conservation Union Long-Term Strategic Framework Millennium Development Goal Medium Term Development Framework National Environment Policy of Pakistan National Environmental Quality Standards nongovernment organization North West Frontier Province Pakistan Environmental Protection Act Pakistan Resident Mission Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper public sector development program self-monitoring and reporting tool technical assistance United Nations Development Programme water supply and sanitation World Trade Organization World Wide Fund For Nature
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Btu (British thermal unit kWh (kilowatt-hour) MAF (million acre-foot) MW (megawatt) — — — — unit of energy 100,000 units of active power per hour unit of volume of water 1,000,000 units of active power
NOTES (i) The fiscal year (FY) of the Government of Pakistan and its agencies ends on 30 June. FY before a calendar year denotes the year in which the fiscal year ends, e.g., FY2008 ends on 30 June 2008. In this report, "$" refers to US dollars.
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CONTENTS Page EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
References: 5234.9 95.1(1997) 5334.6 104.5 EIA = environmental impact assessment, NGO = nongovernment agency, NWFP = North West Frontier Province.. Source: Asian Development Bank, 2007.