News


May 31, 2010

On Friday, June 11, Dr. Urs Geiser of the DSGZ will hold a presentation on ‘Producing civil society, ignoring rivaj - donors and development interventions in Swat' at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London (learn more)


May 26, 2010

M. Arif Wattoo and others have published an article in a peer-reviewed journal of the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad. The paper presents the results of Mr. Wattoo's MSc research, conducted under the TPP Messerli (Contextuality of Development Interventions).

Wattoo Arif M., Tanvir Ali, M. Athar Javed Khan and Babar Shahbaz. 2010. Stakeholders role and interactions in context of forestry extension interventions in the Northwest Pakistan . Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Science. 47(2): 173-177

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April 13, 2010

Dr. Sultan-i-Rome of the Pakistan Research Group is currently guest with the American Institute of Pakistan Studies at the University of Wisconsin (US) to provide a lecture series on the situation in Swat, NWFP. He provides the historical context and elaborates on current issues in the ongoing conflict in Swat today. From April 14-17, he will also be guest at the University of Oregon (see the lecture programme).


April 9, 2010

The National Assembly of Pakistan, through a constitutional amendment, has approved to rename the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) as "Khyber Pakhtunkhwa". Khyber is the historic pass that connects Pakistan & Afghanistan, while Pakhtun is the major ethnic group of the province. NWFP (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) has been the focus of research by the NCCR Pakistan Research Group since the early 2000s (read more at dawn.com).


February 9, 2010

The Livelihood Assets' Atlas of the Mountainous Districts of NWFP is now available online. This book is the outcome of the research conducted through the TPP-Messerli (Contextuality of Development Interventions).

Suleri A., Shahbaz B., Haq S., Mehmood N. and Khan G. 2009. Livelihood Assets Atlas: Mountainous Districts of NWFP Pakistan. Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) Islamabad Pakistan. 66p.

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February 3, 2010

The Sustainable Development Foundation with the support of NCCR N-S has produced a short documentary film on the causes and consequences of deforestation in the NWFP.

Sustainable Development Foundation. 2009. Our forests are disappearing. Some causes and consequences of deforestation in the NWFP, Pakistan. Film, 9:37 min. [watch online].

February 1, 2010

Sadia Kiran of the Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, has completed her master thesis on stakeholder in the context of forest related development interventions in the NWFP.

Kiran S. 2009. Social network analysis of stakeholders in the context of forest related development interventions in NWFP. Master thesis, Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.

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January 15, 2010

The PhD thesis by Dr. Babar Shahbaz, published in the Human Geography Series, is now available for free download.

Shahbaz B. 2009. Dilemmas in participatory forest management in Northwest Pakistan. A livelihoods perspective. Human Geography Series 25, University of Zurich, Switzerland.

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December 9, 2009

The Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) will be holding its Twelfth Sustainable Development Conference (SDC) from 21-23 December 2009 in Islamabad, Pakistan. Abid Suleri and Karin Astrid Siegmann from the Pakistan Research Group are organizing various panels in the conference. For details visit the SDC website.


December 4, 2009

The chapter by Babar Shahbaz and Tanvir Ali originally published in the NCCR N-S book on decentralisation has now been publsihed by the peer-reviewed American based e-journal 'Pakistaniaat: A Journal of Pakistan Studies'.

Shahbaz B., Ali T. 2009. Donor-driven Participatory Forest Management and ‘Local Social Realities’: Insights from Pakistan. In: Pakistaniaat: A Journal of Pakistan Studies, 1(2): 35-59.

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November 18, 2009

Urs Geiser and Babar Shahbaz have published an article on Joint Forest Management in Pakistan, in a publication on the benefits of research partnerships with developing countries. The publication can be downloaded in English or German/French.

	Geiser U., Shahbaz B. 2009. Trust restores trees. In: KFPE. 2009. Cooperating for Success. Benefits of Research Partnerships with Developing Countries. The Swiss Academy of Sciences (SCNAT), Berne: 26-27.	1.1MB

Geiser U., Shahbaz B. 2009. Vertrauen versetzt Bäume. In: KFPE. 2009. Gemeinsam zum Erfolg - Was Forschungspartneschaften mit Entwicklungsländern bewirken. Akademie der Naturwissenschaften Schweiz (SCNAT), Bern: 26-27.

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