Forest
The department has taken some initiatives for the efficient planning of future in the context of its mission and vision. Few of the plans are listed as under:
- The Punjab Urban & Peri-Urban Forest Policy-2021
- The Punjab Irrigated Forest & Eco-tourism Act-2021
- The Punjab Endowment Act-2021
- Conservation, Propagation and Promotion of Neglected Indigenous Wild Fruit Tree Species
- Development of Dargai Gill Forest Park
- Monitoring of Implementation of Urban and Peri - Urban Forest Policy
- Development of Pabbi National Park
- Ten Billion Tree Tsunami Programme (Phase-I) Up-scaling of Green Pakistan Programme (Revised)
- Afforestation of blank areas in irrigated plantations of Punjab
Wildlife
- Streamline budgetary constraints for feed & maintenance of wildlife parks and zoos
- Properly address the habitat shrinkage issues and ensure multi-lateral management
- Research in various disciplines of wildlife sciences
- Encourage participation of private sectors in wildlife resources management for socio-economic uplift
- Short-term, mid-term and long-term management plans for protected areas
- Establishment of Community Based Organizations for trophy hunting of ungulates throughout Punjab
- Establishment of Natural History Museum
- Improvement and restoration of Namal Lake, Mianwali
- Establishment of Nature Reserves, National Parks, Wildlife Reserves
- Re-introduction / supplementation of threatened endemic species
- Coordination with allied departments to control the use of harmful pesticides and chemicals.
- Collect and apply scientific evidence for trophy hunting programmes
- Promote eco-tourism in wildlife conservation areas
- Promote educational / awareness programmes for public
- Declaration of WET lands
- Declaration of two new National Parks
Fisheries
- Rehabilitation of Site-B of Chashma Fisheries complex to enhance fish seed rearing capacity Chashma Mianwali
- Rehabilitation and Upgradation of fish seed hatcheries to enhance fish seed production in Punjab
- Sargodha, Rahimyar Khan, Rawalpindi, Rajanpur, Bahawalnagar, Murree and Sialkot
- Conversion of barren lands into Aquaculture production units in Okara and Rajanpur
- Awareness compain to enhance fish production and per capita fish consumption in Punjab to meet the nutritional requirements of masses
- Introduction of Biofloc Fish culture technology in Punjab (A pilot project)
- Lahore, Rawalpindi and Bahawalpur
- Establishment of Punjab Aquaculture Development Corporation Act 2021