PIEDAR

Piedar emerged from Pakistan's National Conservation Strategy (NCS), which identified the need for a policy institution in the field of environment and development. A wide-ranging consultation process underscored the need for such an institution to have solid roots in research undertaken in partnership with communities.

PIEDAR was registered in March 1992 under the Societies Act as an independent not-for-profit entity by the core staff of the NCS Secretariat. It brought together environment planning professionals (geographers, economists, engineers, sociologists, and urban & regional planners) in a collegial forum. We shared project experiences and practical findings with communities, various levels of government, the private sector, and NGOs. PIEDAR worked in all four provinces of the country and in Islamabad-Rawalpindi. Our programs included: