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ACT XIV OF 2014 ACT XIV OF 2014 BALOCHISTAN WILDLIFE (PROTECTION, PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT) ACT, 2014 An Act to provide protection, preservation, conservation, sustainable and management to the Wildlife, and establishment and management of protection areas in the Province of Balochistan. [Gazette of Balochistan, Extraordinary, 28th March, 2014] CHAPTER IX MULTILATERAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS (MEAs) 62. UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).---The Government shall-- (a) endeavor to promote sequestration of carbon by effective management of Protected Areas and vegetation in the outer countryside to stabilize or reduce greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere and achieve a level within a time frame sufficient to allow ecosystems to adapt naturally to climate change, to ensure that food production is not threatened and to enable economic development to proceed in a sustainable manner; (b) promote sustainable management and promote and cooperate in the conservation and enhancement, as appropriate, of sinks and reservoirs of all greenhouse gases, including biomass, forests and oceans as well as other terrestrial, coastal and marine ecosystems; (c) prepare for adaptation to the impacts of climate change for the species, habitats and ecosystems; and (d) develop and elaborate appropriate and integrated plans for coastal zone management, water resources and agriculture, and for the protection and rehabilitation of areas, particularly in areas affected by drought and desertification, as well as torrent floods.