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Commercial and community livelihood activities in Protected Areas

Act: Balochistan Wildlife (Protection Preservation Conservation and Management) Act 2014

Section Provisions

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 X COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION 67. Commercial and community livelihood activities in Protected Areas.---The Government may allow commercial or livelihood activities as prescribed for communities in the Protected Areas in which extraction of resources or countryside recreation or ecotourism is allowed under the relevant sections subject to the conditions that-- (a) such activities shall not negatively affect the species and habitats and shall not disrupt the integrity of the ecological systems; (b) the biological resources shall be used wisely and sustainably; and (c) the impact of activities on the biodiversity and the Protected Area will be monitored.