LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE DEVELOPMENT IN FOREST SECTOR OF PAKISTAN WITH INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE
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Plants being a blessing from divine nature have a very vital role in human life. Many countries are growing green which affecting the environment positively and has a positive influence in every field of life which contributing to mental and physical health. Pakistan is still having a lowest forest cover of only 5.2 % and high rate of deforestation 2.1%. The analytical comprehensive study of forest sector of Pakistan reveals that forest policies, laws and implementation have a major role in the sustainable protection and reservation of forest. This current research is aimed to find out the main factors that have become the reasons of degradation of forests in Pakistan. And also proposed new strategy benefitted to poor peoples that identifies obstacle faced by them and helps ensure a fair allocation of resources. The history of legal reforms about the Pakistani forests is evaluated in a reasonable detail and the gaps and flaws responsible for the successive degradation of forest are addressed. Pakistan's experience demonstrates the inefficiency of developing new legislations without the matching capability to execute them. Even the best legislation and policies are ineffective if there is no political and administrative will. Excessive public sector involvement, lack of defined property rights seems to be major concerns that provide clues for other current and future efforts. Legal reforms at Institutional level are only possible in strong political stable government.
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