National forest policy for Pakistan - The needs and principles in the case of Pakistan are:
[A].
Pakistan's mainstay is agriculture, which is dependent on canal irrigation. Sound management of watersheds should, therefore, constitute the basic objective of forest policy
[B].
Because of inadequate forest resources Pakistan must concentrate on developing new plantations.
[C].
The country is heavily populated and faces an energy crisis. Since there is little scope to increase the area of state forests, agro-forestry programmes should be of vital concern to meet fuelwood requirements.
