ROLE OF VILLAGE ORGANIZATION IN THE SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND THEIR CONSTRAINTS IN VILLAGES (LILOWNAI, CHORBUT AND NOREPEZW) OF DISTRICT SHANGLA, KPK PAKISTAN

The paper is presented to study the village organisations in the three villages of Lilownai, Chorbut and Norepeza. These village organization (VO) are involved in hill side management, being their major Natural resource. Apart from hill side management, these VO are also working on village development as a whole. These VO will be under taken various developmental activities in their villages, through donor financial support on cost share basis as well as on self-help basis. These VO are implementing the "Nagha" system for the protection of their hill side, till now, even after the withdrawal of SRSP assistance since July/2006 and have employed Chowkidars on self-help basis. All the villages are diverse in land use and type having different categories of stakeholders for Natural resource. The study conducted to explore the role of these village organizations in conservation of natural resources in the study area. The main objectives of this study were to: Compare the role of Village Development Communities Lilownai (VDCs) in sustainable management of natural resources with the past tradition systems. The constraints explored of VDCs Lilownai in Natural Resourse Management.