An initiative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) and the Government of Pakistan (GoP), the Mountain Areas Conservation Project (MACP) was intended to empower the local stakeholder communities to use the natural resources in a sustainable manner without compromising the integrity of the natural environment. The World Wide Fund for Nature-Pakistan (WWF-P) is co-implementing one of the project components pertaining to education and awareness of the local communities under Output-2.