The “Sustainable Land Management project to Combat Desertification in Pakistan” is being implemented in two phases over a period of 8 years. Initiated by GEF, UNDP and Government of Pakistan, Phase-1 of the project aims at creating an enabling environment for mainstreaming Sustainable Land Management (SLM) practices, institutional capacity building, and implementation of nine pilot projects for demonstrating SLM practices in arid and semi-arid regions of all the four provinces of Pakistan. Phase-II will focus on upscaling best SLM interventions over a wider landscape.