Mohammad Yahya Musakhel; A Brief Description

Mohammad Yahya Musakhel is a Pakistani and completed his Master Degree from the
University of Balochistan in Botany, Presently he is working with the MJKJ Foundation Pakistan
(http://www.mjkjfoundation.com) as Programme Manager. He is responsible for overall
programmatic and financial managements in all over Balochistan and three running projects. He
is engage in different activities in arid and semi arid zones in establishing green belts,
Community physical Infrastructures, water management centers and reservoirs, micro
enterprise/ credits, education and health.

He also worked with IUCN Pakistan (www.iucnp.org) as a District Coordinator in

Balochistan Partnerships for Sustainable Development Project (BPSD), he was engage in
different activities in the coastal area of Pakistan like development of Integrated Coastal Zone
Management Plan, Mangrove Rehabilitation and nursery raising program, Integrated Water
Resources Management, Sand Dune Stabilization through plantation, Coastal Ecosystem
Development, tourism and Ecotourism development in the coastal area, Disaster Risk
Reduction Plan Development, Effect of Climate Change in semi arid ecosystems,
implementation Integrated District Development Vision, awareness raising and capacity building
of district government line departments and communities on environmental conservation,
Development and implementation of Friday Sermon with the Religions leaders.

He has also worked with the Sustainable Use Specialist Group for Central Asia as
Conservation Officer in Habitat and Species Conservation Project in Balochistan. He worked
with rural custodian communities to conserve globally threatened species Suleman Markhore
and Afghan Urial and where he has established networking with the government agencies and
local communities regarding conservation and sustainable development.

Working with the World Bank- DHV Netherlands , in Protected Areas Management
Project in Hingol National Parkt, during the period he assisted the government departments and
local communities to developed Hingol National Park management Plan, where he has
established liaison in agencies working in conservation strengthening, reintroduce conservation
ideas and provided basic trainings for capacity building, started a huge training program for the
whole resident communities and established public and privates partnerships

Worked as Conservation Officer with WWF-Pakistan in Environmental Education for

Sustainable Development in Juniper tract of Balochistan he facilitated communities in efficient
use of juniper and associated flora and fauna.

As a field biologist, he has worked with the Rural Community Development Council for
biodiversity conservation program, where he has involved in the conservation of globally
threatened species, assessment of biodiversity in Balochistan, he has also engaged on reptiles
assessment and monitoring in deserts of Chaghi, and its marketing chain, he has developed
networking with the fishermen communities for the conservation of marine life, especially marine
turtle. He is also author of more than 18 publications and two booklets.