The development of the Balochistan Conservation Strategy was a team effort spanning four years. This entailed constituency building, the establishment of multi-sectoral and multi-stakeholder interest groups and consultations at the district and provincial levels. The voice sheard were bolstered through a BCS frame work, the commissioning and review of 15 Background Papers, and comments on five drafts of the document itself. The stake holders included politicians, federal and provincial government agencies, armed forces, civil society institutions, the private sector, media, academia, ulema, tribal elders and community leaders, and donors. All in all 4,000 stake holders represented the people of Balochistan in 125 meetings , workshops and training events. Their efforts were acknowledged by the provincial Cabinet which approved the BCS on May 19, 2000. 

The development of the BCS was guided and supervised by a Steering Committee chaired by the Additional Chief Secretary (Development) and composed of members from government agencies, the private sector and civil society institutions. The guidance provided by Ata Muhammad Jafe r, Muhammad Younas Khan Mandokhel, Major (Retd) Nadir Ali and Ahmed Bukhsh Lehri as Additional Chief Secretary (Development) and chair of the Steering Committee is gratefully acknowledged. Taj Muhammad Faiz, Ahmed Khan Khajak, Mian Anwar-ul-Haq Badar and Muhammad Azam Kasi, as the Chief of Section (Environment), coordinated this exercise within the P&D Department and with the line departments. The EPA Balochistan associated itself closely throughout this exercise . A.Z.K. Sherdil, Shahid Hussain, Muhammad Younas Khan Mandokhel, Abdul Hakeem Baloch, Mirza Qamar Baig and Major ( Retd.) Muhammad Ashraf Nasir oversaw the development of the BCS and had provided insight in political management of the process . The Chief Executives of the province Mr. Zulfiqar Magsi, Mr. Akhtar Mengal, Mir Jan Muhammad Jamali and the Governor Justice (Retd) Amir-ul-Mulk Mengal have taken keen interest in the development of the BCS. The interest and insight of the Governor and the Cabinet members, especially Sardar Wazir Ahmed Jogezai, Minister for Environment, Wildlife, Livestock, Forest, Agriculture, Cooperatives, Tourism, Food and Fisheries, reflected in the reading, debating and approval of the BCS document is gratefully acknowledged. It is not possible to acknowledge a very large number of contributors individually. However, their contributions are collectively acknowledged as inputs from the various fora they were part of, including:

• Steering Committee members (Appendix 2).
• Members of 13 open-ended interest groups on water, forests and biodiversity, livestock and rangelands, agriculture, fisheries and coastal development, minerals and mining, industry, urban environment, cultural heritage and tourism, environmental health, NGOs, environmental communication and environmental education-actively participated in the entire process.
• The men and women who participated in the consultative meetings in Gwadar, Kech, Lasbela, Nasirabad, Mastung, Quetta, Pishin, Ziarat and Zhob districts; and the interest, assistance and cooperation of the Deputy Commissioners in organizing and participating in the meetings is recognized.
• Authors of the BCS Background Papers (Appendix 3) for writing and revising the papers based on several consultations;
• The  participants of the provincial workshops who represented a cross-section of civil society in Balochistan.
• Donor-funded projects for sharing information, experiences and lessons learnt. The contributions received from the UNDP's Technical Assistance Team to the Area Development Programme Balochistan, led by Dr. Choudhry Muhammad Yousaf, is appreciated.

Finally, many thanks are due to Linda Stark who edited the document.