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1. IN THE ANME OF ALLAH, WHO IS MOST
BENEFICIENT AND MERCIFUL

2. IN THE ANME OF ALLAH, WHO IS MOST
BENEFICIENT AND MERCIFUL

3. NATIONAL PARKS OF
PAKISTAN

5. Bird Eye View

6. Definition of park
History
Purpose and Objective
List of National Parks

8. History of National Parks:
. William Wordsworth in 1810.
. George Catliv in 1832.
. 1st practical effort on 20th April
1832.
. 2nd effort on 30th June 1864.

9. Prohibited Acts:
* Firing of Guns
• Hunting, trapping, killing, capturing, shooting
• Burning, destroying and removal of plants.
•Clearing of lands for cultivation.
• Construction of roads, lines etc
• Surface Mining

10. National Parks are categorized in:
* Wild Sanctuary: sanctuary is established by the
modification and abolished by the same
procedure.
* Games Reserve: hunting are allowed under
special permit.
•Zoo: Animals are kept under the special custody.

11. Protected Areas in Parks
Sales
National parks
Wildlife Sanctuary
Games Reserved
Hunting Aras
26
78
100
99

12. . 6,555 National Parks all over
the World.
. 26 Parks exist in Pakistan.
. Covered area of about
29,589 sq km
. 3% of total area of country
1696096 sq km.

13. of IUCN.
. Only few of them are under the conservation
supervision of Respective Provincial Government.
. Out of 26 parks in Pakistan only 22 are under
History of National Parks in Pakistan

14. . Protection and conservation
of environment of Pakistan was
included in 1973 constitution,
which
result the establishment of EPO
in
1983 regulated by
Environment and Urban Affairs
Division.

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Province vise Distribution of N.Ps

17. Located in Rawalpindi
Smallest National Park of
Pakistan.
Established before the creation of
Pakistan
covers an area of 2,300 acres
(930 ha) acres.
Historically known asAyub Park or
historically Topi Rakh
Park (Rakh lit. reserve in Potwari)

19. It has
① a play area
② Lake with
boating facility,
❸An
aquarium,
❹A garden
restaurant
⑤an open air
theater

20. Lal Sohanra National Park

21. Oldest National park of Pakistan
Established in 1972.
Located in Bahawalpur District.
situated in Bahawalpur district of Punjab
province
Lal Sohanra is spread over 153000 acre,
notable for the diversity of its landscape,
which includes areas of desert, forest and
water.
It is one of the largest nationals parks in South
Asia
Main Purpose of the establishment of this
park is to protect the Wildlife of Cholistan
Desert,

23. Species in this Park
•302 species of plants
•119 birds types
• 23 fresh water fish
•27 reptiles
•3 amphibian

24. Many species of
animals can
be found
throughout
the park.

25. These include several wild animals of the
desert such as wildcats, rabbits, bustards,
and deer
. Reptiles in the park include the Monitor lizard,
Russell's Viper, Indian Cobra, Saw-scaled Viper,
Wolf Snake, John's Sand Boa.
More than 160 species of birds are
also present, including the Houbara
Bustard,Griffon Vulture,
Crested Honey Buzzard, Marsh Harrier,
Hen Harrier, Laggar Falcon,
Peregrine Falcon, Kestrel,
Eurasian Sparrowhawk,
Egyptian Vulture, and Barn Owl.

26. Chinji National
Park

27. It is established in 1987.
It is located in Punjab.
The Chinji National Park exhibits the biome of deserts and
xeric shrublands and falls in the ecoregion of 'Baluchistan
xeric woodlands
Maximum temperature is 27°C in June and minimum is
2.2°C in January. Frost is common in winter season.
Relative humidity can reach up to 80% in monsoon.
It covers the approximate area of
6095 hectares.
The area is characterized to have sub-
tropical vegetation with many plant
species of importance
Average annual rainfall in the area is 537
mm, out of which 308 mm is in the
monsoon season from July to September.
Chinji National Park

28. Location = Kahota (Punjab)
Established Year = Sep 2009

31. Deosai means 'the land of Giants'
Also known as Central Karakorum
National Park
Established in 1993.
It covers about 3,63,600 ha.
Deosai is called Byarsa,
meaning ‘summer place’.

33. The Deosai National Park was
established in 1993 to protect the survival of the
”Himalayan Brown Bear” and its habitat.
The Deosai Plains are also home to the
Himalayan Ibex, Red Fox, Golden Marmot,
Gray Wolf, the Snow Leopard,
and over 124 resident and migratory birds.
Birds in the park include the Golden Eagle,
Griffon Vulture,
Laggar Falcon, Peregrine Falcon
Deosai National Park is at an average
elevation of 4,114 metres (13,497 ft) above
the sea level, making the Deosai Plains
one of the highest plateaus in the world.

35. The Punjab government has plans to convert
the
Lal Sohanra National Park into a
wildlife safari park of international standard.

36. Ayubia National Park

37. It is established in 1984.
It is located in Khyber Pakhtun
Khwa.
It covers the area of about 3312
hectares.
Ayubia National Park is a small
national park in the Murree hills.
The initial area of the park was 1684
ha, expanded through a northern
extension in 1998 to make a total of
3312 ha.
The park supports one of the best
remaining examples of moist
Himalayan temperate forest in
Pakistan

38. The scenery is superb with huge pine
forests covering the hills and providing
shelter to the larger and smaller mammals
No official figures are available, but local
estimates suggest that there are about
100,000 visitors per year.

39. This park provides refuge to the elusive
leopard and the black bear.
Bird watching is excellent here.
Mammals in the park include--Asiatic leopard ,
Black bear,
Kashmir hill fox , Red Flying squirrel .

40. BroghilValleyNationalPark

41. Broghil Valley Park
Broghil valley is one of the beautiful valleys
located in Khyber Pakhton Khawa near
Afghanistan border
Broghil valley enhances many lakes and
mountain attraction which are unique from
all over the world although it is yet not
explored by the international and local
tourists.
It is established on 25th August 2010
It is located in Khyber Pakhtun Khwa.
It covers the area of approximately 134744
hectares.

42. Baroghil Valley is
homeland of ibex, wolves,
snow leopards,
white and brown bears, fox,
rabbits, marmots and many
more wild animals.
The bird species are, hawks,
eagles, falcons are found in the
high Mountains.
While pheasants, partridges,
hoopoes, larks, sparrows, quails,
doves, swallow starlings,
nightingales, crows and vultures.

43. Chitral Gol National Park

44. It is established in 1984.
It Covers the area of about 7,750
ha
The park is rich in trees
particularly Cedar trees.
This park also serves to
provide shelter to a vast
diversity of animals
especially Markhor, an
endangered wild goat
species.
Chitral National Park still holds
the largest population of the
Astor Markhor in the world.

46. It is located in Baluchistan.
It is established in 1980.
Leopard, Chiltan Wildgoat or Markhor, Suleiman Markhor,
Urial sheep (Gad), Indian wolf, Stripped hyena, Caracal,
Jackal, Red fox, Porcupine Desert hare, Griffon vulture,
Egyptian vulture, Honey buzzard, Laggar falcon, Peregrine
falcon, Kestrel, Indian sparrow hawk, Scops owl, European
bee-eater.
It covers the approximate area of about 15,555 hectares.
Adventure:Bird safari, Jungle safari, hiking, Camping, Hunting
Best Time to Visit:01-Mar to 31-Oct
Temp: -12 c to 32 c
Area:156 sq km Altitude:2,021 to 3,264 m

47. Species in this Park
Animals: Wolves, Wild cats, hares
etc
Birds: Chakor, Shrikes, rock pigeons
etc
Reptiles: Monitor Lizard, Cobras,
Vipers etc

48. Hingol National Park

49. It is located in Baluchistan.
Hingol National Park or Hungol
National Park protects 1,650 km²,
Largest National Park of Pakistan. It
was established in 1988.
Hingol National Park is known to
support at least
35 species of mammals,
65 species of amphibians and
reptiles and
185 species of birds
It covers the area of about 619043 hectares.
The park forms an excellent habitat to wild Sindh
Ibex, Afghan Urial and Chinkara Gazelle
Total population is estimated over 3000

51. Khun-zerav National Park wrongly known as khunjerab is a
National park in Gilgit Baltistan of Pakistan. Khun means blood
and zerav is to stream in wakhi the
native language
It has been wrongly pronounced and written for a long time
because the language was not developed at that time
The Khunzerav National Park was established primarily as a
means to protect the Marco Polo sheep.
The park was formally established on April 29, 1979 by
Prime Minister of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who said that
"it must become a world famous park"
It covers the area of about
2,27,143 hectares.
Over 2,000 Siberian ibex, widely
distributed and abundant in the park
The park is also famous for its
Snow Leopards
Birds:Golden eagle, Himalayan
griffon vulture, Eurasian black
vulture, Marsh harrier, Eurasian
sparrow hawk etc.

52. National Park

54. It is located in Khyber Pakhtun Khwa.
It was established in 2003.
The scenic Dudipatsar Lake and Lulusar Lake
and peaks are in the park.
It covers the area of about 75,058 hectares.
Some of the park's fauna includes the Snow leopard,
Black bear, Marmot, Weasel, Lynx, Leopard,
Himalayan Snowcock, and the Snow partridge.
The flora includes the trees, shrubs, perennials,
and herbs of the Himalayan Western

55. Khirtar NationalPark

56. It is located in Sind.
It was established in 1974.
second largest National Park of Pakistan after
Hingol National Park.
The fauna comprises leopards, striped hyenas,
wolves, ratels, urials, chinkara gazelles and rare Sind
wild goats
It covers the area of about 3,08,733
hectares.

57. Species Preserved in Park
•26 species of mammals like Urial,
ibex, fox etc
•58 species of birds e.g eagles,
shrikes
•Reptiles like snake, crocodile etc

59. Machiara National Pak is located in the Neelum Valley,
Azad Kashmir
It was established in 1996.
It covers the area of about 13532 hectares.

60. Margallah Hills National Park

61. ① The M1argalla Hills National Park is located
in Northern Pakistan at the foothills of the
Himalayas and is a National Park.
② It is approximately 17,386 hectares
(67.13 sq mi) in size.
③ Margalla has a variety of mammals, they
Include the Leopard, Gray Goral, Barking Deer,
Wild Boar, Jackal, Red Fox and the Porcupine
among others.
④ Established in 1980
⑤ Area 15883 ha.

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65. . Location: AJK
. Est. Year 2005
. Area 1000 ha.

70. Musk DerGorez National Parks
Location = Azad Jammu Kashmir
Area = 52,815 ha
Established Year= 2007