Wildlife of Pakistan

1. Topic of
presentation:
“Wildlife
sanctuaries”

2. Wildlife Sanctuary
• HUMAN-CREATED SPACES FOR THE PROTECTION
AND CARE OF ANIMALS
• AN ANIMAL SANCTUARY IS A FACILITY WHERE
ANIMALS ARE BROUGHT TO LIVE AND TO BE
PROTECTED FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES.
• RESCUED FROM CONDITIONS OF VIOLENCE,
EXPLOITATION, NEGLECT, OR ABUSE BY OTHER
HUMANS

3. 1- NARA DESERT WILDLIFE SANCTUARY
2- RANN OF KUTCH WILDLFE
SANCTUARY
3- SUKKUR AND GUDDU BARRAGE
DOLPHIN RESERVE
4- LAKE HALEJI WILDLIFE SANCTUARY

4. Nara Desert Wildlife
Sanctuary
LOCATION
NARA DESERT WILDLIFE SANCTUARY IS LOCATED IN MIRPURKHAS DISTRICT, SINDH, PAKISTAN
AREA
6,300 KM2 (2,400 SQ MI)
RAINFALL
IT RECEIVES MOST OF ITS WATER 88–135 MM OF ANNUAL RAINFALL SPORADICALLY DURING
THE SEASON OF MONSOON
MOST POPULAR SPECIES
• THE LARGEST POPULATION OF THE ENDANGERED MUGGER CROCODILE IN PAKISTAN IS
FOUND HERE.
• THE NARA DESERT SANCTUARY PROVIDES SHELTER TO MANY WILD ANIMALS IN THE
PROVINCE OF SINDH.

5. NORTHERN BOUNDARY
THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF THE SANCTUARY STARTS FROM THE
PAKISTAN-INDIA BORDER (CLOSE TO THE MIRCHOWARI CHECK POST) AND
RUNS ALONG DIRT TRACK USED BY THE RANGERS.
THE TRACK CROSSES SAINEWARI CHECK POST AND RUNS TILL JUMAN WARI
GOTH.
FROM JUMAN WARI GOTH THE BOUNDARY RUNS ALONG A BLACK TOP
ROAD, CROSSES RENI NALLA, BAGSAR GOTH, KHAIR DIN MANGRIO GOTH,
AHMEDABAD GOTH AND ENDS AT MAKAN KOT.
MAKAN KOT IS THE EXTREME NORTH SETTLEMENT OF THE SANCTUARY.
WESTERN BOUNDARY
THE WESTERN LIMIT OF NDWS STARTS FROM GOTH HUSSAINABAD AND
RUNS MORE OR LESS ALONG THE
ALIGNMENT OF THE NARA CANAL.
THE BOUNDARY THEN RUNS MORE OR LESS ALONG THE SHEIKH TRACK

6. SOUTHERN BOUNDARY
THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY OF NDWS RUNS ALONG OFFSHOOTS FROM THE
MAIN SHEIKH TRACK AND ENDS AT A POINT IN THE DESERT BEYOND WHICH
THERE ARE NO TRACKS.
FROM THIS POINT ONWARDS TO A RANGER CHECK POST "SK TAR" THE
BOUNDARY RUNS AMIDST SAND DUNES AND SOFT AREAS (DREBS) AND
THEN TO THE PAKISTAN-INDIA BORDER
EASTERN BOUNDARY
THE EASTERN BOUNDARY RUNS ALONG PAKISTAN-INDIA BORDER.
 THE NORTH AND NORTHWESTERN PARTS OF THE SANCTUARY ARE FLAT
PLAINS THAT ARE IRRIGATED BY CANALS ORIGINATING FROM GOTHKI
FEEDER.
 MAIN CANALS IN AREAARE DAHAR WAH AND MASU WAH

7. Biodiversity of NDWS
• INDIAN LONG-EARED HEDGEHOG
• CARACAL
• INDIAN DESERT CAT
• INDIAN GREY MONGOOSE
• COMMON JACKAL
• INDIAN JACKAL
• STRIPED HYENA
• BENGAL FOX
• HONEY BADGER
• CHINKARA
• CENTRAL ASIAN BOAR
• INDIAN CRESTED PORCUPINE

8. NARA DESERT WILDLIFE

9. Rann of Kutch Wildlfe Sanctuary
LOCATION
• THE RANN OF KUTCH WILDLIFE SANCTUARY IS THE LARGEST RAMSAR SITE
IN SINDH
• IT IS LOCATED IN THE RANN OF KUTCH IN BADIN DISTRICT, SINDH,
PAKISTAN.
• IT WAS DECLARED A WILDLIFE SANCTUARY BY THE GOVERNMENT OF SINDH
IN 1980.
AREA
• ITS AREA IS ABOUT 1,399,540 ACRES
• THE DISTANCE BETWEEN GREAT RANN OF KUTCH AND PAKISTAN IS 698 KM.
• IT IS ABOUT 7,505.22 SQUARE KILOMETRES IN SIZE AND IS REPUTED TO BE
THE LARGEST SALT DESERT IN THE WORLD.

10. • THE RANN OF KUTCH IS THE ONLY LARGE FLOODED
GRASSLANDS ZONE IN THE INDOMALAYAN REALM.
• THE AREA HAS DESERT ON ONE SIDE AND THE SEA
ON THE OTHER ENABLES VARIOUS ECOSYSTEMS,
INCLUDING MANGROVES AND DESERT
VEGETATION.
• THE SANCTUARY IS SUPPORTING NATURE'S RICHEST
ECOSYSTEM.
• IT PROVIDES FOOD AND SHELTER TO A NUMBER OF
MIGRATORY AND LOCAL WILDLIFE SPECIES.

11. Biodiversity of rkws
• THE MARSHY RANN OF KUTCH, WITH ITS SURROUNDING THAR DESERT
AREA IN SINDH IS KNOWN TO BE A BREEDING GROUND FOR FLAMINGOES
AND STAGING GROUND FOR PELICANS, CRANES, STORKS AND MANY
SPECIES OF WATERFOWL.
• IT IS ALSO AN IMPORTANT SITE FOR ANIMALS LIKE BLUE BULLS,
CHINKARAS AND DESERT WOLVES.
• THE SITE SUPPORTS MANY SPECIES OF BIRDS AND MAMMALS WHICH ARE
LOCALLY AND GLOBALLY THREATENED.
• THIS SITE IS ALSO A WINTERING AREA FOR WATER BIRDS, SUPPORTS
OVER 40,000 WATER BIRDS.
• ITS BIODIVERSITY INCLUDES WATER BIRD SPECIES SUCH AS COMMON
TEAL, SHELL DUCK, MALLARD, FLAMINGO AND PELICAN.
• THIS AREA USED TO HAVE THE ONLY POPULATION OF THE INDIAN WILD
ASS IN PAKISTAN.

12. THREATS
THE MAJOR THREATS TO RKWS INCLUDES:
 CATTLE GRAZING
 TREE CUTTING
 VEHICULAR TRAFFIC
CONSERVATION
WWFP AND SINDH AUTHORITIES HAVE CARRIED OUT WORK
FOR ITS CONSERVATION

13. Rann of Kutch Wildlfe Sanctuary

14. Sukkur and Guddu Barrage Dolphin
Reserve
INDUS DOLPHIN RESERVE IS A RAMSAR SITE LOCATED
BETWEEN GUDDU BARRAGE AND SUKKUR BARRAGE ON RIVER
INDUS IN PAKISTAN.
IT WAS DESIGNATED AS A WETLAND PROTECTED SITE ON 10 MAY
2001.
AREA
STRETCHED ON AN AREA OF 125,000 HECTARES

15. • IN 1974 IT WAS DECLARED A PROTECTED SITE LOCALLY ON
THE RECOMMENDATION OF WORLD WIDE FUND FOR
NATURE.
• ACCORDING TO A SURVEY CONDUCTED IN 1989, THERE ARE
ABOUT 429 INDUS RIVER DOLPHIN PRESENT
• THE INDUS RIVER DOLPHIN, ALSO KNOWN AS THE BHULAN
IN URDU AND SINDHI, IS A SPECIES OF TOOTHED WHALE
• IT IS ENDEMIC TO INDUS RIVER BASIN OF PAKISTAN
• THIS DOLPHIN WAS THE FIRST DISCOVERED SIDE-SWIMMING
CETACEAN

16. Sukkur and Guddu Barrage Dolphin
Reserve

17. Lake Haleji Wildlife
Sanctuary
• HALEJI LAKE IS A WINTERING SITE FOR WATERFOWL SUCH AS COTTON
TEAL, INDIAN SPOT-BILLED DUCK, PURPLE MOORHEN AND PHEASANT-
TAILED JACANA.
• IT IS ALSO A BREEDING SITE FOR EGRETS AND HERONS.
LOCATION
• IT IS LOCATED IN THATTA, SINDH, PAKISTAN
• IT IS HOME OF THOUSANDS OF BIRDS
• IT IS KNOWN AS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WINTER AREAS OF
MIGRATORY WATERFOWL IN EURASIA
• A SANCTUARY FOR BIRDS AND AN OUTDOOR ATTRACTION FOR HUMANS

18. BIODIVERSITY OF LAKE HALEJI WILDLIFE
SANCTUARY
THERE ARE ABOUT 223 BIRD SPECIES HAVE BEEN RECORDED
THE MAIN FAUNA DIVERSITY INCLUDES:
• OSPREY
• PALLAS'S FISH EAGLE
• BUZZARDS
• HARRIERS
• FALCONS
• WIGEON
• COOT
• TEALS
• JACANA
• FLAMINGOS

19. Lake haleji wildlife sanctuary