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This document provides information about 14 national parks in Pakistan. It discusses the definition of a national park and some key laws protecting them. It then lists the 14 national parks and provides more detailed descriptions of 5 of the most important parks: Kirthar National Park, Lal Suhranra National Park, Ayubia National Park, Chinji National Park, and Margalla Hills National Park. These parks conserve important wildlife like ibex, urial, monkeys, and over 300 plant species.

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This document provides information about 14 national parks in Pakistan. It discusses the definition of a national park and some key laws protecting them. It then lists the 14 national parks and provides more detailed descriptions of 5 of the most important parks: Kirthar National Park, Lal Suhranra National Park, Ayubia National Park, Chinji National Park, and Margalla Hills National Park. These parks conserve important wildlife like ibex, urial, monkeys, and over 300 plant species.

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PRESENTATION

SUBJECT = WILDLIFE
TOPIC = NATIONAL PARKS IN PAKISTAN
GROUP NO. 3rd
SEMESTER = 6th
GROUP MEMBERS = SUMBAL AJMAL (03) , IQRA ALI
(09) , OMAMA ZAHOOR (21) ,SARA BIBI (27) ,
MUQADAS (33) , FIZA QAISAR (39)
COMPILED AND PRSENTED BY IQRA ALI (C.NO 09)
NATIONAL PARKS IN PAKISTAN
NATIONAL PARK = The definition of national park as approved by IUCN at its meeting held in New Delhi, India is as under :
“A National Park is a relatively large area (at least one thousand hectares) where one or several ecosystems are not
materially altered by human exploitation and occupation , where plant and animal species ,geomorphological sites and
habitats are of special scientific , educative , and recreative interest or which contains a natural landscape of great beauty : 2)
where the highest competent authority of the country has taken steps to prevent or eliminate as soon as possible ,
exploitation or occupation in the whole area and to enforce effectively the respect of ecological , geomorphological or
aesthetic features which have to its establishment ; and 3) where visitors are allowed to enter , under special conditions , for
inspirational , cultural and recreative purposes ”.
In simple words, a National Park may be defined as an area owned by the government and set aside for the protection and
preservation of its outstanding scenery , flora and fauna in natural state. It is accessible to the public for recreation ,
education and research activities. The following acts are prohibited under laws in a National Park :
1) Hunting, shooting ,trapping , killing or capturing of any wild animal inside or within a radius of three miles of its
boundaries.
2) Firing of guns or any other acts which may disturb the wildlife or interfere with their breeding places.
3) Felling , tapping , burning or in any way damaging or destroying , taking , collecting or removing any plant or tree from
there.
4) Clearing or breaking up any land for cultivation.
5) Construction of human settlements , roads , highways , railway line or damaging land for mining or oil and gas
exploration .
6) Polluting water flowing in and through the national park.
There are fourteen (14) National Parks in Pakistan which are listed below :
1. Kirthar National Park (located in Sindh )
2. Lal Suhanra National Park (located in Punjab )
3. Chinji National Park (located in Punjab )
4. Hazarganji Chiltan National Park (located in Baluchistan )
5. Darhune/Hingol National Park (located in Baluchistan )
6. Ayubia National Park (located in K.P.K )
7. Chitral Gol National Park (located in K.P.K )
8. Sheikh Buddin National Park (located in K.P.K )
9. Margala Hills National Park (located in Federal Area )
10. Machiara National Park (located in Azad Kashmir )
11. Khunjerab National Park (located in Northern Area )
12. Handrap Shandoor National Park (located in Northern Area )
13. Central Karakoram National Park (located in Northern Area )
14. Deosai National Park (located in Northern Area ).
There are fourteen (14) National Parks in Pakistan but we will discuss some of the important which are as follows :
1. KIRTHAR NATIONAL PARK
LOCATION

Kirthar National Park is situated in the Kirthar mountains in Jamshoro


district in the south-western part of Sindh.On west it is bounded by
Baluchistan province and on the east by Surjan,Sumbak and Hathiano
hill ranges.Approximately 1/3 of the park lies in north of Karachi District
and 2/3 in south-east of Dadu District.
AREA

• This park stretches over an area of 308,733 hectares,making it the


second largest national park in Pakistan after Hingol National Park.
ESTABLISHMENT

• This park was established in 1970.


HUB DAM
WORLD’S LARGEST FORT,RANIKOT.
TAUNG GRAVE YARD
HUB LAKE
26 SPECIES OF MAMMALS INCLUDING : 1. Sindh ibex
UURIAL
cCHINKARA
JACKAL
FOX
HYAENA
JUNGLE CAT
LEOPARD
PANGOLIN
RATEL
PORCUPINE
MONGOOSE
THIS PARK IS RICH IN BIRD
FAUNA CONSISTING OF 58
VARIETIES OF BIRDS INCLUDING:
HOOPOE
FINCH LARK
SHRIKE
WHEAT
EATER
WABBLER
KING FISHER
EAGLE
VULTURE
SANDGROUSE
STONE
CURLEW
GREY
PATRIDGE
SEE-SEE
PATRIDGE
HOUBARA
BUSTARD
REPTILES
LARGE MONITOR
LIZARD
GECKO
CHAMELEON
TURTLE
TORTOISE
2.LAL SUHANRA
NATIONAL PARK

• LOCATION=This park is located 32 kilometers northeast of


Bahawalpur(Southern Punjab).
• Area=31,368 hectares.
• It was declared a National Park in 1972.
• The major objective of this park was to save Black-buck, Chinkara and some
other important species.
• A conspicuous feature of this park is the variety of ecosystems not found in
any other National Park of the country.
• There are about 302 species of plants; 31 species of mammals ,119 species of
birds (of which 38 species are migratory); 27 species of reptiles; 3 species of
amphibians and 23 species of freshwater fish in this park.
• The bulk of wildlife comprises of black-buck ,Chinkara, Nilgai, Caracal, Jackals,
Wild boars, Houbara bustards,Herons,Cranes,Pea-
fowls,Sandgrouse,Mallards,Black & Grey patridges and Quails.
• The park has few tourist huts, a helipad, an observation tower, camping sites and
an information centre.
• It also has a playland for children, a small zoo in which the main attractions are
two Rhinos from Nepal.
GREAT BLUE HERON
MALLARD
3.AYUBIA NATIONAL PARK

• AREA= 1684 hectares.


• LOCATION=This park is located in Abbottabad district(KPK).
• It was declared a National Park in 1984.
• Ayubia was named after Muhammad Ayub Khan, second President of Pakistan.
• The area supports temperate coniferous forest and temperate broadleaf and mixed forest
ecoregion habitats , with an average elevation of 8,000 feet above sea-level.
• The climate of the park is cool in summers but harsh in winters. Average temperature ranges
from 3 degree celcius to 11 degree celcius.
• The important wild animals are Common Leopard, Rhesus monkey ,Koklas and Kaleej
pheasants.
AYUBIA DONGA GALI DANDI
PIPELINE TRACK
KASHMIR AGAMA
GOLDEN EAGLE
4.CHINJI NATIONAL
PARK
• This park is the natural habitat of the Punjabi
urial,Chinkara ,Gazelle,Wild boar,Civet,Wild hare,Mongoose and
Porcupines.
5.HAZARGANJI CHILTAN
NATIONAL PARK
Wild animals of this park include wolves, hyaenas , wild cats, hares ,porcupines,
see-see patridge , chukor , warblers, shrikes, rock pigeons , eagles ,falcons, bearded
vultures , monitor lizards , geckos , cobras and vipers.
Among the trees almond , wild ash , wild olive and pistachios are common . Juniper
and shrubs like wild cherries & wild figs are also abundant.
6.Dharune-Hingol National Park
Important wild animals include Sind Ibex , Chinkara and Urials.
7.KHUNJERAB NATIONAL PARK
• This park was established by Prime Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto.
• In this park it is possible to see wildlife while one travels in car or jeep.
• Wild fauna includes snow leopard , morcopolo sheep , bharal , wild ass
(kiang) , himalyan ibex , brown bear , snow cocks , snow patridges and black
birds.
8.CHITRAL-GOL NATIONAL PARK
The general weather is cold and
dry. The temperature ranges from
−12.2 to 43.3 °C.
• WILDLIFE: Markhor , urials , snow leopards , snow cocks ,
snow patridges , greenwood pigeons and chukors.
MARKHOR

n
SNOW LEOPARD
SNOW COCK
SNOW PATRIDGE
GREENWOOD PIGEON
CHUKOR

CH
THIS PARK IS RICH IN TREES PARTICULARLY
CEDAR TREES
CEDAR TREE
9. MARGALLA HILLS NATIONAL PARK
The park has a very rich lush green vegetation.The principal plant
species are Dodonaea sp., Acacia sp., Olea sp.,Carrissa sp., Astidia
sp.,Adhathoda sp., Themeda sp., cynodon sp. and Pennisetum sp.
The common wild animals of this park are Gorals , rhesus
monkeys , chinkaras , common leopard ,foxes and barking
deers. The important bird life includes Kaleej , cheer , grey
patridge ,black patridge and chukors. Cheer once found in
this area became nearly extinct in 1978. It is now recently
being re-introduced in this park with the help of World
Pheasant Association.
FINISHED

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