List of wildlife sanctuaries in Pakistan
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Wildlife sanctuaries

# Argam Basti Wildlife Sanctuary # Astore Wildlife Sanctuary # Bajwat Wildlife Sanctuary #
Baltistan Wildlife Sanctuary Baltistan Wildlife Sanctuary is a wildlife sanctuary covering an area of in the Baltistan region of northern Pakistan. Contiguous with the Astore Wildlife Sanctuary to its south and east, the Baltistan Wildlife Sanctuary lies south of the Indus ...
# Bijoro Chach Wildlife Sanctuary # Borraka Wildlife Sanctuary # Buzi Makola Wildlife Sanctuary #
Chashma and Taunsa Barrage Dolphin Sanctuary Chashma and Taunsa Barrage Dolphin Sanctuary is located in Mianwali District, Punjab, Pakistan. It was declared open to the public in 1972. Since the 1970s, the population of the Indus river dolphin The Indus river dolphin (''Platanista minor''), ...
# Cholistan Wildlife Sanctuary # Chorani Wildlife Sanctuary # Chotiari Wetland # Chumbi Surla Wildlife Sanctuary # Cut Munarki Chach Wildlife Sanctuary # Daphar Wildlife Sanctuary # Deh Akro Wildlife Sanctuary # Dhoung Block Wildlife Sanctuary # Drigh Lake Wildlife Sanctuary # Dureji Wildlife Sanctuary # Ghondak Dhono Wildlife Sanctuary # Gullel Kohri Wildlife Sanctuary # Gulsher Dhand Wildlife Sanctuary #
Hub Dam Wildlife Sanctuary Hub Dam Wildlife Sanctuary is located around Hub Dam in Balochistan and Sindh Provinces of Pakistan. The greater part of this wildlife sanctuary in Balochistan is unprotected; the eastern shore and area south of the Dam in Sindh are protected in ...
# Hadero Lake Wildlife Sanctuary # Haleji Wildlife Sanctuary # Haleji Lake Wildlife Sanctuary #
Islamabad Wildlife Sanctuary Islamabad (; ur, , ) is the capital city of Pakistan. It is the country's List of cities in Pakistan by population, ninth-most populous city, with a population of over 1.2 million people, and is federally administered by the Government of ...
# Kachau Wildlife Sanctuary # Kargah Wildlife Sanctuary # Keti Bunder South Wildlife Sanctuary # Khadi Wildlife Sanctuary # Kharar Lake Wildlife Sanctuary # Khat Dhoro Wildlife Sanctuary # Kinjhar Lake Wildlife Sanctuary # Koh-e-Geish Wildlife Sanctuary # Kolwah Kap Wildlife Sanctuary # Kot Dinghano Wildlife Sanctuary # Lakhi Wildlife Sanctuary # Lehri Nature Park #
Mahal Kohistan Wildlife Sanctuary Mahal may refer to: Places * Mahal, India, a small town in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh, India * Mahal, Punjab, a village in Jalandhar district of Punjab State, India * Mahal, Paschim Bardhaman, a census town in Pandabeswar CD Block in ...
# Majiran Wildlife Sanctuary # Manglot Wildlife Park # Manshi Wildlife Sanctuary #
Marho Kotri Wildlife Sanctuary Marho Kotri Wildlife Sanctuary is located on Arabian Sea coast along Indus River Delta in Thatta District, Sindh, Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It i ...
# Maslakh Wildlife Sanctuary # Mehrano Wildlife Sanctuary # Miani Dhand Wildlife Sanctuary # Mohabat Doro Wildlife Sanctuary # Munarki Wildlife Sanctuary #
Naltar Wildlife Sanctuary The Naltar Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected area located in the Naltar Valley near Nomal Valley, Nomal, in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. The Sanctuary was created on 22 November 1975 and consists of a steep-sided forested valley with high mountains o ...
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Nara Desert Wildlife Sanctuary Nara Desert Wildlife Sanctuary is located in Mirpurkhas District, Sindh, Pakistan. The Nara desert provides refuge to much wildlife in the Sindh province. The Nara canal area, a chain of some 200 freshwater, brackish and saline lakes and marshes ...
# Nemal Lake Wildlife Sanctuary # Norange Wildlife Sanctuary # Overa Aru Wildlife Sanctuary # Raghai Rakhshan Wildlife Sanctuary #
Ras Koh Wildlife Sanctuary The Ras Koh Hills is a range of granite hills forming a southwestern part of the Sulaiman Mountain Range, in the Chagai and Kharan districts of Pakistan's Balochistan province. The word "Ras" means "gateway" and the word "Koh" means "mounta ...
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Rasool Barrage Wildlife Sanctuary Rasul Barrage is a barrage on the River Jehlum between Jhelum District and Mandi Bahauddin District of the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is situated 72 km downstream of Mangla Dam. New Barrage and old barrage The current structure of the b ...
# Rann of Kutch Wildlife Sanctuary # Sadnani Wildlife Sanctuary # Salkhala Wildlife Sanctuary # Salpara Wildlife Sanctuary # Samno Dhand Wildlife Sanctuary # Sasnamana Wildlife Sanctuary # Shah Lando Wildlife Sanctuary #
Shashan Wildlife Sanctuary Shashan is a village in Baghlan Province in north eastern Afghanistan. See also *Baghlan Province Baghlan (Dari: ''Baġlān'') is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. It is in the north of the country. As of 2020, the province ...
# Sheikh Buddin Wildlife Sanctuary # Sodhi Wildlife Sanctuary # Takkar Wildlife Sanctuary # Taunsa Barrage Wildlife Sanctuary #
Ziarat Juniper Wildlife Sanctuary The Ziarat Juniper Forest is a juniper forest in Ziarat, Balochistan, Pakistan. Geography These forests are spread around mountainous area of Ziarat and Mount Zarghoon. The mountains range from 1,181 to 3,488 meters elevation. The forests cover ...


See also

* Game reserves of Pakistan *
Forestry in Pakistan The forestry sector of Pakistan is a main source of lumber, paper, fuelwood, latex, medicine as well as food and provide ecotourism and wildlife conservation purposes. 4.91% of Pakistan's land is covered in forest.The Shangla district is the only ...
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List of National Parks of Pakistan Pakistan has 36 national parks ( ur, ). As of 2012, 25 of these are under supervision of respective provincial governments and remaining are in private care. Only some of these are under the conservation scope of International Union for Conserva ...
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Wildlife of Pakistan The wildlife of Pakistan comprises a diverse flora and fauna in a wide range of habitats from sea level to high elevation areas in the mountains, including 195 mammal, 668 bird species and more than 5000 species of Invertebrates. This diverse compo ...


Further reading


Wildlife Sanctuaries of Pakistan
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pakistanpaedia.comCountry profile
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EarthtrendsReview of 'Protected Areas System' in Pakistan
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wildlifeofpakistan.com


References


Pakistan profile
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World Database on Protected Areas


External links



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Wildlife Wildlife refers to undomesticated animal species, but has come to include all organisms that grow or live wild in an area without being introduced by humans. Wildlife was also synonymous to game: those birds and mammals that were hunted ...
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