Protected areas of Pakistan

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Biodiversity Fauna and Flora Wildflowers Trees Molluscs Ants Odonates Butterflies Moths Spiders Crustaceans Fish Amphibians Reptiles Birds Mammals Endangered species
Conservation Protected areas National parks Game reserves Wildlife sanctuaries Wetlands sites Protected and reserved forests of Pakistan Biosphere reserves of Pakistan List of marine protected areas of Pakistan
Organizations National Ministry of Environment (Pakistan) Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency Dhodial Pheasantry Zoological Survey Department of Pakistan Sindh Wildlife Department Punjab Wildlife Department Khyber Pakhtukhwa Wildlife Department Baluchistan Wildlife Department Gilgit Baltistan Wildlife Department Himalayan Wildlife Foundation National Institute of Oceanography (Pakistan) International CITES IUCN WSPA WWF Snow Leopard Trust
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As of present, there are around 400

UN Convention on Biological Diversity, Pakistan is committed to expanding its protected areas to encompass 17% of its total territory by the year 2030. This ambitious goal aims to ensure the long-term conservation of nature, safeguard vital ecosystem services, and preserve the cultural values associated with these protected areas.^[2]

Statistics

Category	Total sites	Total area	Source site
National parks	26	1,191,323 ha	wdpa.org
Wildlife sanctuaries	72	4,912,531 ha	wdpa.org
Game reserves	66	3,026,842 ha	wdpa.org
Ramsar protected wetlands	19	1,343,627 ha	ramsar.org
Marine and littoral protected areas	9	1,186,437 ha	southasiamcpaportal.org
Biosphere reserves	2	66,000 ha	earthtrends.wri.org

IUCN categories

IUCN Category	Total sites
IUCN Category Ia: Strict nature reserves	0
IUCN Category Ib: Wilderness area	0
IUCN Category II: National parks	5
IUCN Category III: Natural monuments	0
IUCN Category IV: Wildlife sanctuaries	62
IUCN Category V: Protected landscapes/seascapes	5
IUCN Category VI: Managed resource protected area	2
Unclassified areas	83
All IUCN Categories	157

Types of protected areas

National parks

Wildlife sanctuaries

Game reserves

Protected wetlands

Protected and reserved forests

Biosphere reserves

References

^ "Pakistan's 'Protected Areas Initiative'". 10 July 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
^ "Govt notifies 11 sites as 'protected areas' for wildlife conservation". 16 January 2022.

External links

IUCN-Pakistan

v t e Protected areas of Pakistan
National parks	Ayub Ayubia Broghil Valley Central Karakoram Chinji Chitral Gol Deosai Deva Vatala Fairy Meadows Gumot Hazarganji-Chiltan Hingol Kala Chitta Kamal Ban Khunjerab Kirthar Lal Suhanra Lulusar-Dodipat Machiara Malakandi Margalla Hills Nizampur Panjal Mastan Saiful Muluk Shandur Sheikh Badin Tolipir Manglot
Wildlife sanctuaries	Astore Bajwat Baltistan Chashma Lake Cholistan Chumbi Surla Hub Dam Lehri Nature Park Naltar Nara Desert Rann of Kutch Ras Koh Taunsa Barrage Ziarat Juniper
Wetlands of Pakistan	Astola Island Chashma Barrage Chinna Creek Drigh Lake Rann of Kutch Haleji Lake Hawke's Bay Beach Hingol River Hub Dam Indus River Delta Jiwani Coastal Wetland Jubho Lagoon Keti Bandar Khanpur Dam Keenjhar Lake Miani Hor Ormara Turtle Beaches Rasul Barrage Rawal lake Sandspit Beach Tanda Dam Taunsa Barrage Thanedar Wala Uchhali Complex
Natural monuments	Bazar Caves Chandragup Chitarwata Formation Hingol Mud Volcano Kashmir Smast Paradise Point
Forests	Ziarat Juniper Forest Changa Manga Forest Chichawatni Plantation Lashari wala Forest
Biosphere reserves	Lal Suhanra Ziarat Juniper Forest

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Subdivisions	Administrative units Divisions Districts Cities and towns
Environment	Environmental issues Ecoregions Fauna Flora Climate
Protected Areas	Biosphere Reserves National Parks Wildlife Sanctuaries Game reserves Protected wetlands World Heritage Sites
By province	Gilgit–Baltistan Islamabad Punjab (Lahore ) Sindh (Karachi )