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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. 5% of Pakistan's land is covered in forest (2024). The Shangla district is the only district of Pakistan that composed of more than 80% of forest land. [1]
Pakistan entered into the convention on 23 November 1976. As of March 2013 [update] , there are nineteen Ramsar sites, covering an area of 1,343,807 hectares (3,320,620 acres) in Pakistan . [ 1 ]
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The total protected land area represents 13% of Pakistan's landmass as of 2020, The Government of Pakistan plans to increase it to at least 15% by 2023. [1] As a signatory of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity , Pakistan is committed to expanding its protected areas to encompass 17% of its total territory by the year 2030.
The markhor, is the national animal of Pakistan Natural protected forests. Birir Valley Coniferous Forest [1] in Chitral District (also called 'Deodar Chilghoza Oak Forest') Jhangar Scrub Forest [2] [3] in Chakwal District; Sulaiman Coniferous Forest [4] in Khyber Pukhtunkhwa (also called 'Sulaiman Chilgoza Pine Forest') Ziarat Juniper Forest ...
Realm: Biome: Ecoregion: Region: Indomalayan: Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests: Himalayan subtropical pine forests: West Himalaya [1] (Azad Kashmir, north Punjab, north Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)
The ecoregion encircles the Thar Desert and Indus Valley Desert ecoregions. It stretches along the border lowlands and hills between India and Pakistan and includes: the western half of Gujarat (excluding the mountain of Girnar), and extending through Rajasthan, where it is bounded on the southeast by the Aravalli Range; most of Haryana and Punjab states of India as well as the Jammu region of ...
Ziarat Juniper Forest is a biosphere reserve recognized by UNESCO in 2013. [10] It is the largest contiguous natural Juniper forest in Pakistan. It is also the second oldest, trailing behind the one in California. [11] The forest ecosystem is considered to be the second largest in the world and is home to some of the oldest species of Juniperus ...