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The percentage of Pakistan's area that is forest is disputed. The UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation estimates 2.2% of the total land of Pakistan is covered by forests. On the contrary, Pakistan Forest Institute estimates it to be 5.1%. According to the survey done under the Red Plus programme in 2017, the forest cover of Pakistan is 5.7%.
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.
Clifton Urban Forest is an urban forest project currently being developed near the affluent neighborhood and seaside of Clifton in Karachi, Pakistan. [2] Planted using the Miyawaki technique . It now hosts over 800,000 tree saplings of dozens of species, including moringa , sukhchain , oleander , date palms , and wild almonds .
As of 2023, Pakistan has 37 national parks (Urdu: پاکستان کے نیشنل پارک) that are recognised by World Database on Protected Areas. [1] In 2012, 25 of these were under supervision of respective provincial governments and remaining were in private care. [ 2 ]
In 2013 the forest was declared a biosphere reserve, with a core area of 11,243 hectares, a 60,519 hectare buffer zone, a 40,090 hectare transition area, and a total area of 111,852 hectares. [1] In 2016 the Government of Pakistan nominated the Ziarat Juniper Forest as a World Heritage Site. [2]
The Geography of Pakistan (Urdu: جغرافیۂ پاکِستان) encompasses a wide variety of landscapes varying from plains to deserts, forests, and plateaus ranging from the coastal areas of the Indian Ocean in the south to the mountains of the Karakoram, Hindukush, Himalayas ranges in the north.
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