Protected areas of Pakistan

As of present, there are around 157 protected areas in Pakistan that are recognized by IUCN.

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 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

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Protected areas of Pakistan
National parks	Ayub Ayubia Broghil Valley Central Karakoram Chinji Chitral Gol Deosai Fairy Meadows Hazarganji-Chiltan Hingol Khunjerab Kirthar Lal Suhanra Lulusar-Dodipat Machiara Margalla Hills Panjal Mastan Saiful Malook Shiekh Buddin Toli Pir Manglot Wildlife Park
Wildlife sanctuaries	Astore Bajwat Baltistan Chashma Lake Cholistan Chumbi Surla Hab Dam Lehri Nature Park Naltar Nara Desert Runn of Kutch
Game reserves	Head Qadirabad Machiara
Protected wetlands	Astola Island Chashma Barrage Drigh Lake Great 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 Kinjhar Lake Miani Hor Lagoon 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
Protected forests	Ziarat Juniper Forest Changa Manga Forest Chichawatni Plantation
Biosphere reserves	Lal Suhanra Ziarat Juniper Forest

Geography of Pakistan related topics
Landforms	Beaches Extreme points Glaciers Islands Lakes Rivers Valleys Volcanoes Waterfalls Hill stations Passes Deserts Mountains
Geology	Tectonics Mountain ranges Minerals Gemstones Desert regions
Subdivisions	Administrative units Regions 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)

Protected areas of Asia
Sovereign states	Afghanistan Armenia Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China Cyprus East Timor (Timor-Leste) Egypt Georgia India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Japan Jordan Kazakhstan North Korea South Korea Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman Pakistan Philippines Qatar Russia Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand Turkey Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen
States with limited recognition	Abkhazia Artsakh Northern Cyprus Palestine South Ossetia Taiwan
Dependencies and other territories	British Indian Ocean Territory Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Hong Kong Macau
Book Category Asia portal

Wildlife of Pakistan
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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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