WILDLIFE IN PAKISTAN AND ITS FUTURE

• The biogeographic foundations that place Pakistan at the meeting point of three great realms

• Mammalian and avian diversity, with Urdu and regional vernacular names throughout

• The Indus Flyway and the wetland network that sustains it, from Taunsa to Haleji

• Every province's protected areas, statutes, and institutions - and why devolution changed everything

• Community-based conservation: the Torghar markhor, the Chitral conservancies, and what actually works

• Climate change and the future of high-altitude and coastal species

• Six annexures: national parks, threatened species, international conventions, Ramsar wetlands, a species list with local names, and a migratory bird gazetteer

Written for students and graduates of wildlife management, forestry, and environmental science; conservation professionals; civil servants and policymakers; and every reader who has wondered what is still out there, and what it will take to keep it.

Fourteen chapters. Full bibliography. Illustrated throughout.

Ata ul Munim Shahid is a retired ambassador with thirty-five years in Pakistan's civil and foreign service, a Gold Medallist in Forestry from the University of Peshawar, and a former officer of the Forest Department.

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