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Balochistan: An Overview
The land of different Ecological Contrasts
Balochistan occupies 34.7 million ha. Mostly semi
arid and arid high plateau
Topography is the key factor with the greatest
influence on Balochistans natural vegetation.
Elevation ranges from 0 3900+ m
Mostly receive precipitation in winter
60% of the province is desert, rock and gravel
About 2% of the Province is forested, mostly
shrubs
Balochistan: An Overview
Species Richness
Class Species in Pakistan Species in
Balochistan
Plants 5700 1750
Mammals 188 71
Reptiles 174 96
Amphibians 14 8
Balochistan: An Overview
(Forests)
Balochistan: An Overview
(Desert)
Ecological Zones
Tropical Thorn forest Zone
Sub Tropical Broad leaves Evergreen
forest Zone
Dry Temperate Forest Zone
Arid Desert Zone
General Floristic
Acacia, Prosopis are strongly represented
Chenopodiaceae often predominate with
several genera mostly Salsola and Haloxylon
Other genera; Calotropis, Capparis, Ziziphus,
Salvadora, Tamarix, Aristida, Euphorbia, Acacia
General Floristic
Olea ferrugina, Acacia modesta, Pistacia,
Punica, Fraxinus, Dodonaea, Withania,
Rhazya, Nerium, Nannorrhops, Cotonoster
Floristic:
Pinus gerardiana, P. willichiana, Juniperus
excelsa, predominating
Fraxinus xanthoxyloides, Pistacia, Populus,
Salix, Ficus
In shrubs Seriphedium (Artemisia), Caragna,
Berberis, Ephedra & Rosa are dominated
species.
Sindh Ibex
WOLF
SIBERIAN CRANE
Illicit cutting
Up-rooting and unsustainable utilization
Habitat destruction
Graving of lands of wilderness area
Human population growth and
urbanization
Lack of Baseline data
Lack of research studies
Major Issues
Recommendations
Mass awareness
Fuel wood & commercial timber production
Networking and sharing of experiences
Re activation of tradition grazing systems
(Pargor/ Rakh)
Non-timber forest products (Medicinal plants)
Promotion of community based conservation
initiatives
Watershed management in catchments areas.
development