Transcript BIOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF AYUBIA NATIONAL PARK.ppt

AYUBIA NATIONAL PARK
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• Ayubia National Park is located in NWFP
Pakistan.
• It is a small natural park located at 26 km
from the Murree hill station established in
1984.
• It has been developed as a resort complex
from a combination of four mini resorts of
Khaira Gali, Changla Gali, Khanspur and
Ghora Dhaka in Galyat.
GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION;
33.52'N-73.09'E
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
North of Murree in the Himalayan
TOTAL AREA:
1,684 Hectares
DATE ESTABLISHED:
1984
BEST TIME TO VISIT:
March to September
HISTORY:
• Ayubia National Park was established in an
east corner of North-West Frontier Province, a
province of Pakistan.
• Since then it has been managed by the NWFP
Wildlife Department.
• The purpose of establishing it was to conserve
the temperate forests.
• Originally, the park stood at an area of 857
acres, but in 1998 it was expanded to cover an
area of 1685 acres.
• The total population of Ayubia and
surrounding villages as per a 1996 census is
18,097 living in 2,311 households.
MANAGEMENT:
• The park has been managed by NWFP
Wildlife Department under the 1975 NWFP
Wildlife Act.
• The headquarters of the park is at Dunga
Gali, which is situated at a distance of
34 km from Abbottabad and 30 km from
Murree.
• National Park started from the behind of
Ayubia Chairleft. In National Park walk
track near about distance 6 KM from
Ayubia Chairleft to Dong Gali.
CLIMATE:
• The climate of the park is cold in the
summers, but harsh in the winters.
• While it remains only placidly hot in May
and June, the cold sets in when the
monsoons come to lash in late July and
early August.
• In the winters cold increases in severity
gradually and the park remains snowcapped through the later part of winters.
TOURIST ATTRACTIONS
Standing at some 26 kilometers from
the tourist hotbed of Murree Hill
Station, over 100,000 tourists flock to
Ayubia National Park and the places
around every year. It is well known for
its picnic spots.
WILDLIFE:
• This park provides refuge to the elusive
leopard and the black bear.
• Bird watching is excellent here. Some of the
bird species pass through the park on
migration.
• The population of the Koklass Pheasant and
the rare Kalij Pheasant are the highest known
for Pakistan. Only 30 individuals of the Kalij
Pheasant are known to exist in the park.
Koklass pheasant
(Pucrasia macrolopha)
•
Kalij pheasant
(Lophura leucomelanos)
FANA
Mammals
Mammals in the park include
• Asiatic leopard (V)
• Black bear (T)
• Yellow throated marten (R)
• Kashmir hill fox (C)
• Red Flying squirrel (C)
• Himalayan palm civet (R)
• Masked civet (R)
• Rhesus Macaque (C)
Black bear (Ursus thibetanus)
Yellow throated marten
)Martes flavigula)
Kashmir hill fox (Vulpes vulpes griffithi)
Northern flying squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus)
Masked Civet
Rhesus Macaque (Macaca mulatta)
BIRDS:
The Park harbors up to 203 species of birds.
Birds in the park are–
• Golden eagle
• Himalayan Griffon vulture
• Honey buzzard
• Peregrine falcon
• Kestrel
• Indian sparrow hawk
• Hill pigeon
• Spotted dove
• Collared dove
Adult Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetos
Himalayan Griffon vulture
) Gyps himalayensis)
Peregrine falcon
Hill Pigeon (Columba rupestris turkestanica )
Indian sparrow hawk (Spizaetus cirrhatus)
Kestrel
Spotted Dove (Streptopelia chinensis)
Eurasian Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
Around 21 plants here belonging to 19 families
are known for their medicinal properties. Many
of these are used in treatment of jaundice,
stomach ulcers, snake bites, internal infections,
diabetes, chambal and more. Some plants are
known to have anti-cancerous effect as well.
Also, some are used as biological insecticides
and pesticides, mostly due to their insectrepellant nature.
The World Wide Fund for Nature has launched an
ethno-botanical initiative here "to demonstrate
the sustainable use of plant resources as a
means for protecting biodiversity.