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Biodiversity Areas of Interest (Prioritized Zones) within Afghanistan for Protected Area System Plan WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY, Afghanistan Program

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Habitats in Afghanistan

A Diverse Habitat Country Mountains

Wetlands

Sandy deserts

Scrub & rangeland

Open woodlands

Forests

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Also, very rich and diverse wildlife in Afghanistan

Wildlife in Afghanistan

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Information Available

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Assessing Wildlife & Habitats

• To protect the remaining wildlife and their habitats, we tried to identify where they still exist in

Afghanistan…

• These areas can then be surveyed and possibly proposed as Protected Areas in the future.

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Areas of Interest

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Identifying Areas of Interest

High Priority

Lesser Priority

Low PriorityMusk deer

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Snow Leopard(Panthera pardus)Potential Habitat

Assessing Wildlife & Habitats

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Priority Habitats: Semi desert (Vegetated)

Badghyz & Karabil

semi-desert habitat

(Kunduz)

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Priority Habitats: Alpine meadow

Hindu Kush alpine

meadow

(Badakhshan, Takhar

& Baghlan)

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Priority Habitats: High lands of Northeasr

Karakoram-West

alpine steppe

(Badakhshan)

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Proposed protected areas

Band-i-Amir National Park

Pamir Transboundray Park

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Habitats and Wildlife Diversity in Afghanistan

A Diverse Habitat and A Diverse Wildlife Country

Mountains

Wetlands

Sandy deserts

Scrub & rangeland

Open woodlands

Forests

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Habitats in Afghanistan

Majority of Afghan people (80%)

live directly off the land

• Farming

• Livestock grazing

• Hunting

• Wood collection

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Mismanagement? AndDependence on Natural Resources

1977 2002

Basically lack of management system and more than 80% dependence on Natural resources for livelihood in the country and the following side effects

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High Priority

Low Priority

Prioritized Zones

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Mismanagement? AndDependence on Natural Resources

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Prioritized Zones

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Thank You

Ayub Alavi

E-mail: [email protected]

Phone: +93 (0)77 6122 691

Thanks to: Mr. Haqiq Rahmani for GIS techniques

WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY, Afghanistan Program