{"id":80626,"date":"2021-10-17T09:31:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-17T04:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=80626"},"modified":"2021-10-15T10:40:10","modified_gmt":"2021-10-15T05:40:10","slug":"leopard-protection-zone-in-margalla-hills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/leopard-protection-zone-in-margalla-hills.html","title":{"rendered":"PM orders setting up Leopard Protection Zone in Margalla Hills"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Islamabad: Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan on Wednesday (October 13) ordered the establishment of a Leopard Protection Zone (LPZ) in the Margalla hills to protect the increasing population of wild predators, news sources reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/demarcation-margalla-hills-land-encroachment.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Demarcation of Margalla Hills\u2019 forest land demanded to avoid encroachment<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Islamabad Wildlife Management Board (IWMB) stated in a meeting with the premier that the leopard population in the region is rising, which is a good indication, and that actions will be taken soon to preserve the wildlife. For this purpose gates and fences will be built on Margalla Hills trekking trails 4 and 6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pm-khan-breaks-ground-for-margalla-avenue-project.html\" target=\"_blank\">PM Khan breaks ground for Margalla Avenue project<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition, the premier approved the establishment of a Wildlife Information Centre in Marghazar Zoo to monitor the evolving wildlife conditions in Margalla Hills <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/plan-in-the-making-to-preserve-native-vegetation-at-margalla-hills-national-park.html\" target=\"_blank\">National Park<\/a>. PM Khan also approved the National Climate Change Policy, 2021, and the National Wildlife Policy, 2021, in order to reduce environmental impacts. He said that Pakistan is now regarded as a &#8220;Green Champion&#8221; due to its ambitious climate-change initiatives, particularly the Billion Tree Tsunami programme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan on Wednesday (October 13) ordered the establishment of a Leopard Protection Zone (LPZ) in the Margalla hills to protect the increasing population of wild predators, news sources reported. Read: Demarcation of Margalla Hills\u2019 forest land demanded to avoid encroachment Islamabad Wildlife Management Board (IWMB) stated in a meeting with the premier that the leopard population in the region is rising, which is a good indication, and that actions will be taken soon to preserve the wildlife. For this purpose gates and fences will be built on Margalla Hills trekking trails 4 and 6. Read: PM Khan breaks ground for Margalla Avenue project In addition, the premier approved the establishment of a Wildlife Information Centre in Marghazar Zoo to monitor the evolving wildlife conditions in Margalla Hills National Park. PM Khan also approved the National Climate Change Policy, 2021, and the National Wildlife Policy, 2021, in order to reduce environmental impacts. He said that Pakistan is now regarded as a &#8220;Green Champion&#8221; due to its ambitious climate-change initiatives, particularly the Billion Tree Tsunami programme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":64944,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15181,15016],"tags":[23571,48941],"persona":[],"class_list":["post-80626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","category-new-developments","tag-islamabad-wildlife-management-board-iwmb","tag-pm-orders-setting-up-leopard-protection-zone-in-margalla-hills","cat-15181-id","cat-15016-id"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>PM orders setting up Leopard Protection Zone in Margalla - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Islamabad: Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan on Wednesday (October 13) ordered the establishment of a Leopard Protection Zone (LPZ) in the Margalla hills to\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/leopard-protection-zone-in-margalla-hills.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PM orders setting up Leopard Protection Zone in Margalla - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Islamabad: Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan on Wednesday (October 13) ordered the establishment of a Leopard Protection Zone (LPZ) in the Margalla hills to\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/leopard-protection-zone-in-margalla-hills.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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