{"id":96818,"date":"2024-04-17T16:22:24","date_gmt":"2024-04-17T11:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=96818"},"modified":"2024-04-17T16:22:25","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T11:22:25","slug":"wwf-pakistan-enlightens-threat-prey-specie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wwf-pakistan-enlightens-threat-prey-specie.html","title":{"rendered":"Snow leopards at risk in GB, reveals WWF-Pak\u2019s report"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: A recent WWF-Pakistan\u2019s study highlights the severe threat to snow leopards in Gilgit-Baltistan due to infrastructure development, particularly road construction, according to reported article on April 17.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/urban-unit-wwf-review-lahore-master-plan-2050.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WWF, Urban Unit to review Lahore Master Plan 2050<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As disclosed in the details, rapid development, mainly roads, encroaches on the leopards&#8217; habitat, disrupting their movement and causing increased human-wildlife conflict. Prey species like the Himalayan ibex and domestic livestock are also impacted by heavy traffic on highways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The study, part of the BEAST project with support from the With Snow Leopards Small Grant, stresses the need to balance infrastructure development with snow leopard conservation. It found that roads fragment the leopard&#8217;s habitat, restricting movement and endangering both leopards and prey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Data on wildlife-vehicle collisions, human-wildlife interactions, and land use changes were analyzed, focusing on major roads like the Karakoram Highway and Gilgit-Shandur Road. WWF-Pakistan&#8217;s Sustainable Infrastructure Initiative aims to promote sustainable infrastructure planning, advocating for measures like wildlife corridors and proactive mitigation strategies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wwf-pakistan-mangrove-cover.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Indus Delta\u2019s mangrove cover increased by over 50%: WWF Pakistan<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Director General Hammad Naqi Khan emphasises the importance of balancing development with environmental conservation. While global snow leopard population estimates are uncertain, research suggests fewer than 7,000 worldwide, with 200 to 420 in Pakistan&#8217;s northern mountain ranges, including Gilgit-Baltistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: A recent WWF-Pakistan\u2019s study highlights the severe threat to snow leopards in Gilgit-Baltistan due to infrastructure development, particularly road construction, according to reported article on April 17. Read: WWF, Urban Unit to review Lahore Master Plan 2050 As disclosed in the details, rapid development, mainly roads, encroaches on the leopards&#8217; habitat, disrupting their movement and causing increased human-wildlife conflict. Prey species like the Himalayan ibex and domestic livestock are also impacted by heavy traffic on highways. The study, part of the BEAST project with support from the With Snow Leopards Small Grant, stresses the need to balance infrastructure development with snow leopard conservation. It found that roads fragment the leopard&#8217;s habitat, restricting movement and endangering both leopards and prey. Data on wildlife-vehicle collisions, human-wildlife interactions, and land use changes were analyzed, focusing on major roads like the Karakoram Highway and Gilgit-Shandur Road. WWF-Pakistan&#8217;s Sustainable Infrastructure Initiative aims to promote sustainable infrastructure planning, advocating for measures like wildlife corridors and proactive mitigation strategies. Read: Indus Delta\u2019s mangrove cover increased by over 50%: WWF Pakistan Director General Hammad Naqi Khan emphasises the importance of balancing development with environmental conservation. While global snow leopard population estimates are uncertain, research suggests fewer than&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":88,"featured_media":68296,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15019],"tags":[47338,58063,47153],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-96818","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-research-analysis","8":"tag-world-wildlife-fund-wwf","9":"tag-wwf-news-and-updates","10":"tag-wwf-pakistan","11":"cat-15019-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>WWF-Pakistan Enlightens on Threat to Prey Specie- Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"WWF-Pakistan study underscores grave peril to Gilgit-Baltistan&#039;s snow leopards from infrastructure projects, notably road construction.\" \/>\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\/wwf-pakistan-enlightens-threat-prey-specie.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"WWF-Pakistan Enlightens on Threat to Prey Specie- Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"WWF-Pakistan study underscores grave peril to Gilgit-Baltistan&#039;s snow leopards from infrastructure projects, notably road construction.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wwf-pakistan-enlightens-threat-prey-specie.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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