{"id":2025,"date":"2024-01-09T06:25:32","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T06:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hwf.org.pk\/?p=2025"},"modified":"2026-04-15T11:47:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T11:47:55","slug":"deosai-national-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hwf.org.pk\/?p=2025","title":{"rendered":"Deosai National Park"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Deosai National Park (DNP) was established by the government of the Northern Areas in 1993
as a result of a collaborative effort of the Northern Areas Forest Department and the Himalayan
Brown Bear Project (later incorporated as Himalayan Wildlife Foundation \u2013 HWF). Deosai
covers an area of 3000 sq Km. It has a mix of plains, plateaus, hills, streams, lakes and
mountains. Deosai is home to endangered Himalayan Brown bear, Golden marmot, Red fox,
Ladakh urial, Musk deer, Himalayan ibex, Markhor, Himalayan wolf and Snow leopards. Birds
includes vulture, falcon, snow cock, griffon vulture, golden eagle, sparrow, hawk and migratory
birds. Core zone is a special protected area for Brown Bear. There are many streams and lakes.
The primary objectives on assessment of Deosai National Park are:<\/p>\n

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  • Setting up a watch and ward system including check posts, field camps, and patrolling of the
    park<\/li>\n
  • Achieving control over illegal activities detrimental to the survival of the park including bear
    hunting, fishing, and falcon trapping<\/li>\n
  • Conducting research to develop ecological baselines and special studies to study the behavior
    of the brown bear and to evaluate the risk of genetic inversion and collapse in the small bear
    population<\/li>\n
  • Zoning of the park into core zone for bears and grazing areas for communities and nomadic
    herdsmen \u2013 Gujjars (seasonal nomadic herdsmen)<\/li>\n
  • Training of park staff<\/li>\n
  • Setting up a park entry fee system<\/li>\n
  • Promoting awareness among local communities and other stakeholders on resources and
    importance of DNP<\/li>\n
  • Maintaining relationships with local communities and Gujjars
    Following 2005, the Northern Areas Forest Department (now Department of Forest, Wildlife,
    and Environment, Gilgit-Baltistan – Department) assumed full ownership and took full control of
    park management. Involvement of HWF in this phase was limited to occasional research and
    census support only. Much of the field staff trained by HWF was engaged by the Department
    through a transparent hiring process, which provided continuity for park management. The
    population of brown bears as well as fish and other wildlife continued to benefit from the efforts
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    The staff of the Department has worked with dedication and commitment and deserves to be
    commended for its performance given the harsh working conditions and limited resources at its
    disposal. However, an independent study \u2018Himalayan Brown Bear in Deosai National Park:
    Current Status and Threats\u2019 conducted in 2012 shows that the population of the brown bears is
    now stagnating at about 60 individuals. Recognizing the serious and far reaching implications of
    this observation, a \u2018Rapid Assessment of State of Management of Deosai National Park\u2019 was
    conducted by HWF during a visit to Deosai National Park from 25th through 28th\u00a0June, 2013.
    This rapid assessment also drew upon continued interaction and communication of HWF with
    the park staff. The primary objectives of this assessment were:<\/p>\n

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          1. To assess the adequacy and effectiveness of the management systems in place.<\/li>\n
          2. To evaluate the pressures on wildlife resources in the park and emerging threats.<\/li>\n
          3. To provide recommendations to the Department for park management
            The following is a list of the proposed activities:Policy and Regulatory Improvements:
            \uf061 Gujjar Control and Management
            \uf061 Expanding the Base for Park Entry Fee and Setting Procedures for Utilization of Fees
            \uf061 Introduction of Recreational Fishing
            \uf061 Establishment of Wildlife Conservation Fund
            \uf061 Legislative Amendments for Regulatory Improvements
            \uf061 Improvement of Park Operations
            \uf061 Provision of Equipment and Infrastructure to Meet Current Operating Requirements
            \uf061 Park Staffing and Compensation
            \uf061 Financing of Recurring Expenses
            \uf061 Visitor Facilitation and Signage
            \uf061 Logging of Violations
            \uf061 Management of Construction and Construction Contractors
            \uf061 Awareness and Education
            \uf061 Management Planning
            \uf061 Environmental Management Plan
            \uf061 Financial Management Plan
            \uf061 Infrastructure Development Plan
            \uf061 Management plans for specific interventions
            \uf061 Setting up a System for Monitoring and Evaluation Based on Pressure, State, and Response<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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                Deosai National Park (DNP) was established by the government of the Northern Areas in 1993as a result of a collaborative effort of the Northern Areas Forest Department and the HimalayanBrown Bear Project (later incorporated as Himalayan Wildlife Foundation \u2013 HWF). Deosaicovers an area of 3000 sq Km. It has a mix of plains, plateaus, hills, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":2988,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-projects"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hwf.org.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hwf.org.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hwf.org.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hwf.org.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hwf.org.pk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2025"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/hwf.org.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2025\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3578,"href":"https:\/\/hwf.org.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2025\/revisions\/3578"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hwf.org.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hwf.org.pk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hwf.org.pk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hwf.org.pk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}