Western Himalaya (Jammu & Kashmir to Uttarakhand)
Pakistan Institute of National Development (PIND), a non-profit, non-political and non-sectarian organization was established in 1991 to work as catalyst for implementation of nation-building programmes of the Government and donor agencies for national integration on the principle of Unity of Humanity
Western tragopans are endemic to the Western Himalaya region of South Asia and are threatened by change in land-use, hunting and fragmentation of its habitat. Here, we map the known distribution pattern and potential habitat of the largest surviving population, which occurs in the Palas Valley, Kohistan, NWFP, Pakistan. Although listed as globally Vulnerable, the western tragopan population in...
