Important Bird Areas of Jammu & Kashmir

Asad R. Rahmani is Director, Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) since 1997. M. Zafar-ul Islam is a field biologist with a deep interest in international wildlife conservation. Khursheed Ahmad is Assistant Professor, Centre for Mountain Wildlife Sciences, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Kashmir (SKUAST-Kashmir). Intesar Suhail is Wildlife Warden, Department of Wildlife Protection, Jammu & Kashmir. Pankaj Chandan is head of the high altitude wetlands conservation programme of WWF-India. Ashfaq Ahmed Zarri is presently IBCN State Coordinator (Jammu) and Deputy Registrar in BGSB University, Rajouri Jammu & Kashmir.

PREFACE ; MESSAGES ; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ; INTRODUCTION ; DESCRIPTION OF THE IMPORTANT BIRD AREAS-CHUSHUL MARSHES ; DACHIGAM NATIONAL PARK ; DEHRA GALI (DKG) FOREST ; GULMARG WILDLIFE SANCTUARY ; HAIGAM (RAKH) WETLAND CONSERVATION RESERVE ; HANLE PLAINS/MARSHES WETLAND CONSERVATION RESERVE ; HEMIS HIGH ALTITUDE NATIONAL PARK ; HIRPORA WILDLIFE SANCTUARY ; HOKARSAR WETLAND CONSERVATION RESERVE ; KISHTWAR NATIONAL PARK ; LACHIPORA WILDLIFE SANCTUARY ; LIMBER VALLEY WILDLIFE SANCTUARY ; MIRGUND JHEEL AND RESERVE ; OVERA-ARU WILDLIFE SANCTUARY ; PANGONG TSO ; RAMNAGAR WILDLIFE SANCTUARY ; SHALLABUGH CONSERVATION RESERVE ; TSO KAR BASIN ; TSO MORIRI LAKE AND ADJACENT MARSHES ; WULAR LAKE AND ASSOCIATED MARSHES ; GHARANA WETLAND RESERVE ; PROPOSED IBAS- AHARBAL-KOUNSARNAG FORESTS ; GUREZ VALLEY ; KANJI WILDLIFE SANCTUARY ; RANGDUM ; SHESHERA RESERVE FOREST ; SHIKARGAH CONSERVATION RESERVE, TRAL ; SURU VALLEY ; REFERENCES ; INDEX