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| name = Karakoram Wildlife Sanctuary
| alt_name = Karakoram (Nubra Shyok) Wildlife Sanctuary
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The '''Karakoram Wildlife Sanctuary''', also known as the '''Karakoram (Nubra Shyok) Wildlife Sanctuary''' or the '''Karakoram (Saichen Shyok) Wildlife Sanctuary''' is a high altitude [[Wildlife sanctuaries of India|wildlife sanctuary]] located in the easternmost reaches of the [[Karakoram]] range in [[Leh district]], in the [[India]]n union territory of [[Ladakh]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Protected Area Gazette Notification Database (Jammu & Kashmir)|url=http://wiienvis.nic.in/Database/Jammu_and_Kashmir_7824.aspx|access-date=2020-09-30|website=wiienvis.nic.in}}</ref> It was established in 1987 and covers an area of about {{Convert|5000|km2|ha|abbr=}}.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Wildlife Sanctuaries|url=http://wiienvis.nic.in/Database/wls_8230.aspx|access-date=2020-09-30|website=wiienvis.nic.in}}</ref> It is important as one of the few places in India with a migratory population of the [[Chiru]] or ''Tibetan Antelope''.

== About ==
The Karakoram Wildlife Sanctuary, established in 1987, is managed by the Wildlife Warden in Kargil, Ladakh. It measures around {{Convert|5000|km2|ha|abbr=}}. It is classified as [[IUCN protected area categories#Category IV – Habitat/Species Management Area|IUCN protected area (category IV)]] by the [[World Conservation Monitoring Centre]]. The [[Botanical Survey of India]] has called the wildlife sanctuary as an "under explored area with regards to botanical knowledge". Karakoram Wildlife Sanctuary could become the "transboundary counterpart" of the [[Central Karakoram National Park]] in Gilgit Baltistan. If the Karakoram Wildlife Sanctuary is linked to the [[Siachen Peace Park]], it could become a [[World Heritage Site]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Tallone|first=Giuliano|date=September 2003|title=Siachen Peace Park: a case study for the valorisation of high mountain ecosystems|url=http://www.tbpa.net/docs/WPCGovernance/GuilianoTallone.pdf|access-date=30 September 2020|website=Global Transboundary Conservation Network (www.tbpa.net)}}</ref>

== Biodiversity ==

Being a cold desert area, the vegetation in Karakoram Wildlife Sanctuary is quite sparse. However, the ecological marginal conditions have employed some remarkable characteristics in these vegetation, which has high medicinal properties.

This Wildlife Sanctuary has been extensively surveyed by [[Chandra Prakash Kala]] for distribution of vegetation, including plants of medicinal values, across the environmental gradient and habitat types. Fifteen rare and endangered medicinal plant species have been discovered by CP Kala from this sanctuary, which are distributed over different habitat types. Arnebia euchroma, [[Bergenia stracheyi]], [[Ephedra gerardiana]], and [[Hyoscyamus niger|Hyoscymus Niger]] are the threatened but medicinally important plants occur in this wildlife sanctuary.<ref>[[Chandra Prakash Kala]] (2000). Status and conservation of rare and endangered medicinal plants in the Indian trans-Himalaya. Biological Conservation, 93: 371-379.</ref><ref>Kala, Chandra Prakash (2005). Indigenous uses, population density, and conservation of threatened medicinal plants in protected areas of the Indian Himalayas. Conservation Biology, 19 (2): 368-378.</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Leh district]]
[[Category:Wildlife sanctuaries in Ladakh]]
[[Category:1987 establishments in Jammu and Kashmir]]
[[Category:Protected areas established in 1987]]

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