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ACT XIV OF 2014 ACT XIV OF 2014 BALOCHISTAN WILDLIFE (PROTECTION, PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT) ACT, 2014 An Act to provide protection, preservation, conservation, sustainable and management to the Wildlife, and establishment and management of protection areas in the Province of Balochistan. [Gazette of Balochistan, Extraordinary, 28th March, 2014] CHAPTER VII PROTECTED AREAS 36. Wildlife Sanctuary.---(1) The Government may designate any State owned area of land, wetland, coast and/or sea as a Wildlife Sanctuary to-- (a) provide for safety, undisturbed breeding, feeding, staging and wintering of all resident or migratory species of wild animals therein, and meeting other requirements during critical stages in life cycle for maintaining their optimal populations through minimal intervention; or (b) manage mainly for conservation through active intervention so as to ensure the maintenance of habitats to meet the requirements of specific species; or (c) entry or habitation, livestock grazing, land cultivation and fuel wood collection in a Sanctuary will be permissible to the bona fide communities, only for their subsistence, in a manner as may be prescribed. (2) In a Wildlife Sanctuary, no person shall do any act prohibited in section 34 (8): Provided that the Government, for scientific purposes, improvement of habitat, enhancing the populations of native wild animal or plant species or accommodating traditional uses by local communities that are compatible with the objectives of setting up a Wildlife Sanctuary, may-- (a) undertake measures to reduce fire-hazard, epidemic or insect attack or other natural calamities; (b) authorize doing of any of the prohibited acts, if un armful to a Wildlife Sanctuary and the wild animals therein, subject to approval of Government; (c) authorize doing of any of the prohibited acts, if un-harmful to a Wildlife Sanctuary and the wild animals therein, on specific recommendation of the Council endorsing the explicit written request made by the Head of the Department justifying the need for such action and certifying that it will not impair the management objectives, and that it is in accordance with the rules; and (d) allow traditional uses, if un-harmful to Wildlife Sanctuary or wild animals therein, or readjust the rights of the local people, if any, in such a manner as appropriate but shall not allow perpetuation of rights or concessions.