Sindh Wildlife Protection, Preservation, Conservation and Management Act, 2020.

This Act is enacted to make provision for protection, conservation, preservation, sustainable use of wildlife for establishment, management and maintenance of protected in the Province of Sindh.
The Government shall establish the Sindh Council for Conservation of Wildlife. Function's of the Council include: (a) to give vision and guidance for sustainability of wildlife; (b) to promote cooperation, co-ordinance and collaboration amongst stakeholders of wildlife; (c} to organize awareness campaigns, sernmars, etc; ( d) fund raising for wildlife improvement. The Wildlife Department of Sindh Goverment may decide any state land, waste land, reservation or protected forest as a whole portion thereof, as protected area (Art.3). Article 9 provides for the actions prohibited in the protected area and any wildlife habitat inluding: (a) hunting, shooting, killing, injuring, trapping, snaring and poisoning of wildlife found, therein; (b) polluting, poisoning, draining or diverting the water resource for the purpose other than the purpose which is essential for health of wildlife; etc. No person shall hunt, kill, trap and capture, or smuggle, possess and trade in wildlife such as mammals, birds, reptiles or parts thereof unless permitted (Art.21). No person shall trade in captive breed animals, wildlife trophies or meat, or process or manufacture goods or articles from trophies or meat, unless he be in possession of a valid license issued under the provisions of this Act (Art.53). Confiscated CITES species of wild flora and fauna, shall be repatriated and or handed over to country of origin on request via CITES management authority of Pakistan (Art.63).
The Act further maks provisions, inter alia, for: establishemnt of national park, game reserve, and wildlife sactuary; regulation of hunting; import and export of captive breed animals; offences and penalties; etc.