Abstract:
Deforestation is one of the obstinate environmental problems globally. Pakistan, being a developing nation also
encompasses crisis of depletion of forest reserves. The rising climate change consequences remain the primary culprit behind
this phenomenon. The present study intends to focus attention on one of the threatened vegetation types, the Conifer forests and
their consequent reduction in area during the last two decades. GIS techniques have been employed to analyze the change
detection in various regions and provinces of Pakistan. The results of current study indicated that Conifer forests have been
declining at the rate of 1.27% per annum since 1992, showing negative trends due to various causes associated with climate
change i.e. increase in temperature and decrease in rainfall. So, the need for the conservation of these forests should be the basic
task to accomplish order to avoid their vulnerability against various environmental and socio economic disturbances
