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- ↑ "BirdLife Data Zone". datazone.birdlife.org. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
- 1 2 "J&K ENVIS | Official Website of J&K ENVIS Centre - Environment Related Information of Jammu and Kashmir". jkenvis.org. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
- ↑ "Limber (Kazinag or Qazinag) Wildlife Sanctuary". WildTrails | The One-Stop Destination for all your Wildlife Holidays. 2017-09-23. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
- ↑ "J&K notifies Tatakuti WLS for the endangered markhor". WTI. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
- ↑ "Relief materials distributed in Limber WLS". WTI. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
- ↑ https://www.preventionweb.net/files/2748_JammuIndiaReport.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]