There is a beautiful village with the pleasant weather through out the year, on the top of a 5000 feet high mountain at the Northern bank of River Haro. This village is called Dubran.

Location: Dubran village is situated at N 33” 55’ 05.5” and E 73” 07” 48.3” some 35 Kms in Southeast of Haripur town on the Lora-Ghora Gali road. The elevation of the village is 4215 ft. Dubran village is situated, with Haro River in the South, Neelan nullah in East, Kunhad nullah in the West and Langrial village in the North. The village of Dubran comprises of 17 Hamlets scattered over ridges surrounding the main village. Population: It is home to around 6000 people comprising about 500 households. Peoples/Tribes: Ethnically there are two main casts. Sardars Karral (30%) and Awan (70% including Dhoonds, Pakhrals, Gangals, Dhamials and others). Literacy: Thirty percent males and less than 20% females are literate. Two primary schools, one each for boys and girls provide basic education to the local children. A private co-education school fosters education up to middle level. Students use to walk around 3 km daily to reach the High School at Langrial village for secondary education Health/Other Facilities: No proper health facilities are available. District government has been providing electricity. The village being heavily de-vegetated. Most of the precipitation runs off the surface in to surrounding streams causing acute water shortage in the locality. People use to drink rain and snowmelt water collected in artificial ponds and reservoirs throughout the year. A water supply scheme costing about Rs.150,00,000 was lunched by the Government, which failed to fulfill the requirements of the village community due to its poor plan/design. District government constructed a black top road in 1986-87. It is in the worst condition at present.

Sources of Income: Employment is the main source of income. However, 30% people, mostly illiterate, old and women are engaged in agro-pastoral activities. Land is partially owned by community. Livestock rearing, subsistence agriculture, rural women mostly carry out fuel wood, fodder and water collection etc. When Wheat and maize are the commonly grown crops. The village is rain-fed but soil is fertile enough to produce above average crop yields (1.6 tons per acre). Forests/Wildlife: The area falls under sub-tropical leaved scrub/one, the dominant forest species are Kao (Olea ferrugineac), Phulic (Acacia Modesta) and Sanatha (Dodonea Visosa) are the common forest species. Scattered trees of cheer pine indicate a sparse population once existed in the area. Around 15 years old cheer pine plantation by FDC and UNHCR cover some 300 acres of the communal land. There are different wildlife species like common leopard Banking Deer, Grey goral, Fox, wild cat, jackal and birds like black partridges, Chakur, Falcons and cheer pheasants in the area. Mostly a family of common leopard is sighted around the village. Dubran being corridor between Margallah Hills National Park (MHNP) and Ayubia National Park (ANP) provides a passage to the wildlife (particularly) common leopard) of the two Protected Areas. Now it is vital to manage the habitat in such a manner to ensure the safe mobility of the wildlife through this corridor. Threats to the Natural Resources: The community of Dubran heavily depends on natural resources for their livelihood. Locals critically threaten forests, rangelands and wildlife through over exploitation and mismanagement. People use to collect fuel wood; folder, timber and medicinal herbs form the scattered forest patches and graze their livestock on rangelands throughout the year. The ever-increase population has been exerting tremendous pressure on natural resource causing deforestation, habitat destruction and slope degradation. Consequently, the forest cover has totally vanished leaving bare steeps with accelerated soil erosion and run off, which ultimately check recharging of the perennial springs and create water shortage in the area. Transhumance, particularly the nomadic intrusion into the Beer forests during winter season is another escalating threat to the local resource base. Gujars coming from Kaghan and Kashmir valleys stay illegally in the reserve forests with their herds for quite long periods. Locals are of the view that the grazers often bribe the forest guards and seek permission to graze the reserve forestland. Illegal hunting of wildlife both for subsistence and commercial motives is common in the area and threaten ecologically significant wildlife species. Grey goral, Banking deer, wildcat and common leopard are at the verge of local extinction. Nomads not only deplete rangelands but also pose threat to wildlife, especially predators. They use to position predators in retaliation against depredation on livestock, which often results in massive genocide of the wildlife, especially the scavengers like vultures and jackals. Ninety-five jackals poisoned at a time during 2003 is a worst example of mass destruction by herders in the village. Sometimes nomads also provide poison to local shepherds, which further increase threat to wildlife of the area. Recently, a common leopard cub was killed near a hamlet. Nomads and local grazers lit fires to burn unpalatable forge, which ultimately get out of control and burns forest and rangelands to ash. Dubran being corridor between Margallah Hills National Park (MHNP) and Ayubia National Park (ANP) provides a passage to the wildlife (particularly) common leopard) of the two Protected Areas. Now it is vital to manage the habitat in such a manner to ensure the safe mobility of the wildlife through this corridor. Unfortunately, due to its remoteness and desolate isolation, forest department does not pay proper care. As a result, the forest resources and habitat of important wildlife are deteriorating very rapidly. Now it is needed to stop the further degradation of these natural resources. The Dubran Mountain is surrounded by Haro River and it’s tributaries. Sarban, Thandiani, Kalabagh Gallyat and Muree hills are visible from here. As a whole it is a beautiful place. This village could be the best place for tourists if developed.