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Village in Astore, Pakistan
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35°29′N 74°46′E / 35.483°N 74.767°E / 35.483; 74.767 Dashkin is a village in Astore, Pakistan. It is 85 km from Gilgit, the capital of Gilgit-Baltistan. It has over 5,000 inhabitants, primarily farmers and herdsmen.

The area is rich in gemstones and is home to a number of rare species of wildlife, such as the Astor markhor (a species of ibex) and the snow leopard. Dofana Mountain and several forests are nearby. Hunting permits are available.

In 2003, the International Union of Nature Conservation launched a pilot to test the concept of community-based forest management in the Dashkin–_Mushkin–Tarbuling Forest as part of the Mountain Areas Conservancy Project, an initiative aimed at sustaining biodiversity in Karakoram-Hindu Kush in the western Himalayan mountains in northern Pakistan.

References

  1. https://www.huntsmanhome.com/pakistan/ Archived 2021-01-12 at the Wayback Machine; https://issuu.com/nazishmunir/docs/conservation_chronicles_2020; Sheraz Taimouri https://www.thegef.org/sites/default/files/web-documents/10529_BD_PIF_v1.pdf
  2. https://portals.iucn.org/library/sites/library/files/documents/2003-095_6.pdf
  3. http://www.wilddocu.de/flare-horned-markhor-capra-falconeri-falconeri/; https://www.huntsmanhome.com/pakistan/ Archived 2021-01-12 at the Wayback Machine
  4. https://www.iucn.org/sites/dev/files/import/downloads/nasoed.pdf
  5. "Northern areas: State of Environment and Development Plan". 12 May 2016.
  6. https://portals.iucn.org/library/sites/library/files/documents/2003-095_6.pdf
  7. "Mountain Areas Conservancy Project (MACP)".
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