Dashkin

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[1] and is home to a number of rare species of wildlife, such as the Astor markhor (a species of ibex) and the snow leopard.[2] Dofana Mountain and several forests are nearby.[3] Hunting permits are available.[4]

In 2003, the International Union of Nature Conservation launched a pilot to test the concept of community-based forest management in the Dashkin–pachora_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.[5][6][7][8]

References
  1. http://trip-suggest.com/pakistan/gilgit-baltistan/damot/
  2. https://www.huntsmanhome.com/pakistan/; https://issuu.com/nazishmunir/docs/conservation_chronicles_2020; https://www.thegef.org/sites/default/files/web-documents/10529_BD_PIF_v1.pdf
  3. https://portals.iucn.org/library/sites/library/files/documents/2003-095_6.pdf
  4. http://www.wilddocu.de/flare-horned-markhor-capra-falconeri-falconeri/; https://www.huntsmanhome.com/pakistan/
  5. https://www.iucn.org/sites/dev/files/import/downloads/nasoed.pdf
  6. https://www.slideshare.net/zubeditufail/northern-areas-state-of-environment-and-development-plan
  7. https://portals.iucn.org/library/sites/library/files/documents/2003-095_6.pdf
  8. https://www.thegef.org/project/mountain-areas-conservancy-project-macp


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