The Central Karakoram National Park (CKNP), the largest protected area in Pakistan spread over 10,000 sq. km covering four districts in Gilgit Baltistan province, could well be the country’s most charming and sustainable tourist destination if a community-driven programme of conservation gets its way.
According to Raffaele Del Cima, Country Operation Manager and Project Director of the Pakistan-Italy government-funded project Social, Economic and Environmental Development (SEED) for the CKNP, 40 per cent of the area is covered by glaciers and it has a unique environment with rare flora and fauna. The project focuses on villages on the boundaries of the park and they are a doorstep to the CKNP, dubbed a park between the earth and the sky.
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The area is known for its ancient tradition of woodcraft. Many non government organisations including the Alpine Club of Pakistan, WWF and the Aga Khan Rural Support Programme support the project.
via SEEDs being sown to manage ‘park between earth and sky’ – The Hindu.
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