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35°29′N 74°46′E / 35.483°N 74.767°E 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[citation needed] and is home to a number of rare species of wildlife, such as the Astor markhor (a species of ibex) and the snow leopard.[1] Dofana Mountain and several forests are nearby.[2] Hunting permits are available.[3]
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.[4][5][6][7]
The people of Dashkin engage in some traditional sports like swimming, riding, hunting, kabadi, basra and rasa kashi. The village has many natural resources, and the Dichil Nallah of Dashkin has many gemstones.[citation needed] The people of Dashkin has active political role in Gilgit-Baltistan since independence.[citation needed]
- ^ https://www.huntsmanhome.com/pakistan/; https://issuu.com/nazishmunir/docs/conservation_chronicles_2020; Sheraz Taimouri https://www.thegef.org/sites/default/files/web-documents/10529_BD_PIF_v1.pdf
- ^ https://portals.iucn.org/library/sites/library/files/documents/2003-095_6.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ http://www.wilddocu.de/flare-horned-markhor-capra-falconeri-falconeri/; https://www.huntsmanhome.com/pakistan/
- ^ https://www.iucn.org/sites/dev/files/import/downloads/nasoed.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Northern areas: State of Environment and Development Plan". 12 May 2016.
- ^ https://portals.iucn.org/library/sites/library/files/documents/2003-095_6.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Mountain Areas Conservancy Project (MACP)".