Dashkin
Village in Astore, Pakistan
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35°29′N 74°46′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 subspecies of markhor) 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.[2][4][5][6]
