Pakistan parks project lets communities tend the land and keep jobs
As farmers and (poorly) protected wildlife parks clash, a new initiative is protecting the environment while creating sustainable jobs
19 July 2020 - 10:26
Islamabad — For 20 years, Khunjerab National Park was a point of tension between Pakistan’s government — which established the park in 1975 as a sanctuary for rare species — and locals who had grazed their livestock on the land for generations.
As disputes over the land raged, poachers decimated Khunjerab’s wildlife, villagers say — until 1995, when local people and the authorities decided to work together to better protect the park...
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