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 and is home to a number of rare species of wildlife, such as the Astor markhor (a subspecies of markhor) and the snow leopard. Dofana Mountain and several forests are nearby. Hunting permits are available.http://www.wilddocu.de/flare-horned-markhor-capra-falconeri-falconeri/
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.https://www.iucn.org/sites/dev/files/import/downloads/nasoed.pdf
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