Khunjerav National Park

[Khunjerav National Park @Khunjerav]

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Artists form China’s Xinjiang province performs during Khunjerav Pamir Cultural Festival held in summer 2015, Along the border of China and Pakistan, some fifteen thousand feet above sea level at Khunjerav pass.
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[Khunjerav National Park @Khunjerav]

The trophy hunting program should be minimized to save the endangered species.

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Khanjrab Top❣️

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[Alpine Adventure Guides @Alpine_Pakistan]

K2, Broad Peak, Gasherbrum IV and Gasherbrum VI Godwin Austin Glacier view from Concordia.

[Khan_Wahid @Gadayi_guman]

My take on climate crisis in Chitral (some of which I discussed in an online session today):

- There is not much we can do to mitigate climate change cuz of our vulnerable geography with 545 glaciers hanging on our heads. We are already in the crisis- the melting phase.
- Climate change for Chitral is structurally unjust! We do not have the capacity to deal with the increasing vulnerabilities that we have never seen before. Many disasters are new disasters for us due to the changing rain patterns and increasing temperatures. We are still processing and trying to make sense but the clock is ticking.
- We are quite helpless and marginalised in the face of climate emergency. We do not have early warning systems, insurances or any other support to deal with pre and post disaster situations.
- Climate displacement will only increase with time. We need proper planning for where to move and how to start a new life in new places.
- Climate anxiety is influencing young people more than anything yet it is still out of discussion for us just like any other mental health issue- mostly cuz we do not have the professional capacity to deal with it.

Here are a few suggestions:

- We need to rethink our infrastructure in the light of the disasters we see every year. We need to make bridges, safety walls, roads and houses according to a proper environmental assesment. We have seen so many projects and houses getting washed away due to poor planning.

- Local wisdom for climate adaptation and nature-based-solutions need to be highlighted and implemented in climate projects. I have seen so many gov and NGO project fail because they brought external “consultant” who are arrogant and do not communicate with the locals.

- I cannot emphasise enough the need for disaster management set up in every village or at least union council. Floods block all the roads and people do not get any help for days cuz all the offices and NGOs are based in the town areas. The local set up should be run by trained locals who can immidetiely interfere and should also be given the mechanical help to change the routes of water, etc.

- Chitral produces clean energy. We need subsidised electricity so that people do not cut wood for fuel and architecture. There should be no need to cut old trees instead of planting more trees.

- Finally, we have to prioritise climate crisis instead of waiting for floods and avalanches every year. We know these events will happen and we have to be proactive. We cannot shut our eyes hoping for things to get better and later get hit by floods. We are in the water and we will have to find ways to swim along.

Of course there is more, and this is only the start of the discussion. We should continue talking climate change and climate adoptation.

Picture: Chitiboi glacier in Upper Yarkhoon.

[HUNZA @workfromhunza]

Altit Fort Hunza😍

[Araib Ali Baig @The_North_Blood]

Indus (Sindhu) River and its Delta Skardu-Baltistan.

[The Northerner @northerner_the]

He climbs 8000ers without O2 & with his skies, and then ski down the mountain from summit to base. He is one of his kind, now he has skied down all Karakoram Peaks above 8000ers.
This one was Gashabrum-2 8035m. He did it in a style #Mountain

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Thorchay Meadows Gilgit Baltistan Pakistan ❤

[Iqbal Rumi @IqbalRumi10]

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#khunjerav @Khunjerav

[Araib Ali Baig @The_North_Blood]

Mintaka Pass Hunza Gilgit. 1918. from the sub-continent of #Pakistan and #India to #Pamir. A stop on the route to #CentralAsia, #China, and #Russia, which was close to the Wakhan Corridor, the latter Silk Road (Karakoram Highway), was created in 1978 through Khunjerab Pass.

[PakistanTravelGuide @PakTravelGuide]

نیلے پانی کی یا جھیل سچ میں ایک عجوبہ ہے۔ آپ کو ایک بار تو آنا چاہیے، پیکج لو یا نہ لو اپنی مرضی ہے

[Araib Ali Baig @The_North_Blood]

رنگ تیرا چمن میں بوُ تیری
خوب دیکھا تو ب��غباں توُ ہے
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گلگت بلتستان میں موسم بہار کی آمد آمد خوش آمدید موسم بہار۔
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Gilgit Baltistan Blossom 🌼🌸

#GilgitBaltistan #SpringFestival #blossomgarden #Blossom

[Gilgit Baltistan Tourism. @GBTourism_]

انتہائی خوبصورت شاہراہوں کا جنکشن پوائنٹ❤️🇵🇰
سکردو کے لیے دائیں طرف جانے والی سڑک اور بائیں سے KKH گلگت ، غذر ، ہنزہ کی طرف ۔
📸تحسین رازی

[Rupal Expeditions @rupalexpedition]

Pak China Border The Great Khunjerab Pass
#Pakistan #China #border

[PakistanTourAndTravel @Paktourntravel]

Khunjerab top, Pakistan 🇵🇰

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[Visit GB @Mahrukh09297748]

#KhunjerabNationalPark is a #NationalPark in #GilgitBaltistan, #Pakistan. Khunjerab National Park is Pakistan's third largest national park and is adjacent to the Taxkorgan Natural Reserve in China. #khunjerab #beautifulPakistan #amazingplacestovisit
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[Travelot @Travelotpk]

Exploring the Khunjerab Pass | Pakistan-China Border in Gilgit-Baltistan | Travelot

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[Syed Rizwan Mehboob @syedrizwanmehb1]

My short video of a group of Himalayan Ibex crossing a frozen stream at 14000ft altitude in Khunjerab National Park today - trophy horn rams, hinds & kids, all silhouetted against early morning sun in the celestial white snow ( Temp minus 19 so it was tough to hold camera)

[Syed Rizwan Mehboob @syedrizwanmehb1]

"To jump or not to jump down the ptecipitous rock wall, that is the question"
Innocent Himalayan Ibex kid's dilemma at Khunjerab National Park