Sh Dilaram Shabab, ex-MLA (Click to enlarge) To acknowledge his contribution, a brief excerpt from an article he wrote about the park, is shared below. GHNP could not have been established without the help of many individuals, including the living legend Mr Dileram Shabab. The park’s management team is extremely grateful to the local population for its role in conserving GHNP’s resources, and hopes to work in partnership with them into the future to protect this jewel of the Western Himalaya. Even in present times, it is hard to dream about protection of forests, without active contribution of the locals. GHNPCA’s forests have thus remained stable, threatened only by the advent of commercial harvesting of medicinal plants and other forest produce. This includes reliance upon trees, medicinal plants, meadows for livestock grazing, rivers and sacred groves. The area’s forests have historically supported the very survival of local residents, who continue to believe in sustainable harvesting, as regulated by social custom and religious belief, practice and myth. The native populations of forests across the globe have protected and conserved their environments since time immemorial, and the inhabitants of the Great Himalayan National Park Conservation Area (GHNPCA) are no exception.
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