Some of the IDīs are linked to photos:
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ID |
Name of Site |
FMU |
Project Start |
Longitude |
Latitude |
Altitude |
Trees |
Usage before |
Inter- cropping |
Free Grazing |
Remarks |
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1 |
Sarayote (Gakuch Bala) |
Punyal |
1995 |
73° 44' 40" |
36° 09' 24" |
2550 m (highest point) |
47.800 (in 1997) local poplar, willow, robinia |
stony slope, grazing |
partially |
no problem |
shortage of water, planted in no pattern, two trees in same spot to mark border of land owned by individual households |
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2 |
Damass Intiaz |
Punyal |
1994 |
73° 43' 47" |
36° 12' 13" |
1970 m (center) |
(in 19XX) local poplar |
terraced fields |
yes |
no problem (fenced in by wall) |
plantation owned by an individual, growing trees to save water for more productive fields |
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3 |
Golo Dass |
Punyal |
1991 |
73° 45' 35" |
36° 12' 20" |
2000 m (lowest point) |
146.200 (in 1997) local poplar, robinia, |
barren riverbed |
no alfalfa |
no problem |
first AKRSP demonstration block plantation in Punyal, straight rows, while poplars grow fine robinia are too small |
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4 |
Bar Jungle Imit |
Punyal |
1991 |
73° 50' 39" |
36° 26' 12" |
2210 m (highest point) |
6.400 (in 1997) local poplar |
barren riverbed, partly terraced fields |
yes |
no problem |
demonstration plot for proper spacing, afforestation on fields due to "social fallow", naturally growing seabuckthorn |
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Borth Imit |
Punyal |
1997 |
74° 03' 53" |
36° 34' 56" |
2760 m (center) |
40.000 (in 1998) local poplar |
dry pasture |
no alfalfa |
no problem |
trees planted in rows, poplars are not affected by cold climate and snow cover |
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6 |
Hathun |
Punyal |
1991 |
73° 45' 33" |
36° 15' 46" |
1950 m (highest point) |
71.000 (in 1997) local poplar, robinia, some willows, |
afforested riverbed |
no alfalfa |
no problem |
people started planting trees in 1981 by themselves after running out of firewood, naturally growing seabuckthorn |
|
Gindai Yasin |
Gupis |
1992 |
73° 23' 37" |
36° 17' 58" |
2180 m (center) |
18.400 (in 1997) local poplar, russian-olive, willow |
old riverbed |
no alfalfa |
no problem |
sandy soil, high water table suited for willows, community plantation, poplars are growing slower than in other places (have been planted as "sets" - without roots), two trees in same spot to mark border, naturally growing russian olive, wild willow, Tamarix, seabuckthorn |
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8 |
Barkulti Paeen Yasin |
Gupis |
1991 |
73° 23' 00" |
36° 27' 42" |
2380 m (center) |
68.200 (in 1996) local poplar, willow |
barren riverbed |
no alfalfa |
yes |
land was donated by the local Mir to the community, people |
|
9 |
Barkulti Par Yasin |
Gupis |
1991 |
73° 24' 14" |
36° 29' 15" |
2620 m (highest point) |
44.100 (in 1995) willow, local poplar, robinia, russian-olive |
stony slope, grazing |
no alfalfa |
no problem |
trees planted in counter-trenches, problem with erosion along channel, salt efflorescence on southern aspects, this especially affect willows |
|
Sultanabad Yasin |
Gupis |
1991 |
73° 22' 14" |
36° 26' 11" |
2370 m (center) |
21.300 (in 1997) local poplar, willow, robinia |
barren riverbed |
no alfalfa |
no problem |
double protected against free grazing by fencing and growing three different (if they do survive, there will be as little competition between them as possible) trees at one spot , bark of single trees along roadside is protected by wrapped cloth |
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11 |
Gutomas |
Punyal |
1995 |
73° 52' 25" |
36° 07' 26" |
1790 m (center) |
26.400 (in 1997) local poplar, quetta-pine, willow, robinia |
barren riverbed |
no alfalfa |
no problem |
quetta-pines are too dry and small - should try another specie, very stony soil, naturally growing seabuckthorn |
|
12 |
Thing Dass |
Punyal |
1995 |
73° 45' 34" |
36° 11' 34" |
1760 m (center) |
17.000 (in 1997) local poplar |
barren riverbed |
no alfalfa |
no problem |
divided private land, naturally growing tamarix, seabuckthorn |
|
13 |
Shutin Dass |
Nagar |
1996 |
74° 19' 02" |
36° 17' 45" |
2010 m (highest point) |
34.700 (in 1997) local poplar, robinia, russian-olive, willow |
barren slope, grazing |
yes |
yes (big problem) |
first cultivation of alfalfa then afforestation, trees are growing slow because they have been planted as "sets", silty and little stony soil |
|
Gulmat |
Nagar |
1996 |
74° 27' 40" |
36° 14' 31" |
1950 m (center) |
23.000 (in 1997) local poplar, robinia, ailenthus |
stony slope except a patch of old afforestation |
no alfalfa |
no problem |
previously existing channel has been widened, a lot of grass and naturally growing seabuckthorn |
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15 |
Chamalling |
Nagar |
1997 |
74° 44' 25" |
36° 15' 51" |
2460 m (center) |
25.000 (in 1998) local poplar |
dangerous landslide area |
yes |
no more |
different sorts of grass displace alfalfa, naturally growing seabuckthorn |
|
16 |
Ahmedabad |
Hunza |
1992 |
74° 43' 42" |
36° 18' 06" |
2200 m (center) |
34.400 (in 1998) local poplar |
barren riverbed |
no alfalfa |
improving |
no channel has been constructed, free grazing decreasing due to "social fencing", naturally growing seabuckthorn |
|
17 |
Aliabad (Taltaq Dass) |
Hunza |
1997 |
74° 35' 53" |
36° 17' 54" |
2410 m (highest point) |
160.000 (in 1998) local poplar, russian-olive, robinia, deodar, blue-pine, 200 walnut-trees |
stony slope, grazing |
no alfalfa |
no problem (2 appointed watchmen) |
existing channel extended, rich diversity of trees, blue-pine doing well, sometimes four trees in one spot, the villagers don't want to pay the watchmen earning Rs 1000/ month in future, naturally growing wild mulberry, seabuckthorn |
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18 |
Farmanabad |
Hunza |
1997 |
74° 36' 47" |
36° 17' 12" |
2070 m (center) |
27.100 (in 1998) local poplar, robinia |
barren riverbed, site for taking sand as building material |
no alfalfa |
yes |
very sandy dry riverbed, high water table, no channel has been constructed but some metal pipes draining the fields of an upper river terrace are leading towards the plantation, robinia is doing very well |
|
19 |
Chilmish Dass |
Gilgit |
19XX |
74° 19' 35" |
35° 58' 32" |
1570 m (center) |
(in 19XX) robinia, local poplar |
barren riverbed, site for taking sand as building material |
no alfalfa |
no problem |
very sandy dry riverbed, trees provided by both forest department and AKRSP, planted by community, no fence, flood-irrigation, robinia is doing very well |
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20 |
Jutal Paeen |
Gilgit |
1991 |
74° 17' 32" |
36° 01' 49" |
1610 m (highest point) |
6.200 (in 1997) local poplar, robinia, russian-olive, few willows |
barren riverbed |
no alfalfa |
no problem |
inclined with lot of huge boulders, prevented the villagers to convert it into fields as done in nearby leveled area, naturally growing grass, tamarix, wild mulberry, seabuckthorn |
|
21 |
Thole Dass |
Gilgit |
1997 |
74° 10' 43" |
36° 01' 09" |
1650 m (center) |
25.000 (in 1998) robinia, local poplar |
side arm of river, grazing |
no alfalfa |
yes |
villagers want to construct a dam to protect plantation against flooding river, 30 to 40 cm spacing and furrow-irrigation like in a nursery, channel severely damaged by earthquake in February 1999, "social fencing" no measure to control goats of neighboring village, naturally growing grass, tamarix and seabuckthorn |
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22 |
Chira Paeen Bagrot |
Gilgit |
1997 |
74° 33' 24" |
36° 01' 28" |
2470 m (lowest point) |
25.300 (in 1997) local poplar, blue-pine, deodar, willow, robinia, ailenthus |
stony slope |
no alfalfa |
no problem (2 appointed watchmen) |
trees planted in contour-trenches, little steep terraces, two watchmen (father and son) paid Rs.6000 a year, poplars and deodars too close to each other - they say only planted on trial, leakage in newly constructed channel, wild artemisia growing |
|
Hanuchal Haramosh |
Gilgit |
1993 |
74° 42' 48" |
35° 50' 36" |
1410 m (center) |
8.200 (in 1997) local poplar, robinia, mulberry, russian-olive |
stony slope |
patches intercropped with alfalfa |
some problems |
distributed patches of plantations over a stretch of three miles, first plantations of AKRSP in the region - people didn't plant in any regular intervals, applying a layer of mud on the bark as protection against livestock |
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24 |
Jalalabad Riverbed Plantation |
Gilgit |
1998 |
74° 29' 50" |
35° 51' 53" |
1360 m (center) |
16.000 (in 1998) local poplar, russian-olive, mulberry, willow, robinia, ailenthus |
barren riverbed, no grazing |
no alfalfa |
no problem (appointed watchman) |
watchman is paid Rs.400/ month, very difficult access, naturally growing grass, Tamarix and seabuckthorn |
|
25 |
Ayeenabad Gojal |
Hunza |
1992 |
74° 51' 51" |
36° 18' 55" |
2400 m (center) |
19.000 (in 1998) local poplar, robinia, willow, russian-olive |
stony slope, grazing |
no alfalfa |
no problem |
some patches with old plantations included, protected by stone wall, naturally growing seabuckthorn |
|
26 |
Passu Plantation |
Hunza |
1991 |
74° 53' 06" |
36° 29' 49" |
2510 m (center) |
90.000 (in 1998) local poplar, robinia, willow, russian-olive |
stony/ sandy riverbed |
no alfalfa |
no problem |
mixed with orchards, initially appointed watchman, naturally growing ephildra, seabuckthorn |
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27 |
Khaiber Center |
Hunza |
1991 |
74° 48' 02" |
36° 33' 25" |
2630 m (center) |
61.500 (in 1998) willow, local poplar, russian-olive |
loamy, limestone slope |
no alfalfa |
no problem |
planting new trees every year, in 1999 a last plantation of 20.000 trees is scheduled, difficult access along channel recently filled with debris, plantation in good condition |
|
Ghalapan Women Plantation |
Hunza |
1996 |
74° 51' 50" |
36° 35' 37" |
2790 m (lowest point) |
15.800 (in 1998) local poplar, willow, blue-pine |
stony slope, grazing |
no alfalfa |
no problem |
channel of Ghalapan Men Plantation extended, ownership of land was given to women, each day one person of the 18 households of the village takes care of all livestock, naturally growing artemisia |
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29 |
Ghalapan Men Plantation |
Hunza |
1991 |
74° 51' 44" |
36° 35' 51" |
2780 m (lowest point) |
20.600 (in 1998) willow, robinia, local poplar |
stony slope, grazing |
yes |
no problem |
each day one person of the 18 households of the village takes care of all livestock, naturally growing artemisia |
|
30 |
Moorkhon Plantation |
Hunza |
1992 |
74° 52' 19" |
36° 36' 56" |
2830 m (lowest point) |
43.700 (in 1998) local poplar, different types of willow |
stony slope, grazing |
yes |
no problem |
lower part first woman plantation, upper part men plantation, planting new trees every year, each day one person of the village takes care of all livestock, naturally growing ephildra, seabuckthorn, |
|
31 |
Jamalabad Riverside Plantation |
Hunza |
1996 |
74° 50' 57" |
36° 37' 58" |
2760 m (center) |
39.000 (in 1998) local poplar, willow |
sandy riverbed |
no alfalfa |
no problem |
trees planted by men and women together, no grazing due to inaccessibility (small bridge over Hunza River) |
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32 |
Sost Riverbed New Plantation |
Hunza |
1996 |
74° 50' 16" |
36° 40' 09" |
2800 m (center) |
41.000 (in 1998) willow, local poplar |
very stony riverbed |
no alfalfa |
no problem |
small channel from Hunza River constructed, danger of flooding, land distributed to households, intercropping with alfalfa scheduled in summer 1999, The old plantation irrigated by tunnel could not be visited |
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33 |
Nasirabad |
Hunza |
1991 |
74° 31' 19" |
36° 15' 44" |
2200 m (highest point)) |
(in 19XX) robinia, local poplar, blue-pine |
stony slope, no grazing |
yes |
no problem |
trees planted in contour-trenches in irrigated furrows, slow growth due to shortage of water (water is conveyed by siphon from Nagar!), blue-pine planted in the top furrows, strict "social fencing", naturally growing seabuckthorn. |