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The Fann Mountains: Tourism, Ecology, and Pressure
The Fann Mountains rise like a sudden wall from the Zeravshan Valley, their jagged limestone peaks and turquoise lakes drawing both mountaineers and local families during the brief, luminous summers. Tucked in northwestern Tajikistan between the Zeravshan and Gissar ranges, this compact but dramatic mountain system has become one of the country’s primary destinations for…
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Wetlands for Migratory Birds
In southern Tajikistan, along the lower reaches of the Panj and Amu Darya, there are marshy patches, reed belts, and seasonally flooded meadows. To wander through these wetlands in spring is to step into one of the great migratory highways of Central Asia: a place where birds pause to rest and refuel before continuing across…
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Riverine Fisheries: Decline and Adaptation
On the lower reaches of Tajikistan’s rivers, as spring runoff gives way to summer flows, fishermen gather at dawn along the banks with nets, handlines, and aging wooden boats. Their activity is both timeless and newly fragile. Riverine fisheries, which once was an abundant, integral part of local livelihoods and riparian ecosystems have been steadily…
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The Yaghnob Valley: A Cultural and Ecological Enclave
To enter the Yaghnob Valley is to step sideways in both space and time. The road narrows into a dirt track, winding along the turquoise Yaghnob River as cliffs rise steeply on both sides. Occasional suspension bridges sway above the current, linking clusters of stone houses perched on alluvial terraces. At dawn, mist lingers over…
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Pistachio Forests in Decline: Cultural Landscapes Vanishing
In valleys of southern Tajikistan, slopes once draped in pistachio and almond trees whisper of a vanished abundance. Now, the forests appear thinner, patchy, edged by bare rock and scrub. To walk these slopes is to walk memory and erosion together. The pistachio forest is not simply ecological, it is a cultural landscape, a human-shaped…
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