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Geoparks in Iran are a new and up-to-date instrument in geotope and landscape conservation. The overall aim, to protect prominent geotopes, is often linked with nature conservation areas and national parks. The connection between natural and cultural heritage (e. g. mining, traditional land use management, irrigation system etc.) is of particular importance. Terrestrial and marine Geoparks are important instruments for domestic tourism in Iran, which is the first country in the MENA-region to develop a comprehensive Geopark system. Within this system there is an enormous potential for growth.

CONTENTS: Jürgen Clemens: Rural Development in Northern Pakistan – Impacts of the Aga Khan Rural Support Programme Eckart Ehlers: Sustainability – Indigenous Knowlegde Systems and Traditional Land Uses. The Northern Areas of Pakistan as an Example Fazlur-Rahman: Community Organizations and Management of Natural Resources in the Northern Areas of Pakistan – A Study of Astor Valley Reinhard Fischer: Village – Valley – Nation. Integrating Mountain Communities into a Nationstate Hiltrud Herbers: Undernutrition and Heavy Workload in Northern Pakistan – Consequences for Production and Reproduction Arnd Holdschlag: Chitral – A Society between Irrigation, Isolation, and Migration – Some Observations from Lower Chitral and Tehsil Thorko Hermann Kreutzmann: Geolinguistic Variegation in the Eastern Hindukush and Karakoram Claudia Polzer / Matthias Schmidt: The Transformation of Political Structure in Shigar Valley / Baltistan Matthias Schmidt: The Utilization of Mountain Forests in the Bagrot Valley Georg Stöber: Structural Change and Domestic Agriculture in Yasin Andreas Dittmann / Fazlur-Rahman / Arnd Holdschlag: Chitral – Urban Development and Traditional Bazaar Structures