The Central Karakorum National Park was declared a National Park in 1993, but only in 2014, thanks to the SEED Project, was the final version of the Management Plan implemented and of-ficially approved by the Gilgit Baltistan Government.
In 2014 the Park became fully operational. The SEED (Socio Economic and Environmental Development) Project, carried out by EvK2CNR, in collaboration with KIU (Karakorum International University), fully financed by the Governments of Italy and Pakistan through PIDSA (Pakistan Italian Debt for Development Swap Agreement), aims at an integrative development of the CKNP region. Among their many activities, this has involved the establishment of the CKNP and its Directorate, the support to KIU, as well as the promotion of sustainable income generating activities, thus improving well-being and livelihood options of local people residing in proximity to the National Park.
