Explanation:

Recently, Army stationed at the Lachipora wildlife sanctuary organised a daylong awareness workshop in Lachipora.

The workshop was aimed at seeking different stakeholders to unite for promoting eco-tourism at Kazinag National Park.

One of the key highlights of the workshop was emphasis on the fact that there is a need to develop a synergy between PRIs, local villages heads, Army and Police to work in a holistic manner in the development of tourism and Markhor conservation.

The Markhor is a large Capra species native to Central Asia, Karakoram and the Himalayas.

Markhor are adapted to mountainous terrain, and can be found between 600 and 3,600 m (2,000 and 11,800 ft) in elevation.

They typically inhabit scrub forests made up primarily of oaks, pines, and junipers.

Hunting for meat as a means of subsistence or trade in wildlife parts adds to the growing problem for wildlife managers in many countries.

Poaching, with its indirect impacts as disturbance, increasing fleeing distances and resulting reduction of effective habitat size, is by far the most important factor threatening the survival of the markhor population.