Justification for Proposed: Shah Foladi Mountain Landscape Conservation Area
Publisher: NEPA
Date: 2014
Topics: Land, Renewable Resources
Countries: Afghanistan
The Shah Foladi area is a landscape of outstanding natural beauty. It forms part of the Koh-e
Baba mountain range, which stretches over Bamyan and Wardak provinces in Afghanistan’s
central highlands. Standing at an impressive 5,050 m high, the Shah Foladi peak is the crown of the Koh-e Baba mountain range. The area exhibits a diverse range of habitats, species, and human settlements, and along with the nearby city of Bamyan, famed for its UNESCO World Heritage Cultural Site. This mountain range is the geological and geomorphological core of Afghanistan’s Central Highlands.