YAFCAD

The Association for the Conservation and Development of Hemis National Park (YAFCAD PST, established in India in 1981) has its objectives: promoting responsible tourism approaches with the minimum impact on biodiversity and populations; promoting economic opportunities for young people in the tourism, crafts, agriculture, livestock, education and health sectors; preserving secular religious monuments and sites of scientific interest; raising public awareness of the conservation of the ecosystem and its biodiversity; support research on biodiversity, ecology.