Ukuqina kwezokuvakasha kufinyelela ezindaweni ezikude nezintaba zase-Asia Ephakathi, ezihlukaniswe nomhlaba wonke amakhulu eminyaka. Isifunda esiphakathi nendawo sezwekazi, esihlukaniswe izintaba ezinamandla zase Hindu Kush futhi i Himalaya. Abahambi abaningi ngokwengeziwe beza kulezi zindawo bathatheka ngamasiko abo ahlukile nangombukwane weMvelo.
Kepha ukungena kwabavakashi kanye nokushintshaniswa kwabo kwamanye amazwe akuqinisekisi ngokuthuthuka okulindelekile kwikhwalithi yempilo yabakhileyo kulezi zifunda. Ukukhathazeka okudala kwabadayisi be- INepal, iTibet, iKazakhstan, iKyrgyzstan, iTajikistan, njll. kuthathelwe indawo okusha: Ungaqinisekisa kanjani ukuthi imiphakathi yasendaweni izuza ngokugcwele ekuthuthukisweni kwezokuvakasha? Ngaphandle kwalokho, ngabe ukukhula kwezokuvakasha kuzosiza ekulondolozeni nasekusekeleni ingcebo yemvelo namasiko alezi zifunda, noma kuzobabeka engozini?
La UNESCO wethule i- iphrojekthi yokuthuthukisa ezokuvakasha kwezamasiko nezemveloo ezifundeni zezintaba ze-Asia Ephakathi kanye nase-Himalaya, kuhloswe ngayo ukusungula ukuxhumana nokukhuthaza ukubambisana phakathi kwemiphakathi yasendaweni, ama-NGO kazwelonke nawamazwe omhlaba kanye nezinhlangano zezokuvakasha ukuze kubandakanywe abantu bendawo emathubeni emisebenzi nasemisebenzini engenisa imali ebandakanya ezokuvakasha.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, iphrojekthi ifaka isandla ngendlela ebonakalayo nevumayo yokuqeda ubuphofu ngokusiza imiphakathi yasendaweni ukuthi isebenzise amandla ezokuvakasha ngokugcwele esifundeni sayo, ngenkathi ivikela ifa lezemvelo namasiko esifundeni esithintekayo.
I-Ladakh ku India, I-Tien Shen en IKazakhstan, masouleh en I-Iran, ichibi U-Issy Kule I-Kyrgyzstan, Hum ku Nepal, Izintaba Zase UPamir en I-Tajikistan ezinye zezifunda ezithintekayo kuphrojekthi.
Imisebenzi yephrojekthi ifaka ukuqeqeshwa kwama-guides wendawo, ukukhiqizwa kwemisebenzi yezandla esezingeni eliphakeme, nokukhuthaza ezokuvakasha zasemakhaya. Kufakwe izincomo zokusebenza okuhle kakhulu, izinsiza zewebhu, kanye nedatha yezimpawu zomphakathi enamamephu wesifunda, imininingwane yocwaningo, okuhehayo nezinsizakusebenza. Ezokuvakasha njengomnyango wesikhathi esizayo walezi zifunda nama-horizons amasha kubahambi.