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Habitat Integrated Pakistan - Fair Trade in Pakistan/Afghanistan/India

Habitat Integrated Pakistan is a non-political, non-profit, non-government organization, which works for welfare of people through protection of fauna, flora, biodiversity, environment protection and sustainable development.

The organization is registered with the government. One of the programs of HIP is to promote crafts products of gypsy women, Punjab, Pakistan. Gypsy women in Habitat Training center Habitat Integrated Pakistan had been providing training for crafts products to these women, since 1999.

Some of the achievements include: preparing 17 books and 70 posters as teaching material for technical education in the Forestry schools of Pakistan; completing the project "Awareness on rehabilitation of Murree Hills" by training of students of five schools in Murree; and raising of tree nurseries and planting methods.

HIP also prepared and distributed resource material on the importance of forest conservation for teachers and students of Murree Hills. Since 1992, Habitat Integrated-Pakistan had conducted annual surveys on bear-baiting in the country. Thus it had drawn the attention of animal lovers and the government towards this cruel, unlawful and un-Islamic sport.

HIP surveyed biodiversity in sacred areas i.e, "Khangahs", Graveyards, Archaeological sites and Bisnoi Tract during 1997 with a view to conserve biodiversity of ecosystems, species and genes in these nature banks.

HIP trained Afghan women in the making of crafts products in 2001 and 2002 at Islamabad. HIP supported Afghan women and gypsy women project and exhibited crafts products at the display center of Save the Children, U.S.A at Islamabad in 2001.

Currently, HIP supports women of the Thar Desert as well through their crafting projects.

Support these artisans by buying their products in our fair trade store.