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Amjad Ali

Karakoram International University, International Sustainability Academy (ISA), Quaid-i-Azam University

Research areas: Social Sciences · Sociology and Political Science · Disaster Management and Resilience · Climate change impacts on agriculture · Climate variability and models

ORCID iD 0000-0002-5840-8848
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Amjad Ali is an environmental economist and faculty member in the Department of Development Studies at Karakoram International University, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. His research specializes in the economics of tourism, the economic valuation of natural resources, and sustainable tourism, with a strong focus on high mountain regions. He has served as a Sustainability Research Fellow at the International Sustainability Academy (ISA) in Hamburg, Germany (2023–24), a Research Fellow with the South Asian Network for Environmental and Development Economics (SANDEE) (2020–22), and a Research Fellow at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok, Thailand (2025). With extensive field experience in conducting surveys, focus group discussions, and in-depth interviews across the mountainous regions of Pakistan, Amjad’s work explores the intersections of tourism economics, environmental change, and sustainable development. He is particularly recognized for his expertise in the economic valuation of ecosystem services and natural resources in fragile mountain environments. Committed to fostering global partnerships, he actively engages in collaborative research addressing climate change, socio-economic development, and environmental conservation in the Gilgit-Baltistan region and beyond.

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  • Assessment of the Ecological, Social, and Economic Valuation of Services provided by selected Peatland sites of Gilgit-Baltistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa WWF Pakistan
    2025 - 2025
  • Design Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) Model for Forest Conservation in Diamer Hashoo Foundation
    2025 - 2026
  • Economic Valuation of High Altitude Nature Based tourism in Gilgit Baltistan Pakistan South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics (SANDEE)
    2020 - 2022

Publications (33)