Brief synthesisTajik National Park (2,611,674 ha in area) encompasses almost the entire Pamir Mountains, the third highest mountain ecosystem in the world after the Himalaya and Karakorum Mountains. Tajik National Park stands out as a very large protected area, with a stark treeless landscape of exceptional natural beauty. Criterion (vii):Tajik National Park is one of the largest high mountain protected areas in the Palearctic Realm. Tajik National Park furthermore offers a unique opportunity for the study of plate tectonics and continental subduction phenomena thereby contributing to our fundamental understanding of earth building processes. Tajik National Park is owned by the State and, as a national park, it has the highest legal protection status in Tajikistan.