The newly formed transboundary Bam-e-Dunya Network connects protected areas in four countries along the Silk Route. It represents the shared identity of people living in the Hindu Kush Karakoram Pamir Landscape (HKPL), which is strategically located between Afghanistan, China, Pakistan, and Tajikistan. The network lays the foundation for collaboration that will help ensure mountain communities and fragile ecosystems in this remote mountain landscape can adapt and thrive in the face of rapid cultural, economic, and environmental change.