This newsletter covers stories on how UNDP contributed to a creative solution for waste disposal in a Bamiyan town, restoration of Band-e-Amir national park, deployment of first-ever female rangers for Band-e-Amir, and preservation of a pristine landscape south of Bamyan city, which is home to several farming communities, as well as helped office of the first female chair of Bamiyan Provincial Council to promote human rights in the province.