The Asian Longhorn Beetle attacks not only the elm but a range of broadleaved trees.

BBC: By BBC Environment Correspondent Robert Pigott

Huge Himalayan vultures wheel eye-level with the road, while tiny tits inhabit a range of vegetation, from conifers and cedars to broadleaved oaks and rhododendrons.

BBC: Apple harvest in the Himalayan foothills

The natural communities of coniferous, mixed, broadleaved forests, meadow steppes, herbaceous and sphagnum swamps, meadows and lakes together with the aquatic and semi-aquatic systems of the largest in Europe Kuibyshev Reservoir are present here.

UNESCO: Natural Sciences