Saturday, December 11, 2010

wildlife and its status in nepal

The Himalayan country of Nepal, blessed by mother nature with rich and diverse biogeography has several national parks, sanctuaries and reserves brimming with wildlife. Nepalese landscape has altitudinal variance in short distances.

This means that the country has variety of vegetation, from luxuriant vegetation and alpine deserts to lush grasslands. It is endowed with rich and varied biodiversity. Altitudinal variances in short distance give Nepal's biogeography variety that range from lush moist forests and sparse alpine deserts to luxurious grasslands in lowland Terai. Some rare wild life creatures reside in the jungles of the Himalayan nation.
there is a vast biodiversity in wildlife in Nepal.
Endangered and protected species you can see are as following:

Tiger, Snow Leopard, Wild Elephant, Rhino, Brown Bear, Clouded Leopard, Red Panda, Gangetic Dolphin, Wolf, Giant horn-bill, Swamp deer, Wild yak, Nayan, Black buck, Pangolin, Saras Crane, Four horned antelope, Tibetan antelope, Impean Pheasant, Python, Gharial, Indian bustard, Musk deer pigmy hog, Asamese Macaque, Haspd hare.

flora and fauna of nepal

I wanna give a brief information about the flora and fauna of Nepal.
Ranging from the subtropical forests of the Terai to the great peaks of the Himalayas in the north, Nepal abounds with some of the most spectacular sceneries in the whole of Asia, with a variety of fauna and flora also unparalleled elsewhere in the region. Between NepalÕs geographical extremes, one may find every vegetational type, from the treeless steppes of the Trans-Himalayan region in the extreme north and the birch, silver fir, larch and hemlock of the higher valleys to the oak, pine and rhododendron of the intermediate altitudes and the great sal and sissau forests of the south.
The rolling densely forested hills and broad Dun valleys of the Terai along with other parts of the country, were formerly, renowned for their abundance and variety o wildlife. Though somewhat depleted as a result of agricultural settlements, deforestation, poaching and other causes, Nepal can still boast richer and more varied flora and fauna than any other area in Asia. For practical purposes, NepalÕs flora and fauna can be divided into four regions:-
1. Tropical Deciduous Monsoon Forest:
2. Subtropical Mixed Evergreen Forest:
3. Temperate Evergreen Forest:
4. Subalpine and Alpine Zone:

Friday, December 10, 2010

Natural heritage of nepal

Nepal is the country of diversity. There are natural,cultural,geographical and social diversities. apart from all the diversities natural diversities is one of the foremost factor for our identity throughout the whole world. Nepal is a place of extremes when it comes to topography and climate. Those extremes support a vast wealth of wildlife biodiversity, making Nepal home to many threatened and endangered species such as the royal Bengal tiger, the one horned rhinoceros, the snow leopard and the lynx, to name a few. In 1973, Nepal's first wildlife protected area was established. Since then, eight other Nepalese national parks have been declared protected areas, and according to Nepal's Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation (DNPWC), the protected wildlife areas "attract more than 50 percent of the total foreign tourists in Nepal." Due to these endangered species our country Nepal has been a greatest tourism spot for the wild life studies.The geographical diversities also support for the existence of these bio-diversities. there are high Himalayas, High-Altitude Alpine Region,Terai Lowlands Region. for these uncommon specialities of our country Nepal we all need to come forward and give our contributions for the conservation and promotion of wild lives and their natural habitat for the future generation and for the environmental and biological stabilities.