Resources Himalaya
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- Nepal Himalaya
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Butterflies of Nepal -
Fishes of Nepal
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Amphibia of Nepal
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Reptiles of Nepal
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Birds of Nepal
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Mammals of Nepal
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Tiger Snapshot
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Annapurna Conservation Area
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Bardia National Park
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Chitwan National Park
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Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve
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Kanchenjunga Conservation Area
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Khaptad National Park
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Koshi Tappu Widlife Reserve
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Langtang National Park
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Makalu Barun National Park
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Manaslu Conservation Area
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Parsa Wildlife Reserve
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Rara National Park
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Sagarmatha National Park
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Shey Phuksundo National Park
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Shivapuri National Park
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Suklaphanta Widlife Reserve
- Bhutan Himalaya
- India Himalaya
Habitat Himalaya
Headlines Himalaya
About Cover Photos
Highlights The new issue (vol. 16 no.3) of Habitat Himalaya entitled "Destroying A Remnant Sacred Forest" by Sagar Shrestha details that there are no viable forest in Kathmandu Valley floor except in Sleshmantak of Pashupati Temple, a World Heritage Site and the holiest Hindu shrine. The forest is fragmented because politics led to digging a motorable road right through it and Mirgashthali (abode of the deer), the core of Sleshmantak is devastated by introducing over hundred of non-native deer and antelopes. They are razing the last remnant forest of Kathmandu. Graphics by courtesy of Sworup Nhasiju. Vulture decline in south Asia is purely attributed to diclofenac carcass posioning and loss of nesting trees. But human intervention to save them, have run into issues of exclusion of the Dalits who have been the custodian of the vulture conservation in the Nepal Himalaya. For more, read Headlines Himalaya, Vol 16(2). You can download the research paper free. Photo credit: J.Bohdal. Copyright.
