national park
This map shows the Condor Bioreserve, including the national parks and protected areas in Ecuador.
In general, the purpose behind establishing national parks is preservation of indigenous plants and animals, and historical places - the biotic environment and cultural heritage. Although priorities may differ in space and time, safeguarding such valuable national assets demands that specific areas be permanently set aside or at least temporarily restricted from human interference so that...
Any waste that does not go up the stake or down the drain is solid waste. It is useless, unwanted or discarded material of industrial production and consumption. Solid waste which arises in association with diverse human activities is a major threat to the sustainable utilisation of natural resources - air, water, soil, and natural scenery. Sustainable utilisation means using renewable...
The ten-year conflict in Nepal can be viewed as the result of ignoring and failing to strengthen the state and nation building through political, economic and social integration. This study aimed to understand and assess the causes of conflict and their effects on livelihoods in and around Bardia National Park, Nepal. Crotty’s model has been used to collect the information and conduct...
The formulation of natural resource management policy generally involves science, socio-economic environment and legal framework. The thrust of the management policy is to derive maximum benefits from the natural resources while at the same time ensuring that the ecological integrity is not compromised. The basic scientific process elements such as ecological stability, resistance levels,...
The Gokyo valley is uninhabited except for the summer transhumance grazing and is noted for its religious significance and sacred pilgrimage sites for centuries. The holy lake known as Gokyo Lake is located in Khumjung VDC-2 of Sagarmatha National Park and Buffer Zone to the north west of Everest. Surveys and reports of occasional trekkers and park people revealed that over the years the Gokyo...
This flyer describes The Mountain Fund's conservation project in the Mera Alpine Zone in Nepal.
This flyer describes the work of The Mountain Institute in Nepal.
The present work enumerates a total 26 desmids (Chlorophyta) from ponds and reservoirs in and around Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal. They belong to 8 genera i.e. Closterium (4), Euastrum (4), Micrasterias (3), Cosmarium (7), Staurastrum (3), Onychonema (2), Hyalotheca (1), and Desmidium (2). Of these, 11 taxa are new...
Present study was conducted in the Suklaphanta Wildlife Reserve, Kanchanpur district, far western Nepal during June-July, 2005. A total of 150 quadrats (1m x 1m) were sampled in three differentially treated sites (unburned, early burned and late burned). Plant community composition and above ground biomass at different sites were quantified. The relationship between species richness and...
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