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Within the Himalayan region, Nepal is one of the countries that receive the largest number of international tourists, and also one where tourism has shown relatively rapid growth. The recent decades in Nepal tourism is being explored as one of the avenues for local development and it is second important source of foreign exchange for Nepal. This paper is an attempt to present the brief...
This paper emphasises wildlife biodiversity and the management techniques and drawbacks particularly in Bhawal National Park. The park was declared a National Park in 1982; there was a great diversity of animal species at Bhawal National Park especially peafowl and jungle fowl dating back to the British era as well as the Pakistani era. But unfortunately during and after 1971 there were...
The Royal Chitwan National Park with an area of 932 sq.km, situated in the inner Terai, is the first national park established in 1973 for the conservation of the greater one–horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis). The Royal Chitwan National Park located at the junction of Paleo–arctic to the north and Oriental to the south Bio-geographic realms, is with the mosaic of varied...
Sukla Phanta Wildlife Reserve lies in the southwest corner of Nepal. It has been listed as an important bird area and a number of bird studies have been conducted here. The reserve is an important refuge especially for many grassland birds, several of which are globally threatened. The high, total of 15 globally threatened and 13 near-threatened bird species occur in Sukla Phanta. Some of the...
The Sierra de Portuguesa is an Andean mountain system with important biodiversity associated with montane vegetation types. Human use existed well before European colonisation. Coffee plantations and slash-and-burn agriculture have been predominant in the last 200 years. Three distinct national parks — Yacambú, Terepaima, and Guache — were designated there at different times...
In the summer of 2003, the Australian Alps experienced their largest bushfires in over 60 years, with an estimated 1.73 million hectares burning. The bushfires burnt across Victoria, New South Wales (NSW), and the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) during a drought that ranks as one of the worst in 103 years of official Australian weather records. The Australian Alps are found in southeastern...
Tourism is a business. Despite attractive brochures that advertise international understanding and exchange between local people and tourists, tourism is clearly a business proposition for those who supply tourist services and those who market these services world-wide. It is also clear that tourists themselves are more interested in relaxation, a change of scenery, and their own enjoyment...
There are few countries in the world where the need to reconcile the requirements for conservation of natural resources with the exigencies of development is as acute as it is in Ethiopia. The country is affected by chronic food insecurity and is dependent on external food aid. It is one of the poorest countries in the world and ranks 171 (out of 174) on the United Nations Development Program...
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