Parks in Nepal - Gardens in Nepal, National Parks of Nepal, Chitwan National Park, Makalu Barun National Park, Rara National Park (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Gardens in Nepal, National Parks of Nepal, Chitwan National Park, Makalu Barun National Park, Rara National Park, Sagarmatha National Park, Langtang, Parsa Wildlife Reserve, Khaptad National Park, Bardia, Shivapuri Nagarjun National Park, Langtang National Park, Chobhar, Shey Phoksundo National Park. Excerpt: Chitwan National Park - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Since the end of the 19th century Chitwan - Heart of the Jungle used to be a favorite hunting ground for Nepals ruling class during the winter seasons. Until the 1950s the journey from Kathmandu to Nepals South was arduous as the area could only be reached by foot. Thus, in an area known as Four Mile Forest ( ) comfortable camps were set up for the feudal big game hunters and their entourage, where they stayed for a couple of months shooting hundreds of tigers, rhinocerosses, leopards and sloth bears.In 1950 Chitwans forest and grasslands extended over more than 2,600 km and was home to about 800 rhinos. When poor farmers from the mid-hills moved to the Chitwan Valley in search of arable land, the area was subsequently opened for settlement, and poaching of wildlife became rampant. In 1957 the country's first conservation law inured to the protection of rhinos and their habitat. In 1959 Edward Pritchard Gee undertook a survey of the area, recommended creation of a protected area north of the Rapti river and of a wildlife sanctuary south of the river for a trial period of ten years . After his subsequent survey of Chitwan in 1963, this time for both the Fauna Preservation Society and the International Union for Conservation of Nature, he recommended extension of the sanctuary to the south .However, by the end of the 1960s 70% of Chitwans jungles were cleared using DDT, thousands o... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=2144959