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The protected areas of Nepal cover mainly forested land and are located at various altitudes in the Terai, in the foothills of the Himalayas and in the mountains, thus encompassing a multitude of landscapes and preserving a vast biodiversity in the Palearctic and Indomalayan realms.
Category: Protected areas by country. ... Protected areas of North America by country (14 C) ... Protected areas of Nepal (2 C, 13 P)
The WDPA uses the IUCN's definition of a protected area as the main criteria for entries to be included in the database. The database contains comprehensive information on the different types of protected areas ranging from those strictly protected for conservation purposes to those where sustainable use of natural resources is allowed; and includes government, co-managed, private and ...
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The area has always been an important water catchment area, supplying the Kathmandu Valley with several hundred thousand cubic liter of water daily. In 1976, the area was established as a protected watershed and wildlife reserve. In 2002, it was gazetted as Shivapuri National Park, initially covering 144 km 2 (56 sq mi). [1]
In 1973, the area was gazetted as Royal Shukla Phanta Wildlife Reserve, initially comprising 155 km 2 (60 sq mi), and extended to its present size in the late 1980s. [3] A buffer zone of 243.5 km 2 (94.0 sq mi) was added in May 2004. [4] In 2017, the status of the protected area was changed to a national park. [5]
Mountains: Nationally designated protected areas cover 14.3% of the world's mountain areas, and these mountainous protected areas made up 32.5% of the world's total terrestrial protected area coverage in 2009. Mountain protected area coverage has increased globally by 21% since 1990 and out of the 198 countries with mountain areas, 43.9% still ...
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