The snow leopard (Uncia uncia), the "Mountain Queen" is a legendary elusive mega-species across the widespread mountains of Central Asia for conserving the rich biodiversity. The snow leopard, a single species genus and an endangered cat at the apex of the food-chain, is considered an indicator of healthy mountain ecosystems. The snow leopard still remains a little studied animal throughout its range states. There is an urgent need of precise ...
This book is an outcome of field work involving scientists and local experts involved in the WWF Nepal Program and People and Plants applied ethnobotany project, which is a component of the Northern Mountains Conservation Project implemented in cooperation with the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation in Shey Phoksundo National Park and its buffer zone in north-west Nepal. The book attempts to bring together the traditional knowledge of the ...
Nepal’s flora currently faces mounting conservation problems resulting from continued deforestation pressure on natural vegetation. Estimates of current forest cover in Nepal vary from 10 to 37 or even 42% depending upon the definition of forest cover and the method of survey employed. The terrain and topography of mountainous Nepal pose serious problems in quantifying the loss of forest cover or the loss of species. However, threats to natural vegetation from ...
This book takes us to an ancient enclave of Tibetan culture in Nepal—the region of Dolpo in the north-west. After outlining the key geographical, historical and religious features of the region, one exemplary case among the various ritual practices of the local Bon society is placed under closer scrutiny: the Mendrub ritual. The ceremony centres on a communal blessing bestowed by means of medicinal pills that have undergone ceremonial treatment during the ten ...