MORE than 1,800 sq krn of the country's
remote northeast region bordering
China and India will soon be declared a
protected area called the Kanchenjunga
Conservation Area. The government of
Nepal is working with experts in India
and China on plans to conserve the
unique wildlife, forests, flowers and
ethnic cultures in the region.
The Kanchenjunga mountain region
receives more rainfall during the summer monsoon than other parts of Nepal
because it lies directly north of the Bay
of Bengal, making it an ideal habitat for
a great diversity of plants and animals.
There are at least 2,500 species of flowering plants and rare forests of larch,
juniper, fir, oak, birch and bamboo and
different varieties of rhododendron
growing at altitudes of up to 4,000
metres. The region also shelters endangered species such as the snow leopard,
gray wolf, blue sheep, red panda,
Himalayan black bear, barking deer and
the serow.
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