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CONTEMPORARY ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS IN NEPAL IBD

SPRINGER
11 / 2020
9783030501662
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This monograph examines contemporary environmental challenges facing Nepal, this landlocked countryâÇÖs representativeness in theáwider South Asian context is both distinct and generalizable. In large part, this is because ofáits extremes ofáphysiographical structure- plains, hill ranges, mountainous massifs - and wide range ofáaltitudinal terrains, which represent and replicate South Asian and East Asian continental conditions differing as markedly as humid tropical lowlands, sub-tropical hill ranges and temperate toásub-arctic mountainous environments. Associated forest regimes, in which deforestation and reforestation patterns have evolved in recent times, and differing densities ofásettlement and cleared agricultural landscapes in each ofáthese altitudinal zones, add toátheáenvironmental diversity ofáNepal. Associated fauna and exotic species are in various states ofáendangerment especially Bengal tigers, one horned rhinos, wild elephants, crocodile, musk deer, and peasants, toáname a few- so that their forested and mountainous habitats as âÇÖWild Life ReservesâÇÖ also deserve our attention, and are featured in this monographâÇÖs remit.

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