Nepal's Chitwan National Park: A Handbook
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Title:Nepal's Chitwan National Park: A Handbook
ISBN:9789937623193
Author:Jim Ottaway Jr
Hemanta R. Mishra
Publisher:Vajra Publications
Publish Year:2014
Edition:First Edition
Cover:Paper Back
Subject:Natural History / Wildlife
Language:English
Remarks:Colour Photographs, Map and Appendices.
Pages:239
Size:142 x 214 mm
Weight(gms):435
Price:USD 16.00
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Chitwan remains a hugely successful example, decades later, of a wildlife refuge that displays all the working parts of Nepal’s natural world. It is the most visited national park in Nepal. In Chitwan, and here in this book, you will see rhinos, elephants, pythons, and perhaps a stalking tiger, bears, boars, myriad birds, and the rare Gharial Crocodiles that make Chitwan unique and an extraordinary place to visit.
Jim Ottaway Jr
Hemanta R. Mishra
Dr. HEMANTA RAJ MISHRA was part of the pioneering team that created Chitwan National Park and other protected areas in Nepal. He has worked with the Government of Nepal, National Trust for Nature Conservation (formerly KMTNC), the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, the Global Environment Facility, and other international organizations. He is the author of the The Soul of the Rhino and The Bones of the Tiger-captivating accounts of his early works in Chitwan National Park, which he wrote with Jim Ottaway Jr. In 1987, Mishra received the prestigious J. Paul Getty Conservation Prize for his works in Nepal. JIM OTTAWAY Jr Jr is a former American newspaper publisher, writer, and editor, who retired as a senior vice-president of Dow Jones -
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