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| Bhuju, U.R.; Shakya, P.R.; Basnet, T.B.; Shrestha, S. | |
| Annex 2 - Fauna - Nepal Biodiversity Resource Book | |
| 2007 Full Book | |
Annex 2 - Fauna Checklist of the Nepal Biodiversity Resource Book. Biodiversity Profiles of Nepal 1996 (BPN) is a landmark endeavour to document all the information available and also recorded in the field on Nepal's biodiversity. Since 1996 when the BPN documents were published, Nepal has advanced further in biodiversity conservation and protected areas management. A total 8,778 sq km of protected areas has been added to the country's protected areas between 1996 and 2004. Since 1996, at least seven species of birds have been newly recorded in Nepal, and the number of bird species has increased significantly. The overall goal of the Nepal Biodiversity Yearbook Project (NBYP) was to establish a system for updating Nepal's biodiversity resources every year into a Nepal Biodiversity Resource Book based on scientific studies. The main objective of NBYP was to prepare a resource book 2006 on Nepal's biodiversity by updating the 1996 Biodiversity Profiles of Nepal using published information between 1996 and 2005 and field verification. The checklists of fauna and flora compiled for the resource book have been derived primarily from the BPP documents. To update the checklists, references were made to publications made by various conservation organisations. Of the 36 types of vegetation as simplified from the previous classifications, 31 types are represented in the 16 protected areas. By 2006, total number of flowering plant species recorded from Nepal is 6,391 representing 1,590 genera and 231 families. The current checklist includes 185 species of mammals of which four species are believed to be extinct from Nepal, and four new additions. In general, the total number of reported fauna species has increased since 1996. Of the total 181 mammal species excluding four extinct species, 28 species are found outside protected sites. Of them, 15 species are bats (out of a total 37 species)m 10 species are the shrew, rats, and Pikas, and three other species. Three species namely, the Golden jackal (_Canis aureus_), Rhesus macaque (_Macaca mulatta_) and Common leopard (_Panthera pardus_) are found in the 20 protected sites. Variation in recorded number of faunal species in protected sites are primarily due to differing intensities of biological explorations in these sites. Thirteen recommendations have been made to further biodiversity exploration and protection of species outside protected sites, prepare and update the checklists of flora and fauna, verify doubtful species and other subjects. |
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