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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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