The tallest mountain, the deepest gorge, fragile landscape, cultural diversities are some distinct superlatives of the Nepal
On a world scale Nepal lies 27th in the richness scale on floral diversity. With just over 0.1% of the earths land surface occurring in Nepal, it supports globally known 4.2% butterflies (635 spp), 2.2 % of fresh water fish species (185 spp), 1.1 % amphibians (43 spp.), 1.5% reptile (100 spp.), 8.5% of birds (864 spp.) and 4.2% mammals (181 spp). However anthropogenic and natural threats are limiting conservation approaches in Nepal.
Please share the conservation, management and research issues of avifaunal sector of Nepal.
Dear All ! National Seminar on Integrated Approaches in Zoology: Future Research Needs 21st February, 2010 State of the art thematic and analytical lectures