Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve

Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve
IUCN Category Ia (Strict Nature Reserve)
Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve
Location	Nepal
Coordinates	26°39′N 87°0′E / 26.65°N 87°E / 26.65; 87Coordinates: 26°39′N 87°0′E / 26.65°N 87°E / 26.65; 87
Area	175 km²
Established	1976 Established: 1976
Governing body	Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation, Ministry of Forests

The Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve is 175 square kilometers of wildlife refuge and wetlands habitat established in 1976. It is located in Eastern Nepal, and can be accessed from the Mehendra Highway. The reserve currently has five elephants. The reserve is also home to the water buffalo (called arna), deer, nilgai, mugger crocodile, Ganges River Dolphin (also called the Gangetic Dolphin), and over 460 species of birds.

A study of the reserve was conducted between 1997 to 1998 by the Central Department of Zoology, Tribhuvan University in Kathmandu. The study found serious conflicts between the reserve wildlife and the local people living adjacent to the reserve. The people suffered crop depredations and animal harassment while the reserve managers had the problems of illegal poaching, cattle grazing, and other other illegal activities in the reserve. The study has several recommendations, one of which is the promotion of tourism to the area with the reserve using local tourist guides trained by wildlife experts.^[1]

In additional to wildlife, the Reserve also protects a substantial part of the Sapta Koshi, (a tributary of the Ganges River) flood plain. In 1987, it was declared a Ramsar site.^[2]

References and notes

External links

• Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve
• The Ramsar List website

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