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Botanical Tour Nepal
Since ancient times, the people of Nepal have
depended upon plants and plant products as a mainstay of everyday life.
Today, almost 90% of Nepalese rely on subsistence agriculture, with
plants performing a vital role as arable crops, fodder, fruit and
vegetables, fuel, building materials and medicines. Nepal is a
multiethnic and multilingual country, with more than 60 different
ethnic groups speaking about 75 languages. As one would expect,
associated with this is a great diversity in plant lore. However, with
increasing urbanisation and uptake of modern medicines and agricultural
practices, much of this indigenous knowledge is now dwindling and
largely only retained by village elders. There is real danger that this
will be lost to future generations, and ethnobotanists are busy
documenting the wealth of indigenous knowledge for posterity. So far
over 1500 plants (1434 flowering plants, 65 ferns and their allies, and
8 conifers and their allies) have been recorded as having at least one
use, including more than 650 used as food plants and over 1000 species
of wild plants used for medicine.
Botanically
Nepal forms a transition zone between the plants of the western
Himalaya (including western Asiatic and Mediterranean elements) and the
eastern Himalaya (with many Sino-Japanese elements). Adding variety to
the mix are Tibetan Plateau (Central Asiatic) plants from the north and
humid tropical species of the lowland plains (Terai) from the Gangetic
plains of India and further a field into Indochina. Central to this is
the Himalayan range itself, a unique series of mountain chains formed
by geologically recent mountain building events. These young massifs
contribute to the diversity of plants, and have provided barriers to
and corridors through which plants migrated during the ice ages.
We are operating Botanical Tour, Treks and
Expedition many places and following National Park and Conservation
Area in Nepal. Shey-Phoksundo Botanical Trek, Makalu- Barun Botanical
Expedition, Himalayan Botanical Paradise Mountain of Botanical Garden,
Botanical Garden, Langtang National Park, Sagarmatha National Park,
RaRa National park, Shey-Phoksndo National Park, Khaptad National Park,
Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve, Makalu Barun Natioanl Park and Conservation
Area, Annapurna Conservation Area. Kanchenjunga Conservation Area,
Koshi Tappu Wild Reserve, Shivapuri Water Shed Conservation Area,
Chitwan National park, Royal Bardia national park, Parsa Wildlife
Reserve, Sukla Phant Wildlife Reserve, Manaslu Conservation Park,
Manaslu Conservation Area, Annapurna Conservation Area, Kanchenjunga
Conservation Area, Langtang National Park, Sagarmatha National Park,
Rara National Park, Shey Phoksando National Park, Makalu Barun National
Park, Khaptad National Park, Koshi Tapppu Wild Reserve, Royal Chitwan
National Park, Royal Bardia National Park, Parsa Wildlife Reserve,
Sukla Phant Wildlife Reserve, Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve and Shivapuri
Water Shed Consrevation.
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