Protected areas of Nepal's National parks and Wildlife reserves ...

3. FOREST AND ENERGY3.2 PROTECTED AREAS OF NEPAL'S NATIONAL PARKS,WILDLIFE RESERVES, HUNTING RESERVE,CONSERVATION AREA AND BUFFERZONES.Name of the ParksGazettedYr.Area( Sq.Km.)(a) National Parks1) Royal Chitwan National Park(World Heritage Site 1984) 1973 9322) Langtang National Park 1976 17103) Rara National Park 1976 1064) Sagarmatha National Park(World Heritage Site 1979) 1976 11485) Shey-Phoksundo National Park 1984 35556) Khaptad National Park 1984 2257) Bardia National Park 1988 9688) Makalu Barun National Park 1991 15009) Shivapuri National Park 2002 159Total 10303(b) Wildlife Reserves1) Shuklaphanta Wildlife Reserve 1976 3052) Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve 1976 1753) Parsa Wildlife Reserve 1984 499Total 979Contd…130

3. FOREST AND ENERGY3.2 PROTECTED AREAS OF NEPAL'S NATIONAL PARKS,WILDLIFE RESERVES, HUNTING RESERVE, CONSERVATIONAREA AND BUFFERZONES.Name of the ParksGazettedAreaYr. ( Sq.Km.)(c) Hunting Reserve1) Dhor-Patan Hunting Reserve 1987 1325Total 1325(d) Conservation Area1) Annapurna Conservation Area 1992 76292) Kanchanjunga Conservation Area 1997 20353) Manasula Conservation Area 1998 16634) Krishnasar Conservation Area 2009 16.95Total 11343.95(e) Bufferzones1) Chitwan National Park 1996 7502) Bardia National Park 1996 3273) Langtang National Park 1998 4204) Shey-phoksundo National Park 1998 13495) Makalu Barun National Park 1999 8306) Sagarmatha National Park 2000 2757) Suklaphanta Wildlife Reserve 2004 243.58) Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve 2004 1739) Parsa Wildlife Reserve 2005 298.1710) Rara National Park 2006 19811) Khaptad National Park 2006 216Total 5079.67Grand Total Area in Sq.Km 29030.62 (19.72%)Source : Department of National Parks & wildlife Conservation.131