Kanchenjunga conservation Area

Kanchenjunga conservation Area Situated in north- eastern Nepal in the district of Taplejung, the kanchenjunga Conservation Area is bordered by the Tibet-china in the north,sikkim – India in the east and sankhuwasabha district in the west, the area has alpine grasslands low river valley with temperate and sub- tropical forests. animals includes scarce snow leopard, Himalayan black beae, musk deer, red panda , blue sheep and rhesus monkey . About 252 species of different birds including impedance pheasant, red –billed blue magpie. shy drongo are found in the area.

Ten species among Nepal’s 20 indigenous gymnosperms and 15 among Nepal’s 23 endemic flowering plants are found in this region .in addition, almost 30 varieties of rhododendron species and and 48 varieties of orchids are found here.