TAAN delegation meets Forest Minister

A delegation of Trekking Agencies' Association of Nepal (TAAN) on Friday met with Minister for Forest and Soil Conservation Agni Sapkota and apprised him of the problem that TAAN member agencies have been facing while handling groups in national parks and wildlife conservation areas.

Among others, the delegation requested Minister Sapkota to take needful decision for allowing TAAN to open TIMS counter near the counters of Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation (DNPWC) and Annapurna Conservation Area Project (ACAP), among others, so that it becomes easier for trekkers to complete formalities at the same place. It also reminded Minister Sapkota that DNPWC and ACAP officials have been putting pressure on TAAN to remove its TIMS counters time and again.

Stating that the decision to slap permit fee of Gaurishankar Conservation Area on trekkers heading to Everest Base Camp via Jiri and Annapurna Conservation Area on trekkers returning from Manaslu Conservation Area was impractical, the delegation led by TAAN President Chandra Prasad Rijal requested Minister Sapkota to look into the issue and take needful decision.

The delegation also requested Minister Sapkota to take initiative for allocating separate budget to national parks and conservation areas for identification and promotion of new tourism destinations.

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Geranium Family ( Geraniaceae)

Geranium Family ( Geraniaceae)

  We are all familiar with garden balsams and geranium, well known for variegated flowers, often double under cultivation. Many species of balsams occur in the Himalaya and besides the common trifoliate oxalis species with yellow and rose colored flowers others  common in grassy meadows include Geranium collinum and Geranium pretense with large purple flowers, growing as prostrate, much branched boary herbs, with orbicular leaves, often 3-9 partite up to 3600m.

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 A high grassy meadow at an elevation of about 4000m, strewn with masses of purple geraniums and some white flowers of Inula.

                                       Geranium lambertii at 3300m

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Annapurna conservation Area

Annapurna conservation Area

 The Annapurna Conservation Area has been claimed as one of the best trekking areas in the world. It is also the most visited trekking area in the country. The area spreads around kaskri, Mustang manang and lamjung districts. Beginning 790m, the area reached high as 8,091m of Annapurna.

The land beyond the pokhara valley has immense variations in altitude and ecological diversity. From the tropical pokhara valley to the frozen tips of the some of the world’s highest peaks, the region brims with natural beauty.

 As a convergence of bio-geographical zones east and west the Annapurna have a wide assortment of flora fauna. The southern flanks of the range of mountains have lush deciduous forests. Fir pine and juniper cover the upper slopes while the high valleys are kept brown due to the mountains rain- shadow effect. 

Khaptad National park

                              Khaptad National park

 The khaptad National park ( about 3000m) is rich in its flora and fauna variety. The National park is covered by subtropical forest of chirpine at lower altitude, and sub alpine forests of fir hemlock oak and rhododendron in the higher areas. The area boasts of 224 species of medicinal herbs and is described as the living garden of herbs and a museum of natural history. Is is estimated that about 567 species, 11 percent of flowering plants of Nepal are found in khaptad.

 The park also offers excellent bird- watching opportunities with 270 species of birds the common ones being different varieties of Impheyan pheasant, partridges flycatchers bulbuls, cuckoos and eagles. The park is also fairly rich in its variety of wild animals common ones being barking deer, wild dog wild boar, ghoral Himalayan black bear yellow throated marten rhesus monkey and langur monkey.Other areas in the National park of interest to tourists are khaptad Daha Nag Dhunga and upper Tribeni. Khaptad National park also offers religious sightseeing.

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