List of protected areas of Nepal

The protected areas of Nepal cover mainly forested land and are located at various altitudes in the Terai, in the foothills of the Himalayas and in the mountains, thus encompassing a multitude of landscapes and preserving a vast biodiversity in the Palearctic and Indomalayan realms. Nepal covers in the central part of the Himalayas. Altitudes range from in the south-eastern Terai to at Mount Everest within a short horizontal span. This extreme altitudinal gradient has resulted in 11 bio-climatic zones ranging from lower tropical below to nival above in the High Himalayas, encompassing nine terrestrial ecoregions with 36 vegetation types.

Additionally, nine Ramsar sites were declared between 1988 and 2008. Two wildlife reserves were declared as national parks in 2017.

Classification

Nepal has the following kinds of protected areas, in the sense of the word designated by IUCN:

• Botanical Gardens
• Conservation areas
• National parks
• Wildlife Reserve
• Hunting Reserve
• Ramsar Sites

Botanical gardens

• National Botanical Garden, Godawari, Lalitpur
• Maipokhari Botanical Garden, Ilam
• Dhanushadham Botanical Garden, Dhanusha
• Mountain Botanical Garden, Daman, Makwanpur
• World Peace Biodiversity Garden, Pokhara
• Brindaban Botanical Garden, Makawanpur
• Dhakeri Botanical Garden, Banke
• Mulpani Botanical Garden, Salyan
• Dhitachaur Botanical Garden, Jumla
• Dewahariya Botanical Garden, Kailali
• National Herbarium and Plant Laboratories:

Conservation areas

• Annapurna Conservation Area –
• Kanchenjunga Conservation Area –
• Manaslu Conservation Area –
• Blackbuck Conservation Area –
• Api Nampa Conservation Area –
• Gaurishankar Conservation Area –

National parks

Wildlife reserves

• Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve –

Hunting Reserve

• Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve –

Ramsar Sites

The following Ramsar sites were declared between 1988 and 2008:

• Bishazari Tal –
• Ghodaghodi Tal –
• Gokyo Lake Complex –
• Gosaikunda –
• Jagdishpur Reservoir –
• Kosi Tappu Wildlife Reserve –
• Mai Pokhari –
• Phoksundo Lake –
• Rara Lake –
• Lake Cluster of Pokhara Valley –

References

External links

• Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation, Nepal