The Great Himalayan National Park: The Struggle to save the Western Himalayas
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Author: Krishnopriyo Bhattacharya, Publisher: Niyogi Books, Price: INR 1495-, pp 256, Non-Fiction
The Great Himalayan
National Park: The Struggle to save the Western Himalayas
Author: Krishnopriyo Bhattacharya, Publisher: Niyogi Books, Price:
INR 1495/-, pp – 256, Non-Fiction
The
Great Himalayan National Park Conservation Area, a UNESCO World Heritage Site,
is one of the most important protected areas in the Himalayas, one of the
World’s great biological realms. The book is intended both as a history and an
ecological overview of the Park and as a plea for continuing conservation of
the rich legacy of Himalayan plants and animals. In addition to
descriptions of the ecology, the book includes local history and culture and a
review of current development in the region.
The
inscription of the Park into the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2014 confirmed
the Outstanding Universal Values of the area, which contains the most important
and significant natural habitats for in-situ conservation of Western Himalayan
biological diversity. The pictures, taken by the authors and their
collaborators, vividly illustrate the grandeur and diversity of the area. The
book has universal appeal: to naturalists, scholars, resource managers,
trekkers, arm-chair travellers. Success and failure along the road to creating
today’s Park are discussed frankly to inform future management efforts and
there are numerous examples of conservation in action that will motivate a new
generation of naturalists and ecologists to continue the fight to protect the
ecology of the greatest mountains on earth.
Anthony J Gaston has studied Indian wildlife, especially birds, since
1969, including research for his PhD (at Oxford University). He worked as a
Senior Research Scientist with the Government of Canada, concentrating on the
ecology of the Arctic and the Pacific-coast archipelago of Haida Gwaii. He
headed the initial 1980 and 1983 Himachal Wildlife Project, consisting of
international teams of scientists. He played a major role in supporting GHNP
through his research.
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