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September
2004: Dang and Udaypur: Wild elephants create chaos |
A
herd of wild elephants killed a father and severely injured his son in
Govervitta VDC, Chisapani of Dang district. According to reports, the herd
of elephants, which entered the village from the local forest, crushed
the father in front of his house. His son has been taken to Butwal hospital
for treatment. The elephants, also destroyed five houses, paddy and bananas
worth thousands of rupees.
Wild
elephants have been creating chaos at Khaiganpur of Triyuga Municipality
in Udaypur district. According to reports, a herd of elephants destroyed
seven houses and damaged paddy worth hundreds of thousands of rupees. The
elephants which keep on entering the villages from the local forest have
destroyed over 3 dozen houses and damaged food grains worth about Rs 2
million in Udaypur within a period of a year.
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September
2004 Kanchanpur: Poachers killed in Suklaphanta
Wildlife Reserve |
Two
unidentified poachers fell prey to the firing from an army at the south-eastern
part of the protected forest region of the Suklaphanta Wildlife Reserve
yesterday evening. According to sources from the Chandidal army battalion,
the army started firing when a group of illegal hunters numbering six to
seven, within the forest area near Baibaha, tried to flee upon seeing the
patrol team heading towards them. Two Poachers died in the shooting.
A gun was recovered from a dead hunter. The two dead have not yet been
identified, but are suspected to be Indian nationals.
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August
2004 Saptari, Sunsari and Udayapur: Koshi Tappu
declared buffer zone |
The
government has declared an area around Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, as
buffer zone, giving fresh impetus to the nearly three-decade-old conservation
efforts. The new decision will entitle around 78,000 residents of a 173
sq. km. area to use between 30 to 50 per cent of the reserve's income for
community development activities. Earlier, the Department of National Parks
and Wildlife Conservation (DNPWC) had sent a proposal for creation of the
buffer zone to the Ministry of Forests last Friday, which was approved
by a ministerial level decision yesterday.
A
senior officer at the DNPWC said an action plan for the development of
the zone has also been prepared, which encoMapsses areas around Saptari,
Sunsari and Udayapur districts. The Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve sprawls
over an area of 175 sq km. The latest decision takes the total number of
buffer zones around protected areas to eight. Apart from Koshi Tappu, other
buffer zones in the Terai are around Chitwan and Bardiya national parks,
and the Shukla Phanta wildlife reserve.
In
the mountains, buffer zones have been declared in Makalu Barun, Sagarmatha,
Langtang and Shey Phoksundo national parks.
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