One of Nepal’s biggest cities on the northwestern fringes of Chitwan National Park has been dumping its municipal waste in a ...

through the Annapurna Conservation Area, a region that’s home to wildlife including Nepal’s national bird, the Himalayan monal (Lophophorus impejanus). With “national priority” status ...

In Annapurna Conservation Area ... Nepal has 12 national parks, a wildlife reserve, a hunting reserve, six conservation areas and 13 buffer zones. These extend from the lowland Terai Arc to ...