Rara Lake

The National Parks, Wildlife Reserves and Protected Areas are empowered by the Act to restore, improve and conserve wildlife habitats such as grasslands, wetlands and waterholes including the maintenance of wildlife corridors. Likewise, applied and other research studies are conducted on grassland ecology, fire ecology, wildlife behaviour along with human impact on wildlife habitat. Other studies include captive breeding of Gharial crocodile and Marsh mugger before releasing them in their natural habitat. The Department has also initiated captive breeding of elephant and musk deer. Moreover, there is ex situ conservation of several species of wildlife in the zoo.

Wildlife species such as the Greater one-horned rhinoceros has been translocated from one park to another to set up a new population. The ongoing tiger project is focussed on survey, monitoring and census of tiger population. The Department has joined hands with several national and international organizations for training and higher education of the staff of the Department. The staff members are also sent to participate in regional and international conferences, seminars and workshops for exposure and sharing of experiences.

The Department has initiated trans-border cooperation with India for biodiversity conservation in the trans-border areas. In addition to the joint efforts in deterring poaching and illegal trade in endangered wildlife species and products made from their body parts, the cooperation between the two countries also include training and research for staff members.

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