Travelling with the Master - Softcover

Florens Van Raab

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9937506840 ISBN 13: 9789937506847

Publisher: Vajra Publications, 2010

Synopsis

Nature is god's art. Nowhere is nature's art more apparent than the cloud piercing peaks of the Himalayan Mountains. Equally dramati though less familiar displays of nature's art lie downstream from the mountains, where the land and rivers flatten and give rise to a rid tropical landscape. Here, in the heart of the Terai lies the Chitwan National Park. Made fertile by land irrigated by monsoon rains and melting glaciers, the lands of the Terai are endowed with flora and fauna of great beauty and rarity. Historically, Chitwan was all but uninhabited. Malarial carrying mosquitoes initially kept people away, and more recently, Chitwan was off limits as the hunting preserve of the Nepalese monarchy. With great foresight, the most recent kings of Nepal formally set aside this region for national parks, preserves for the rich plant and animal life of the Indian subcontinent. However, remote, illegal poaching and squatters converting forest to farms compromised the wilderness ecosystem. As in the world over, the natural balance, the art of nature was threatened. Hemanta Mishra arrived in Chitwan as a young wildlife biologist in 1967, sent by the Department of Forests to ensure that the balance of nature was restored and protected. Deep in the bush and far away from civilization, he brought his young and beautiful wife, Sushma, to raise a family in the midst of the dense forests and riverine savannas Hemanta lived in Chitwan off and on for almost 30 years. During his long tenure there as a wildlife biologist, he built the park notably to save the Indian Rhino and the Royal Bengal Tiger, and later transplanted 37 rhinos west to the Bardia National Park.

Edition details

• Publisher: Vajra Publications
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9937506840
• ISBN 13: 9789937506847
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 104