Namdapha-Nationalpark
The Namdapha National Park is a protected area in northeast India. The park is located in the state of Arunachal Pradesh and covers an area of almost 2,000 square kilometers.
Location
The Namdapha National Park is located in Arunachal Pradesh in northeastern India. He is a total of 1,985 square kilometers, of which 1,808 square kilometers accounts for the core zone. In the north of the National Park from Kamlang Game Reserve is limited in the west of the Noa - Dihing River forms a natural border. In the south and southeast of the park, mountain ranges collect the rich to Myanmar over. The altitudes of the reserve range from 200 m to 4,571 m above sea level. In the park area are 27 villages where nearly 10,000 people. Among them are the Chakma, the majority dar.
Flora and Fauna
Since the terrain of lowlands rises to 4,500 meters above sea level, the vegetation is very diverse, ranging from tropical and subtropical rain forests at the foot of the mountains on temperate deciduous forests at an average altitude to alpine meadows and year-round snow fields. Accordingly rich is also the wildlife that includes both types of tropical South East Asia as well as species of the Himalayan region. So Namdapha provides habitat for Bengal tiger, Indian leopard, clouded leopard and snow leopard. Other large predators are Asiatic wild dogs, wolves and black bears.
The large herbivores are represented rich and one hand include tropical species such as elephants, Gaure, wild water buffalo, sambar deer, hog deer, barking deer and wild boar Indian, but on the other hand also typical mountain animals like Goral, Seraue, takin and blue sheep. The monkeys are represented by seven species in the park; among them are slow loris, hoolock gibbon, rhesus monkey, Bärenmakak, Assam Macaque and Kappenlangur. Smaller predators are represented by red pandas, Binturongs and numerous cats and civets species. For some of them, such as the hoolock gibbon is Namdapha one of the last refuges represent a study in winter 2006/2007 collected 50 specimens of this rare species of ape in the National Park.
Birdlife is plentiful and, for example, through Nepal Hawk-Eagle, Grey Pfaufasane, mask owls and hornbills represent Nepal.
Overall, the National Park is home to 69 mammal species and 233 bird species.
A recent study, which was carried out with the help of camera traps, however, showed these are the major livestock of the park very low. Cause is likely to be excessive poaching. So no sign of Tiger in the park could be detected. The only large carnivore, which was occupied, the clouded leopard. Leopards and wild dogs could only be indirectly detected by droppings and tracks and are likely to still be present in small populations. The same applies to the Gaur and the serow. Only a small herd of elephants seems to visit the park more regularly. Were safely occupied populations of Sambarhirschen, wild boar, Indian muntjac and numerous small carnivore species. Some years later, in 2012, but the first time a tiger was detected by using a camera trap. These get more shots of other large animals, which proves that it is about the herds in the park is better than initially feared.
Documents
- William Riley, Riley laura: Nature's Strongholds. The World 's Great Wildlife Reserves. Princeton University Press, 2005. ISBN 0-691-12219-9