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Lower Gyalsomdo Valley
INTRODUTION
The lower Gyalsomdo valley is situated between Tal and Bagarchhap. This are falls within the famous Round Annapurna Trek and part of the Manaslu Eco Circuit Trek. Located on the main trail of this valley within this valley there are three important tourist destination sites on the main trekking area, namely Dharapani, Thoanche and Bagarchhap.
….the most isolated and unexplored of the Himalayas …
… a land where the soul of the main is still considered to be as real as the feet he walks on; a land to be “barren as a dead deer” but where beauty and happiness abound in spite of hardships.
Michel Peissel (1967)
(From: MUSTANG –A lost Tibetan Kingdom.)
Status, distribution and habitat use of Tibetan Gazelle ( Procapra picticaudata Hodgson, 1846) in Upper Mustang , Nepal (by Madhu Chetri)
Introduction
Tibetan Gazelle ( Procapra picticaudata Hogdson, 1846) is a new species to Nepal recorded by the Upper Mustang Biodiversity Conservation Project during 2001 (Shah 2001). Until that time no information on population status, distribution and habitat use pattern of the species were known in Nepal . The species has been listed as Insufficient Known Category in the IUCN Red Data Book.
