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| Fox, J.L.; Nurbu, C. | |
| Hemis, a national park for snow leopard in India's trans-himalaya | |
| 1990 Int.Ped.Book of Snow leopards (6) | |
The recently established Hemis High Altitude National Park in India's northernmost district of Ladkh is potentially the best protected area for snow leopard (Panthera uncia) in India and represents an important component of efforts toward the conservation of this species in the Himalayan region. In 1981 the state of Jammu and Kashmir established, and in 1990 it expanded in size, the Hemis National Park which is located in the trans-Himalayan Zanskar Range south of Leh in central Ladakh. Hemis is the first national park to be re-established north of the main Himalaya Range in India and thus provides for this inclusion of a substantial tract of a previously unrepresented biogeographical zone in India's system of parks and reserves. The snow leopard is the most important large predator within the Eurasian fauna of the mountains of central Ladakh and the creation and expansion of the park has been described by Jammu and Kashmir as a major step in a statewide program for protection of this endangered species (Anon. 1986 a). |
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