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| Eastern Himalayas Ecoregion |
The eastern Himalayas are among the most spectacular landscapes on Earth. Yet they contain some of the world's most threatened flora, fauna and ecosystems.
Local people depend almost entirely on their natural surroundings for their subsistence, but the resources are now being used unsustainably. Localised forest clearance for agriculture, livestock grazing and over-collection of plants for medicines are all having a huge impact, in addition to the threats brought by international tourism and climate change.
WWF has embarked on a programme to tackle environmental degradation in the eastern Himalayas by reducing the rate of forest conversion and pressure from poachers, improving environmental management, and stabilising populations of elephant, tiger and rhino. All this, we believe, will also greatly improve the livelihoods of local people. |
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Eastern Himalayas Ecoregion
Sandra Charity
Head of species and forests programme
Further information
To find out more about this precious ecoregion visit the Global 200 site. |
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