| Banke National Park | |
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 Location in Nepal | |
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| Location | Nepal |
| Nearest city | Kohalpur |
| Coordinates | 28°11′28″N 81°54′46″E / 28.1911°N 81.9128°E |
| Area | 550 km2 (210 sq mi)[1] |
| Established | 12 July 2010[1] |
| Governing body | Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation |
Banke National Park is located in the Lumbini Province and was established in 2010 as Nepal’s tenth national park after its recognition as a "Gift to the Earth".[1] The protected area covers an area of 550 km2 (210 sq mi) with most parts falling in the Sivalik Hills. The park is surrounded by a buffer zone of 344 km2 (133 sq mi) in the districts of Banke, Salyan and Dang Deukhuri Districts.[2]
Together with the neighboring Bardia National Park, the coherent protected area of 1,518 km2 (586 sq mi) represents the Tiger Conservation Unit (TCU) Bardia-Banke.[3]
- ^ a b c DNPWC (2010). Banke National Park Archived 2012-02-15 at the Wayback Machine Government of Nepal, Ministry of Forests and Soil Conservation, Department of National Parks and Soil Conservation
- ^ Bhushal, R.P. (2010). Nod to Banke National Park. Archived 2014-12-18 at the Wayback Machine The Himalayan Times, 13 May 2010
- ^ Wikramanayake, E.D., Dinerstein, E., Robinson, J.G., Karanth, K.U., Rabinowitz, A., Olson, D., Mathew, T., Hedao, P., Connor, M., Hemley, G., Bolze, D. (1999). Where can tigers live in the future? A framework for identifying high-priority areas for the conservation of tigers in the wild. Archived 2012-03-10 at the Wayback Machine Pages 255–272 in: Seidensticker, J., Christie, S., Jackson, P. (eds.) Riding the Tiger. Tiger conservation in human-dominated landscapes. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. hardback ISBN 0-521-64057-1, paperback ISBN 0-521-64835-1.