A Short Description On Kankali Community Forest
The Kankali Community Forest is located in the foothills of the Mahabharata Range in Chainpur Village Development Committee (VDC). Due to the volatile political situation during the year of 2046 B.S. in the country, the high encroachment in the forest and, the illegal harvesting of the woods, the Kankali Community Forest was once a degraded and almost like a naked forest and gone forever.However, when the people living in the lap of the forest suffered the problems of landslides, the life for survival became complicated and the people began to migrate in other places. Hence, community realized the importance of biodiversity and took an initiation for the forest conservation since 2047 B.S. The Kankali Community Forest was once the headquarter of Chitwan district as well. The District Forest Office (DFO) of Chitwan on 2052 B.S. has legitimately handed the forest over the user community.Presently, the total user members of the community forest are 1830 households, which covers all the (1-9) wards of Chainpur VDC. The user members of the forest having different ethnicity are Magar, Gurung, Tamang, Darai, Chepang, Bote, Kumal, Brahmin, etc.
Biodiversity - Kankali Community Forest
The Kankali Community Forest is rich in biodiversity. It is the forest in which we can find rich natural vegetation, beautiful and rare birds, natural water resources and so many species of wild animals including some endangered species.
The Kankali Community Forest has mainly Sal Forest and consists of three types of the Sal trees; planted, regenerated and natural. The forest has covered the total area of 760.75 hectors, of which 247 hectors is a natural forest, 85 hectors covers plantation and 348 hectors is covered by regenerated forest.
The landscape of the community forest is one of the most attractive and beautiful as it starts from 230 to 580 meters of high altitude. Including the endangered species, the forest has more than 294 different medicinal plants like Haro (Terminalia chebula), Barro (Terminalia bellirica), Amala (Phyllanthus emblica), Sharpaganda (Rauvolfia serpentina), Kuralio (Asparagus recimosa) and so on.
After the sixteen years of protection, Kankali has been quickly colonized by the wildlife. Over 124 birds including residents and migratory have been recorded so far. In wild animals, more than 35 species of animals including Royal Bengal Tiger (Panthra tigris), Leopard (Panthera pardus), Wild Boar (Sus scrofa), Porcupine (Hystrix indica) and Monkey (Presbytis entellus) can be found the forest of Kankali.
The Kankali Community Forest has mainly Sal Forest and consists of three types of the Sal trees; planted, regenerated and natural. The forest has covered the total area of 760.75 hectors, of which 247 hectors is a natural forest, 85 hectors covers plantation and 348 hectors is covered by regenerated forest.
The landscape of the community forest is one of the most attractive and beautiful as it starts from 230 to 580 meters of high altitude. Including the endangered species, the forest has more than 294 different medicinal plants like Haro (Terminalia chebula), Barro (Terminalia bellirica), Amala (Phyllanthus emblica), Sharpaganda (Rauvolfia serpentina), Kuralio (Asparagus recimosa) and so on.
After the sixteen years of protection, Kankali has been quickly colonized by the wildlife. Over 124 birds including residents and migratory have been recorded so far. In wild animals, more than 35 species of animals including Royal Bengal Tiger (Panthra tigris), Leopard (Panthera pardus), Wild Boar (Sus scrofa), Porcupine (Hystrix indica) and Monkey (Presbytis entellus) can be found the forest of Kankali.
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