SUSTAINABILITY OF SAGARMATHA NATIONAL PARK IN NEPAL

Sustainability of Sagarmatha National Park in Nepal



Acknowledgement

We would take this opportunity to thank our research supervisor, family and friends for their support and guidance without which this research would not have been possible.

Table of content

Introduction4

Tourism importance5

Sustainability and future scenarios of SNP8

Issues on SNP tourism15

Significant impact20

Conclusion24

Sustainability of Sagarmatha National Park in Nepal

Introduction

Sagarmatha National Park includes the highest point on the surface of the Earth, Mount Everest (Sagarmatha). The park is also of great spiritual and civilization significance in Nepal ever since it abounds in sacred places like the Thyang-boche and is also the native soil of the Sher-pas, whose way of life is exclusive as compare with others in height. (Tenzing 2006 P.34) The park possesses the high watershed of the Dudh-Kosi-River system, which has a fan shape and forms a distinct geographical unit enclosed on all sides by high points. The northern boundary is has the main division of the Great Himalayas, which follows the international border with the Tibet Region of China. On south, the boundary expands nearly to Monjo. (Som 2007 P.89)

This is a spectacular locality of high hills, geologically juvenile and glaciers. The profoundly incised valleys slash through sedimentary rocks and inherent granites to drain southward into the Dudh Kosi and its tributaries, which pattern part of the Ganges stream system. The top comes to of these streams are fed by glaciers at the head of the four major valleys, Chhuk-hung, Khum-bu, Gokyo-Lakes and Louisiana-Nangpa happen in the top part, particularly in the Gokyo valley, which grabbed several the lateral moraine of the glacier Ngozumpa (20 miles long glacier in the park). (Ortner 2008 P.18) There are seven peaks over 7,000 m. The hills have granite groundwork, flanked by metamorphosed sediments and owe their size overrides two successive stages of up thrust. The biggest boost appeared all through human annals, 500.000 to 800.000 years ago. The clues show that the percentage of boost is still extending at a slower stride, but erosion of natural methods to counteract this to an unidentified extent. (Holling 2006 P.390)

The region has six qualifiers height flora, starting from forests of Oak in the lower area of lichens and mosses in the upper area. The Himalayan region is a barrier among the kingdom of Nepal and the kingdom of Indomalaya-Palearctic. (Douglas 2009 P.28) Most of the park (70%) comprises arid land above 6,000 m, 29% are pastures and about 4% is forest. 6 of the 11 zones of vegetation in the Himalayas of Nepal are represented in the park: lower subalpine, upper subalpine, alpine lower, upper alpine and sub-nival zone. Oak used to be the dominant species in the upper mountain, but it is the ex of this species. (Chermack 2004 P.295)

Poverty, appalling rate of community development, the need for infrastructure development (transport, communications), illiteracy, land-locked, high terrain are the main challenges of sustainable development in Nepal.

There is a very high dependency and the power of natural assets mainly in plantations and ...