Secrets of Similipal (el. knyga) (skaityta knyga) | S K Swain | knygos.lt

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Similipal is astoundingly beautiful with its breath-taking landscapes, cascading waterfalls, meandering perennial streams and rich biodiversity. It comprises of unique flora and fauna representing the elements of both North-East and the Western Ghats. It has the largest population of Asian elephants in the East-central landscape. Though the tiger population is sparse, the preponderance of melanistic tigers is intriguing, and all of which this book narrates with extraordinary skill and erudition. The book incorporates many new aspects that pose grave threat to this precious ecosystem and discusses ways to overcome the same. Enriched with tell-tale photographs, the author who has a long and lingering association with Similipal and experiences as head of the National Tiger Conservation Authority, describes different facets of this wonderland lucidly. He has a facile pen with which he has authored the contents with in-depth precision and meticulous details. Thus, the book has been infused with appropriate ingredients to make a prized possession for scholars, researchers, wildlife buffs, ecologists, environmentalists, managers and policymakers of protected areas, tiger reserves, elephant reserves and biosphere reserves.