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    • Overview
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      • Overview
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Research

Overview

As part of the process to become an Indian National Park, GHNP was the focus of scientific, environmental, and socio-economic surveys to better understand its context during 1980s and 90s. Indian scientists from different institutions and the government, worked with scientists from abroad studying many aspects of Park, including defining boundaries, identify the geography and geology, the flora and fauna, and assessing social issues and government legal responsibilities. Long-term ecological monitoring sites were also set up to develop base-line data at important locations in the Park.

The GHNP collaborated with the Wildlife Institute of  India for research on socio-economic and biological aspects (Pic shows scientists and sociologists in the field).
The GHNP collaborated with the Wildlife Institute of India for research on socio-economic and biological aspects (Pic shows scientists and sociologists in the field).
GHNP has been organising many research technique workshops with the Wildlife Institute of India.
GHNP has been organising many research technique workshops with the Wildlife Institute of India.

Park research continues, often with Indian and foreign students doing graduate work. As resources for Indian research are limited, self-motivated individuals working within their institutional setting or the HP Forest Dept, carry out scientific studies when possible. At present, there is no systematic, on-going research program in the Park. There are virtually endless opportunities for Park research and countless graduate degrees (MAs, MSc, PhDs) are waiting to be discovered. One of the goals of greathimalayannationalpark.com website is to be the definitive site for past and current GHNP research projects, ideas, and networking. Better understanding the Park, in all intellectual disciplines, can only further its value as a common heritage for all humankind.

What’s new

  • Wild Treasures Book Release
  • Vishv Dharohar Utsav 2022: Celebrating GHNP
  • My Retirement Celebration Trek
  • Sanjeeva and Payson’s GHNP Trek September 2018: Payson’s Impressions
  • Book on the Great Himalayan National Park released at the Goa Arts and Literature Centre

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