Threats and Conservation
Although the population density has been low it is now growing, especially in the southern Terai belt and much of the ecoregion has been converted to farmland since the forest was cut down for timber, although Sukla Phanta Wildlife Reserve, Chitwan, Bardia and Dudhwa National Parks, some of which were once royal hunting grounds, preserve significant sections of habitat, and are home to some of the greatest concentrations of rhinoceros and tiger remaining in South Asia. The areas of tall grasslands, which in particular have been much reduced for farmland, are of special conservation importance. The remaining forest meanwhile is mostly found in the drier bhabar belt, with some forest patches in Chitwan National Park.
Read more about this topic: Terai-Duar Savanna And Grasslands
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