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Eight countries share knowledge, strengthen institutions, and coordinate against wildlife crime across borders.
Afghanistan is a land-locked country with six neighbors and covers an area of 652,000 sq. km. Elevation varies from 258 m to 7,485 m and the highest point is in the Pamir Mountains (where there are glaciers and permanent snow cover), near the Chinese border in the Far East. Only an estimated 12% of the land area is…
Bangladesh is situated in the “oriental region”, between the Indo-Himalayas and Indo-Chinese sub-regions. The country covers an area of 147,570 km, of which about 80 % comprises deltaic plains—one of the largest in the world, formed at the confluence of the Ganges, the Brahmaputra (Jamuna), and the Meghna rivers. The…
Bhutan is a landlocked country situated in the Himalayas between China and India. The terrain is mostly mountainous with some fertile valleys. The southern border with India is at an elevation of a few hundred feet only. The northern border with China (Tibet) is at a height of over twenty thousand feet. The climate…
India is one of the 17 mega-diverse countries of the world. With only 2.4% of the world’s land area, it contributes about 8% of the known global bio-diversity. The rich bio-diversity is due to diverse ecological habitats, namely forests, grasslands, wetlands, coastal, marine and desert ecosystems. It has four…
Maldives is the smallest Asian country both in population and land area. With an average ground level of 1.5 meters (4 ft 11 inch) above the sea level, it is the country in the planet at the lowest altitude. It has the natural highest point in the world of only 2.4 meters. Actually, Maldives is an island nation…
Nepal, situated in the central Himalayas, occupies a total area of 147,181 sq. Km. About 86% of the total land area is covered with hills and high mountains, and the remaining 14 % are the flat lands of the Tarai, with altitudes varying from some 67 m from the main sea level in the south-eastern Tarai to 8,848 m at…
Pakistan is situated in the north-western part of South Asia. It lies approximately between 240 and 370 N latitude and 610 and 750 E longitude. It has borders with China in the north, Iran in the West, Afghanistan in the north-west, India in the east and Arabian Sea in the south. Pakistan covers an area of 796,095…
Sri Lanka is an island in the Indian Ocean, situated at the southern tip of the Indian sub-continent. The land area of the country is 64,740 Sq.KM. The topography of the island consists of south central mountain massif rises up to 2500 m, surrounded by broad lowland plains at an elevation of 0.75 m above the sea…
