Parsa National Park (12th National Park of the Country) is located in the south central lowland of Nepal of province 2 and 3 in Parsa, Bara and Makwanpur districts. It is connected with Chitwan National Park ( A World Heritage Site) in the West and Valmiki Tiger Reserve of India in the south-western part. It was initially established as a Parsa Wildlife Reserve in 1984 ( 2041 B.S. ) with an area of 499km2 aiming to preserve the Asian Wild Elephant (Elephus maximus) and their remaining habitat of historical Char-Koshe-Jhadi which was spread over Terai from east to west of Nepal. Through the gazette of August 24, 2015 (Bhadra 7,2072), an area of 128.39 km2 in the Bara district was added to it, including Halkhoria lake as one of the major wildlife habitats making a total area of 627.39 km2. With this extension, the status of Wildlife Reserve was changed to National Park on July 3, 2017 ( Ashadh 19,2074 ). In June 27, 2005 (Ashadh 13, 2062 ), an area of 285.3 km2 in an around the park was declared as a buffer zone. Buffer zone (area adjacent to park boundary) management ...Read More