3. FOREST AND ENERGY
3.2 PROTECTED AREAS OF NEPAL'S NATIONAL PARKS,
WILDLIFE RESERVES, HUNTING RESERVE, CONSERVATION AREA AND BUFFERZONES.
Name of the Parks	Gazetted	Area
	Yr.	( Sq.Km.)
(a) National Parks
1)  Royal Chitwan National Park	1973	932
(World Heritage Site 1984)
2)  Langtang National Park	1976	1710
3)  Rara National Park	1976	106
4)  Sagarmatha National Park	1976	1148
(World Heritage Site 1979)
5)  She-Phoksundo National Park	1984	3555
6)  Khaptad National Park	1984	225
7)  Bardia National Park	1984	968
8)  Makalu Barun National Park	1991	1500
9) Shivapuri National Park	2002	144
Total		10288
(b) Wildlife Reserves
1)  Shuklaphanta Wildlife
Reserve	1976	305
2)  Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve	1976	175
3)  Parsa Wildlife Reserve	1984	499
Total		979
		Contd…
(c) Hunting Reserve
1)  Dhor-Patan Hunting Reserve	1987	1325
Total		1325
(d) Conservation Area
1)  Annapurna Conservation Area	1992	7629
2)  Kanchanjunga Conservation Area	1997	2035
3)  Manasula Conservation Area	1998	1663
Total		11327
(e) Bufferzones
1)  Chitwan National Park	1996	750
2)  Bardia National Park	1996	328
3)  Langtang National Park	1998	420
4)  Shey-phoksundo National Park	1998	449
5)  Makalu Barun National Park	1999	830
6)  Sagarmatha National Park	2002	275
7)  Suklaphanta Wildlife Reserve	2004	243.5
8)  Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve	2004	173
9)  Parsa Wildlife Reserve	2005	298.17
Total		3766.67
Grand Total Area in Sq.Km   26,971(18.33%)
Source : Department of National Parks & wildlife Conservation.