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People In The Park: Reconciling Residents, Tourism, And Conservation In Shey-Phoksundo National Park, Nepal, Juniper Garver-Hume
People In The Park: Reconciling Residents, Tourism, And Conservation In Shey-Phoksundo National Park, Nepal, Juniper Garver-Hume
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Nepal is a small, independent country located between Tibet, India, and Sikkim. Its government is a constitutional monarchy. Its constitution has gone through many changes since it was first created in 1948. The most recent changes “ended almost thirty years of absolute monarchy (Savada 1993).” This 1990 constitution “vests sovereignty in the people and declares Nepal a multiethnic, multilingual, democratic, independent, indivisible, sovereign, and constitutional monarchical kingdom (Savada 1993).” The king is still chief of state, but the government is now multiparty with separation of powers and guarantee of human rights.
The land area of Nepal is approximately equal to …