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Article: Red Panda Network: fighting for the firefox.(EARTH ISLAND PROJECT NEWS)(Nepal)(Country overview)
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- Earth Island Journal
- Article date:
- January 1, 2009
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Cradled by India and nestled under China, Nepal boasts a wealth of cultural and biological diversity. Scarcely larger than Arkansas, Nepal has more than 100 ethnic groups and 92 unique languages and dialects. Its extreme climates range from subtropical to alpine due to its dramatic elevation variation, from 195 feet above sea level to Mt. Everest, at 29,000 feet. Nepal's location in the transitional zone of the Himalayas provides space for 118 ecosystems and 35 different types of forest. Although its land mass makes up only .01 percent of the Earth's surface, its forests contain eight percent of the world's recorded species--more than the US and Canada combined.
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Article: WA: Tiny Nepalese Red Panda makes Perth zoo debut
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... ... 2006 WA: Tiny Nepalese Red Panda makes Perth zoo debut ... AAP - A tiny Nepalese Red Panda made his first public ... slopes of China, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Laos and Myanmar ... little cub is the 11th Red Panda bred at the Perth zoo ...
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