English Khangchendzonga National Park Cited by user Environeill on 18 Nov 2019 Khangchendzonga National Park also Kanchenjunga Biosphere Reserve is a National Park and a Biosphere reserve located in Sikkim, India.
English Kyongnosla Alpine Sanctuary Cited by user Environeill on 18 Nov 2019 Kyongnosla Alpine Sanctuary is a wildlife sanctuary in East Sikkim, India. It is situated around the area adjoining the Tsomgo (Changu) lake along the Nathula Road.
English Shingba Rhododendron Sanctuary Cited by user Environeill on 18 Nov 2019 Shingba Rhododendron Sanctuary is a nature park in the Indian state of Sikkim. It has forty species of rhododendron trees.
English Nepal Cited by user Usedtobecool on 24 Aug 2019 Nepal (, ISO:), officially Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia.
English Limbu people Cited by user Environeill on 23 May 2017 The Limbu (exonym) or Yakthung (endonym) tribes and clans are a Kirati people of Tibetan origin indigenous to the hill and mountainous regions of East Nepal between the…
English Ethnobiology Cited by user Environeill on 23 May 2017 Ethnobiology is the scientific study of the way living things are treated or used by different human cultures.
English Eastern Himalaya Cited by user Environeill on 23 May 2017 The Eastern Himalayas are situated between the Kali Gandaki River in Central Nepal in the west and Myanmar in the east, occupying southeast Tibet in China, Sikkim, North…
English West Sikkim district Cited by user Environeill on 23 May 2017 The people are mainly of Limbu descent. Other ethnic groups include the Lepcha and Limbu, Bhutia communities.
English Biocultural diversity Cited by user Environeill on 11 May 2017 Biocultural diversity is defined by Luisa Maffi as "the diversity of life in all its manifestations: biological, cultural, and linguistic — which are interrelated (and…
English Sikkim Cited by user Environeill on 11 May 2017 Sikkim is a state in northeast India. It borders Tibet in the north and northeast, Bhutan in the east, Nepal in the west, and West Bengal in the south.
English Rumex Cited by user Environeill on 11 May 2017 The docks and sorrels, genus Rumex L., are a genus of about 200 species of annual, biennial, and perennial herbs in the buckwheat family Polygonaceae.
English Nardostachys jatamansi Cited by user Environeill on 11 May 2017 Nardostachys jatamansi is a flowering plant of the Valerian family that grows in the Himalayas.
English Acorus calamus Cited by user Environeill on 11 May 2017 Acorus calamus (also called sweet flag or calamus, among many common names) is a tall perennial wetland monocot of the Acoraceae family, in the genus Acorus.
English Oroxylum indicum Cited by user Environeill on 11 May 2017 Oroxylum indicum is a monotypic species of flowering plant belonging to the genus Oroxylum and the family Bignoniaceae, commonly called midnight horror, oroxylum, or…
English Bergenia ciliata Cited by user Environeill on 11 May 2017 It is found in Afghanistan, South Tibet, Bhutan (Phuntsoling district, Deothang district, Ha district and Mongar district.
English Lepcha people Cited by user Environeill on 11 May 2017 The Lepcha are also called the Rongkip meaning the chidren of God and the Rong, Mútuncí Róngkup Rumkup (Lepcha: ᰕᰫ་ᰊᰪᰰ་ᰆᰧᰶ ᰛᰩᰵ་ᰀᰪᰱ ᰛᰪᰮ་ᰀᰪᰱ; "beloved children of the Róng…
English Swertia Cited by user Environeill on 11 May 2017 Swertia is a genus in the gentian family containing plants sometimes referred to as the felworts.
English Bhutia Cited by user Environeill on 11 May 2017 The Bhutia བོད་རིགས (in Sikkim: Denzongpa / Drejongpa ; ; "inhabitants of Denzong;" in Bhutan: Dukpa) are a community of people of Tibetan ancestry, who speak Lhopo or…