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Title Biodiversity Baseline Assessment : Phipsoo Wildlife Sanctuary in Bhutan : October 2018
Published Metro Manila, Philippines : Asian Development Bank, 2018

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Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Tables, Figures, and Maps; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Executive Summary; A. Project Background; B. Assimilation of Existing Biodiversity Information; C. Biodiversity Baseline Assessment Results; D. Classification of Modified, Natural, and Critical Habitats; E. Future Management Considerations; I. Introduction; II. Phipsoo Wildlife Sanctuary Description; III. Coordination and Consultation; IV. Methodology Followed for Data Collection and Analysis; A. General Biodiversity Baseline Assessment Approach; B. Assimilation of Existing Biodiversity Information
1. Desktop Biodiversity Screening2. Forest Plantation Inventory; 3. Normalized Difference Vegetation Index Modeling; 4. PWS-WDC Mammalian Camera Trapping; C. Biodiversity Baseline Assessment Methods; 1. Forest Overstory Tree, Orchid, and Snag Inventory; 2. Avian Species Inventory; 3. Mammalian Species Inventory; 4. Overstory Tree, Avian, and Mammalian Species Biodiversity Metrics and Statistics; 5. Fish Species Inventory; 6. Other Iucn-Listed wildlife Species Inventory; 7. Special Habitat Inventory and Assessment; 8. Biodiversity Indices; V. Assimilation of Existing Biodiversity Information
A. Desktop Biodiversity ScreeningB. Forest Plantation Inventory; C. Normalized Difference Vegetation Index Modeling; D. 2014 Mammalian Camera Trapping; VI. Biodiversity Baseline Assessment Results; A. Forest Overstory Tree, Orchid, and Snag Inventory; 1. Overstory Tree Species Inventory; 2. Snag Inventory; 3. Orchid Inventory; B. Avian Species Inventory; C. Mammalian Species Inventory; 1. Mammalian Diversity Metrics; 2. Comparing and Merging the 2014 and 2015 Mammalian Camera Trapping; 3. Temporal Relationships; D. Fish Species Inventory; E. Other Iucn-Listed wildlife Species Inventory
1. white-Bellied Heron2. Golden Langur; 3. Hornbills; F. Special Habitat Inventory and Assessment; 1. Khar Formations; 2. Grassland Health Assessment; 3. Illegal Tree Harvest Inventory; G. Wildlife and Fish Poaching; 1. Wildlife Poaching; 2. Fish Poaching; H. Biodiversity Indices and Summary; VII. Habitat Classification; A. Modified and Degraded Natural Habitats; B. Natural Habitat; C. Critical Habitat; 1. White-Bellied Heron Potential Critical Habitat; 2. Tiger Potential Critical Habitat; D. Ecosystem Services and Sustainable Natural Resource Management
VIII. Future Management ConsiderationsA. Additional Inventory Priorities; 1. White-Bellied Heron; 2. Illegal Tree Harvest; 3. Fisheries Inventory; B. Conservation Programs; 1. Antipoaching Outposts; 2. Grassland Restoration; C. Consideration of a Future Road as a Resource Protection Asset; D. Education, Interpretation, and wildlife-Based Ecotourism; APPENDIX 1: Phipsoo Wildlife Sanctuary 2015 Biodiversity Baseline Assessment Overstory Tree Inventory Summary; APPENDIX 2: Phipsoo Wildlife Sanctuary 2015 Biodiversity Baseline Assessment Avian Survey Summary
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed December 28, 2018)
Subject Biodiversity -- Bhutan
NATURE -- Essays.
NATURE -- Reference.
TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Ecotourism.
Biodiversity.
Bhutan.
Form Electronic book
Author Asian Development Bank, issuing body.
ISBN 9789292613754
9292613758