Bach Ma National Park, situated in central Vietnam, 40km southeast of Hue and 65km northwest of Da Nang, is one of the eleven national parks in the country. The national park was created in 1991 to conserve the only green transect left in Vietnam, stretching from the South China Sea to the border with Laos. The dominant habitats are tropical evergreen monsoon forest in the lowland areas and sub...

We conducted informal interviews with villagers and park and buffer zone personnel in protected areas of Nepal presumed to contain Asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus) during 19 September–10 November 2005. Based on these interviews, we assessed the presence and persistence of this species in Nepal. We conducted interviews in Shey Phoksundo National Park, Langtang National Park, Shivapuri Natio...