Wilderness Nepal

English/24 mins/2003
Producer: Dr. Susan Sharma, Indianwildlifeclub.com

Subject Focus: Natural History of the Himalayan region with special reference to Nepal. Is there a future there for the Asian Elephant and Bengal Tiger?

Summary: The film looks at the natural history of the Himalayan region. It has exclusive footage of the Indian Rhino and on the Asian elephant from the Royal Chitwan National Park, which is guarded by the Royal Nepal Army. The film also projects concept of the community forests, which has been successful in maintaining the wetland area of ‘twenty thousand lakes’. These forests are a haven for bird watchers. Decrease in the primary and secondary forest area has put a question mark on the future of the Bengal tiger and in particular the Asian Elephant. An evolutionary history of sixty million years is getting wiped out in a few human life times.

Producer’s/Director’s Profile: Dr. Susan Sharma, Ph.D (IITD) is adapting the latest information technology tools to spread awareness about nature and wildlife. She runs a website called IndianWildlifeClub.com, which has an expanding user base of nature lovers as members. Her digital videos are self-financed. Her film Sarang – The Peacock was screened at the Mumbai International Film Festival held in Mumbai in Feb 2000 Corbett with Love was screened at the Delhi International film festival under the Short and Animation films category and was one of the films selected at IDPA Awards function.