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Resunga Sacred Grove (RSG)
Resunga hill, Gulmi district, Nepal
Nepal
Active
Single grove
- Location
- Resunga hill, Gulmi district, Nepal
- Coordinates
- ~28.1°N 83.25°E; 2100–2450 m
- Elevation
- 2100-2450 m
- Size
- Not specified (study plots along 2100-2450 m)
- Age / Founded
- Traditional religious forest
- Status
- Active
- Deity & Religion
- Hindu religious/pilgrimage forest
- Community & Guardians
- Local Gulmi (Nepali) community
- Vernacular name
- Devithan / religious forest
- Record type
- Single grove
Cultural practices & uses
Pilgrimage; carbon sink (avg 127.75 t/ha)
Plant species
19 tree species; Rhododendron and oak (Quercus) forests
Biome & fauna
Subtropical–temperate mid-hill forest
Threats & protection
Community-protected religious forest
Source
Sharma, Pokharel & Shrestha 2015, J. Nat. Hist. Mus. 29:60-