1. Take a map of Nepal in your atlas or a map of the Bardia region, and find the area shown in the satellite image of the Bardia National Park Boundaries in 1990 (shown above).

2. Name and locate the major rivers and the mountain chains.

3. Look at the image and describe the distribution of vegetation seen in the 1990 image. Distinguish between forest and crop fields. Can you recognise the two classes?
Why do bright colour spots appear in some parts of the hill top?

4. Explain the differences in the red colour of this false colour near-infrared image.

5. Do the same type of analysis for the 2002 image.

6. Look for differences between the 1990 and the 2002 image.
Distinguish between long-term changes of land cover (deforestation, reforestation, eroded areas, roads, river courses) and seasonal changes (November is the end of the monsoon crop, February shows the winter crop).

7. In which land cover have changes occurred? Mark them with different colours on an overlaid transparency. Add a legend. Which type of changes occur within the park and in the area surrounding the park?

8. What are the consequences of changes within the park (e.g. more/less forest) with respect to habitats of wild animals?

9. Discuss the usefulness of recently acquired satellite images for the management of the park.