Tag: #wildlife
Articles tagged with #wildlife
Indigenous people pay price for poaching
Local communities in Nepal suffer consequences of wildlife-related crimes, while traffickers go scot free
The river of life
Saving the Karnali, Nepal’s last free-flowing river, and the ecosystem and livelihoods it sustains
Elephants become white elephants
Chitwan’s safaris can no longer afford to keep the animals and want to sell them
Ghosts of the Himalaya
After saving its tigers and rhinos, Nepal now invests in snow leopard conservation
Making festivals elephant-friendly in Nepal
Reinventing Chitwan's Elephant Festival to be enjoyed by both humans and pachyderms
Tracking Himalayan wildlife
The Natural History Museum in Kathmandu revives the ancient art of tracking with an exhibit
Saving tigers to save the economy
Every $1 spent on nature conservation can yield up to $6 in economic development
Do no harm
Travel to a holy Himalayan valley which champions non-violence and living in harmony with nature
Conservation vs Conservatives
Nepal’s minister sees national parks as a gold mine, not as an ecosystem to be protected
Where wild things are
Just a short drive from the Ring Road is Pulchoki, Kathmandu Valley’s biodiversity treasure trove
Snakes on plains
On the Day of Serpents, profile of a young Nepali couple volunteering to rewild rescued snakes
Home away from home in Nepal
A model of resilience for Nepali tourism in the age of pandemics, conflicts and the climate crisis
Close encounter of the wild kind in Nepal
On World Rhino Day, a Nepali conservationist recounts being nearly gored to death, and a lesson in conservation
Why is it vital to protect the Chure?
All photos: ACHYUT TIWARIThe Chure or Siwalik Range is the first of several folds of mountains that rise from Gangetic plains up to the highest…
Making the life of Nepal's captive elephants easier
A captive elephant named Kajallkali lying on the ground with an emaciated body, shrunken face and big wounds on her legs, shoulder and other…
The elephant whisperer of Nepal
Photos: ICIMODWhen I arrived in February, Bahundangi in Jhapa seemed like a sleepy little town, but the quiet was often interrupted, not by…
Cats out of their cradle
Steppe polecat. Photo: NARESH KUSI/HIMALAYAN WOLVES PROJECT/RESOURCES HIMALAYA FOUNDATIONResearchers have recorded three species of wild…
Protecting Nepal’s parks by saving buffer zones
Next generation buffer zone policies will help conserve the country’s natural diversity for the future
Nepali activist shortlisted for nature award
Sonam Tashi Lama, a Nepali grassroots conservationist working to protect the country’s endangered red panda is among 15 activists shortlisted…
Protecting the world’s largest squirrel in Nepal
Photo: THAI NATIONAL PARKS/WIKIMEDIA COMMONSWhen the government announced a lockdown at the height of the second wave in the summer of 2021, our…
Khumbu dogs go wild after tourism decline
When Nepal’s trekking income dropped due to the pandemic, hungry dogs behaved like the wolves they evolved from
2 Nepal tiger reserves awarded
Two nature reserves in Nepal have been recognised for their success in involving local communities to conserve their tiger habitats. Bardia…
Infrastructure for wildlife in Nepal
Vehicular and wildlife crossings ongoing construction at East-West electrified railway lines near Bardibas, Nepal. Photos: PRAMOD NEUPANENepal’s…
Water for Nepal’s wildlife
Photo: LENA QUENARD Nepal’s diverse climate and topography favors a maximum number of species in such a small area, but this biodiversity is…