Tag: #wildlife conservation
Articles tagged with #wildlife conservation
Karnali Aquatic Reserve
Nepal’s first fish sanctuary is an initiative of local governments and indigenous communities
People, naturally
Local communities in the buffer zones of Chitwan National Park play vital role in conservation
Sisterhood of the snow leopard protectors
Film by and about women conservationists dedicated to saving Nepal’s endangered cats
Leopards in the clouds
Nepal's elusive clouded leopards are threatened by habitat loss and human activity
Not out of the woods yet
After poaching, human-wildlife conflict and climate breakdown threaten rhino conservation in Nepal
Guarding the guardians of the Himalaya
Protecting snow leopards and wolves also protects the mountain ecosystem
Saving the Karnali otters
Communities protect rare mammals important for aquatic ecosystem balance
Buffering nature in Chitwan
As wildlife numbers increase, local communities balance human-wildlife coexistence
Not out of the woods yet in Nepal
The draft of a new national park and wildlife conservation bill threatens to undo Nepal’s decades-long success in nature protection
Nepal’s wild dogs also need to be saved
Tigers and rhinos get all the attention, but there are other less glamorous endangered wildlife
Does Nepal need the army to guard parks?
Despite the military's anti-poaching role, local communities have a better track record in conservation
Protecting protected areas from infrastructure
Highways, irrigation canals, transmission lines and new railways disturb Nepal’s national parks
Eco-tourism in Gadi-Siraichuli
Tucked away in northern Chitwan between the Prithvi and Mahendra Highways is a land that has been bypassed by time. And this has helped protect…
Curiosity did not kill these cats
Fishing cat found dead in small sugarcane patch, approx. 20m from the road. Photo: DIVISION FOREST OFFICE, NAWALPARASIIn January this year, my…
Planet of the pangolins
3 May 2009 has a special significance for Tulsi Laxmi Suwal, as it was the day she found a mother pangolin with her new-born pup inside the…
Nepal's unequal wildlife laws
Former Prime Minister Kirti Nidhi Bista in a program with host Suman Kharel. Photo: SUMAN SANGAI was watching a talk show. The host was grilling…
Republic of Nepal’s animal kingdom
All photos: RED PANDA NETWORKWhen British naturalist Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker first made his ecological expedition in eastern Nepal from October…
Human-animal interface in Nepal wildlife corridor
Renuka Sunar was killed in a tiger attack on 10 March earlier this year. All photos: AMIT MACHAMASI1 0 March 2020. It was an ordinary day for…
The unsung heroes of conservation
Piprahar in Chitwan. Photo: MUNA THAPA/WWF NEPALIndigenous people and local communities provide the best long-term outcomes for conservation at…
Nepali women at forefront of saving tigers
The Tarai Arc Landscape, a shared transboundary protected zone between Nepal and India is spread across 25,000 sq km on the Nepal side, roughly…
Nepal’s tiger conservation ‘too successful’?
Photo: WWFThe decomposed body of an adult tiger was found in Banke’s Gokul Community Forest in May. It was difficult to say how it died, but…
Nepal needs wildlife friendly highways
All photos: PRAMOD NEUPANE/WWF NEPALOn 2 January, the news of an adult tigress struck by a vehicle in Mahendra Highway made the rounds on social…
Nepal needs wildlife friendly highways
All photos: PRAMOD NEUPANE/WWF NEPALOn 2 January, the news of an adult tigress struck by a vehicle in Mahendra Highway made the rounds on social…
Empowering Nepalis during Covid-19 crisis
Dev Narayan Mandal, pictured here with a tree sapling. All Photos: DEV NARAYAN MANDALWhat started out as a wildlife conservation initiative in…