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Conservation vs Conservatives
Nepal’s minister sees national parks as a gold mine, not as an ecosystem to be protected
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…
Freshwater dolphin comeback in Nepal
Ganges river dolphin back in Nepal’s Narayani River. Photos: TEK MAHATO.It is the best possible New Year 2022 present. A local nature guide in…
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…
Conserving mountains for people and nature
Half the world’s biodiversity and half the quarter of world’s population reside along the mountains. And a half of the world’s population…
Conserving mountains for people and nature
Half the world’s biodiversity and half the quarter of world’s population reside along the mountains. And a half of the world’s population…
World lost 2/3 of its animals in 50 years: WWF report
A rhino that was found dead in Chitwan National Park this week is believed to have been killed with a gunshot, the first rhino to be lost to…
Underpasses to reduce roadkill in Nepal
Wild elephants crossing the East-West Highway in Bardia National Park recently. Photo: WWFCutting through the dense jungles of the Tarai…
Freshwater dolphins make comeback in Nepal
A pod of dolphins at the confluence of the Mohana and Karnali Rivers recently. The endangered mammals swim upstream from India to breed in Nepal…
Wildlife poachers active during lockdown
A snaring crisis is decimating wildlife in Southeast Asia and increasing the risk of zoonotic disease transmission to humans, warns a new report…
Tiger selfie is highest-ever sighting in Nepal
The tiger that shot itself with a motion detection camera in the forests of Dadeldhura recently.Never before has a wild tiger been spotted so…
Out of the ashes
The Pathibhara helicopter crash was a repeat of the tragedy in Ghunsa in 2006
Protecting pangolins from being eaten to extinction
Photo: TULSHI LAXMI SUWALThey may not be as cute, and do not make headlines like tigers, elephants or rhinos, but Nepal’s pangolins are…
Project Dragonfly
GOING GOING GONE: A female of the new dragonfly species Microgomphus phewataali discovered last year in Pokhara by naturalists Karen Conniff and…
Nepal tigers now number 235
The Nepal government announced the total number of wild tigers in the country had reached 235, nearly double of what it was in 2009. This means…
Sun striped shadows
Close encounters of a wild kind in Chitwan
How many tigers in Nepal?
After being hunted nearly to extinction, Nepal’s tiger numbers surged in recent decades thanks to a successful conservation program. But with…
Clouded future for the Clouded Leopard
MEOW: A Clouded Leopard photographed inside a zoo in Gangtok, Sikkim recently. Pic:Yadav GhimireyAn amateur photographer recently sighted a…
The cantankerous conservationist
In 1974 Billy Arjan Singh worked out every morning with weights and kept himself fighting fit - with Prince the leopard and Eelie the dog at…