Mongabay

Introducing wildlife crime to Nepal’s law enforcement: Interview with Prasanna Yonzon

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Nepal is both a source and transit hub for wildlife crime targeting iconic species like tigers, rhinos and pangolins. Conservationist Prasanna ...
Discover Wildlife

In a remote town in Nepal, huge armoured creatures shuffle past restaurants and snooze on lawns. Here’s what’s going on

Rhino guide: how to identify, where to see and why they're endangered “The huge shadow of an irate black rhino emerged. My only option was to pretend to be a tree.” Its popula ...
Nepali Times

Nepal needs wildlife friendly highways

On 2 January, the news of an adult tigress struck by a vehicle in Mahendra Highway made the rounds on social media. The photo of the striped big cat sprawled on the asphalt in a pool of blood touched ...
Panda

WWF and Central Investigation Bureau formalize partnership to curb wildlife crimes in Nepal

Kathmandu, Nepal – Nepal’s fight against wildlife crimes received a new impetus with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between WWF Nepal and the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) of ...
Panda

WWF Nepal supports Wildlife Department to combat poaching.

Kathmandu, Nepal - In order to help curb the trade of illegal wildlife parts and combat poaching of endangered species like tigers, WWF Nepal handed over a Mahindra Scorpio vehicle to the Department ...
Mongabay

Photos: The volunteers standing guard at one of Nepal’s human-wildlife frontiers

CBAPU, a dedicated volunteer group, is actively working to mitigate human-wildlife conflicts in Nepal’s Bardiya National Park by preventing wildlife incursions and protecting local communities. The ...
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World’s smallest otter makes comeback in Nepal after 185 years

KATHMANDU — Scientists have for the first time in 185 years confirmed the presence of the Asian small-clawed otter in Nepal, thrilling conservationists and researchers looking for clues to its ...
Marin Independent Journal

Marin photographer captures Nepal’s beauty, wildlife

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... It had been four long years since I last set foot in Nepal. My previous visits had been driven by duty — volunteer work, rebuilding schools and supporting ...
Global Voices Online

Nepal’s Indigenous communities pay the highest price for their part in the organized illegal wildlife trade

This article was submitted as part of the Global Voices Climate Justice fellowship, which pairs journalists from Sinophone and Global Majority countries to investigate the effects of Chinese ...
Global Voices Online

Do national parks and wildlife conservation regulations in Nepal benefit Indigenous people?

Nepal is an incredibly diverse country in terms of geography. Within an area of less than 150,000 square kilometres, its terrain varies from 60 meters to an elevation of 8,848 meters above mean sea ...
Asian News International

India-Nepal sign MoU to strengthen cooperation in Forests, Wildlife, Environment, Biodiversity Conservation and Climate Change

New Delhi [India], February 26 (ANI): Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India, on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of ...