pangolin

Nepali conservationist wins Whitley, again

Researcher Tulshi Laxmi Suwal is the recipient of the 2023 Whitley Award for her work in protecting pangolins and forests

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...

Young Nepali activists protect pangolins

Four years ago, teenager Anish Magar heard about a pangolin being killed close to his home in Yangshila, in the forested Chure...

Young Nepali activists protect pangolins

Four years ago, teenager Anish Magar heard about a pangolin being killed close to his home in Yangshila, in the forested Chure...

What drives wildlife poaching?

Nepal is the first tiger-range country to double the number of the endangered big cats in its reserves, and has marked five...

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Better Nepal-China connectivity helps wildlife smugglers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1rSf1D72vY&feature=youtu.beOn 22 March, Qiu Guorong, 40, and Que Labao, 34, had just flown into Kathmandu from Kinshasa when they were intercepted at...

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The routes for the world’s most trafficked mammal

Sahana Ghosh in Kolkatahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1rSf1D72vYPangolin smugglers in India are rigging up the endangered mammals with a battery-operated device that emits sparks from its...

Protecting pangolins from being eaten to extinction

They may not be as cute, and do not make headlines like tigers, elephants or rhinos, but Nepal’s pangolins are critically endangered and need as much...

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