Buffering nature in Chitwan
As wildlife numbers increase, local communities balance human-wildlife coexistence
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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...
Curiosity did not kill these cats
In January this year, my husband sent me an image of a small dead cat. A forest officer in West Nawalparasi had...
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...
Nepal's unequal wildlife laws
I was watching a talk show. The host was grilling the celebrated Panchyat-era figure former Prime Minister Kirti Nidhi Bista about his...
Republic of Nepal’s animal kingdom
When British naturalist Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker first made his ecological expedition in eastern Nepal from October through December of 1848, a flock of...
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