Conservationists and legal experts have criticized the proposal as going against the Constitution and the National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act as well as risking the biodiversity and ecosystem services of Nepal’s protected areas.
Abhaya Raj Joshi
Abhaya Raj Joshi
I am a multi-media journalist based in Kathmandu, Nepal. I cover social issues related to environment and climate change.
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Asiatic wild dogs/dholes, have seen their populations fragment and decline across Asia and Nepal has estimated 250-750 of the animals.
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The return of wolves to Nepal’s Himalayan region is putting greater pressure on populations of naur, or blue sheep — and by extension on snow leopards, whose main prey is naur.
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Nepal won’t set fresh tiger number goal, to focus on coexistence, connectivity
Nepal won’t set fresh tiger number goal because the country has already achieved a remarkable increase in its tiger population in 2022
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Nepali conservationists say they believe there’s a possible link between the Buddha’s legacy and the conservation of sarus cranes in Lumbini, Nepal, where he was born.
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Chepang, the Indigenous People living in Western Nepal take up the challenge to revive cultural keystone tree, the Chiuri Tree.
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Environmental human rights defenders in Nepal continue to fear for their safety and lives amid a lack of protection from the government, a new report shows.
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The Ghodaghodi complex, a wetland in western Nepal’s Sudurpashchim province, was recently declared a bird sanctuary by the provincial and the Ghodaghodi municipal governments.
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Domesticated elephants kept in or near human settlements are a magnet for wild male elephants from Nepal’s Chitwan National Park.
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The overall objective of Bista was to look at the effects of human disturbance and habitat fragmentation on red pandas.