Project information
Key species
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Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris), endangered
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Greater one-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis), vulnerable
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Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), endangered
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Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus), critically endangered
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Chinese pangolin (Manis pentapactyla), critically endangered
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Indian pangolin (Manis crassicaudata), endangered
People involved
- Dr Hem Sagar Baral – Nepal country manager
- Dr Bhagawan Raj Dahal, Project Manager
- Jake Williams
- Prakash Sigdel, Field Programme Officer, eastern landscape
- Pawan Gautam, Field Programme Officer, western landscape
Partners and sponsors
- Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation
- the National Trust for Nature Conservation
- Himalayan Nature
- Mithila Wildlife Trust
- Community Forest User Groups
- UK Aid funds ecotourism and Community-based Anti-poaching, through our project ‘Strengthening Community Anti-poaching and Ecotourism in the Western Terai Complex’
Related projects
- Find out more about ZSL’s work in Nepal
- Find out more about ZSL's work tackling the illegal wildlife trade
- Transboundary tigers and elephants in Nepal
- Greater one-horned rhinos and grassland