Key species
- Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris), endangered
- Greater one-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis), vulnerable
- Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), endangered
- Bengal florican (Houbaropsis bengalensis), critically endangered
- Hodgson’s bushchat (Saxicola insignis), vulnerable
- Swamp deer (Rucervus duvaucelii), vulnerable
People involved
- Dr Hem Sagar Baral, Project Leader and Nepal Country Manager
- Dr Bhagawan Raj Dahal, Trans-boundary Tiger project Manager
- Tek Raj Bhatt, Programme Officer
Partners and sponsors
- The Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation
- The National Trust for Nature Conservation
- Himalayan Nature
- Community groups under the national parks' Buffer Zone User Committees
- The UK Trust for Nature Conservation in Nepal funded anti-poaching and livelihoods work in Chitwan and Bardia National Parks
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The UK Darwin Initiative funded the livelihoods work in Suklaphanta National Park
Related projects
- Find out more about ZSL’s work in Nepal
- Nepal’s tigers and elephants
- Gharials and wetlands
- Involving communities in the fight against wildlife crime
- Greater one-horned rhino in Whipsnade Zoo
- ZSL also works to protect black rhinos in Kenya