Key Species
- Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris), Endangered
- Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), Endangered
People involved
- Dr Hem Sagar Baral, Project Leader and Nepal Country Manager
- Dr Harish Guleria, Project Manager, ZSL-India
- Dr Bhagawan Raj Dahal, Trans-boundary Tiger Project Manager
- Jake Williams, Trans-boundary Tiger Project Coordinator
- Tek Raj Bhatt, Programme Officer
- Sailendra Raj Giri
- Prakesh Sigdel
- Pawan Gautam
Partners and sponsors
- Department for National Parks and Wildlife Conservation (Nepal)
- National Trust for Nature Conservation (Nepal)
- Department of Forests and Soil Conservation (Nepal)
- Uttarkhand Forest Department (India)
- Wildlife Institute of India
- Panthera
- Community groups under Buffer Zone User Committees for Nepal national parks
This work is funded by the Integrated Tiger Habitat Conservation Programme (IUCN-KFW), and the US Fish and Wildlife Service
Funding support is also provided from: USFWS, Panthera and Twenty First Century Tiger
Related projects
- Find out more about ZSL’s work in Nepal
- Gharials and wetlands
- Greater one-horned rhinos and grassland
- Involving communities in the fight against wildlife crime
- ZSL protects different populations and subspecies of tigers in Thailand, in Russia and in Indonesia
- ZSL’s work with another big cat in India, the Asiatic lion
News & Blog links
- A roaring tale of habitat restoration
- Triumph for tigers: new study suggests endangered species on the rise in Nepal
- Nepal tiger cubs to celebrate World Tiger Day 2018
- Nepalese Government publicly burns huge illegal wildlife stockpile
- ZSL's flagship site in Nepal, Parsa Wildlife Reserve, upgraded to a National Park
- Roaring success as tiger population rises in Nepal