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Pokhara Airport in Nepal with the Himalayan range in the background

‘Sharing the air’ proves a challenge for new Nepal airport in bird paradise

Abhaya Raj Joshi 5 Apr 2022

Bird-counting app kindles interest in Nepal’s rich avian life

Abhaya Raj Joshi 23 Mar 2022
Traffic on Nepal's highway

Road project threatens to derail Nepal’s conservation gains, study says

Abhaya Raj Joshi 18 Mar 2022

Behind viral story of bear visiting Nepal hospital lies bigger ailment

Abhaya Raj Joshi 15 Mar 2022

Nepal’s first bird sanctuary takes flight, raising hope for conservation

Abhaya Raj Joshi 14 Mar 2022

Globally acclaimed community forest groups in Nepal say new rules threaten their autonomy

Abhaya Raj Joshi 7 Mar 2022

In Nepal, a messy breakup with hybrid seeds is good news for organic farming

Johan Augustin 18 Feb 2022

Bringing back large mammals boosts restoration of entire ecosystems: Study

Carolyn Cowan 17 Feb 2022

Nepal’s gharials deserve attention and protection (commentary)

Zach Fitzner 16 Feb 2022

In Kathmandu, a struggle for water amid worsening floods

Johan Augustin 17 Jan 2022

China’s building spree in Nepal casts shadow over Himalayan ecosystem

Johan Augustin 31 Dec 2021

As its glaciers melt, Nepal is forced into an adaptation not of its choosing

Johan Augustin 27 Dec 2021

In Nepal, doubling down on tiger conservation looks to pay off

Johan Augustin 11 Nov 2021
Paleoart

Low genetic diversity is part of rhinos’ long-term history, study says

Carolyn Cowan 31 Aug 2021
Park rangers on patrol in Garamba National Park in DRC earlier this month. Photo by Thomas Nicolon for Mongabay.

Report: WWF knew about rights abuses by park rangers, but didn’t respond effectively

Ashoka Mukpo 8 Dec 2020

On World Tiger Day, let’s recommit to the goal of doubling wild tiger populations by 2022 (commentary)

Stuart Chapman 28 Jul 2020
Pardalis chameleon (Furcifer pardalis), a resident of the Masoala Peninsula in northeastern Madagascar, where illegal rosewood logging has taken a heavy toll on forests. Image by Rhett A. Butler.

COVID-19 lockdown precipitates deforestation across Asia and South America

James Fair 3 Jul 2020

For forest communities without a legal footing, new guideline is a starting template

Mongabay.com 10 Jun 2020

Tigers threatened by a vast network of planned roads across Asia

Liz Kimbrough 21 May 2020

‘Fake market’: Red panda study finds no real demand behind rise in poaching

Liz Kimbrough 11 Mar 2020

Nepal won its first climate grant; now comes the hard work of making it count

Abhaya Raj Joshi 27 Nov 2019

Rare fish-eating crocodile confirmed nesting in southwest Nepal after 37 years

Mongabay.com 21 Nov 2019

‘Vulture restaurants’ provide lifeline for critically endangered species

Abhaya Raj Joshi 27 Sep 2019

Nepal to conduct, self-fund, rhino census in March 2020

Abhaya Raj Joshi 11 Sep 2019

Snow leopard population overestimated in Nepal? DNA study suggests it may be

Abhaya Raj Joshi 23 Aug 2019

Making room for wild foods in forest conservation

Sarah Sax 22 Jul 2019

Casualty of peace? Study shows rise in deforestation after conflicts

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 2 Jul 2019

Homestay programs in Nepal’s rhino hub hold promise and pitfalls for locals

Abhaya Raj Joshi 12 Jun 2019

No rhino census this year as Nepal runs short of funds for survey

Abhaya Raj Joshi 11 Apr 2019

Nepal reckons with the dark side of its rhino conservation success

Abhaya Raj Joshi 25 Mar 2019

Nepal, in a bid to create a new rhino population, pauses to take stock

Abhaya Raj Joshi 27 Feb 2019

India-Nepal agreement to boost transborder conservation of rhinos, tigers

Mayank Aggarwal 19 Feb 2019

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