Journalist, #Conservation#wildlife @ACJIndia alum
Nepal
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Last year, I wrote for Mongabay about Nepal’s traditional rhino census: a cumbersome, labor-intensive process that can be dangerous & costly.
Good to know Nepal is preparing to move toward a less invasive method, as experts suggested in the piece. news.mongabay.com/2025/05/us…
Nepal’s rhino census is getting a scientific makeover
Authorities are considering DNA sampling and camera traps to replace a decades-old method that relies on elephants and direct sightings.
kathmandupost.com/national/2… —by Manoj Paudel
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During Nepal’s August 2026 floods, informal, community-based warnings saved lives while the official SMS alert system failed, arriving late, in Nepali only, and without actionable, location-specific guidance. @arj272 reports.
india.mongabay.com/2026/09/c…
As we talk about early warning in Nepal, it is important to draw distinction between realtime emergency communication & early warning. My understanding based on conversations with experts
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Nepal's Supreme Court ruled hydropower in protected areas unconstitutional in Jan 2025. The full verdict still isn't published — and in that gap, the govt has quietly permitted 10 projects (360+ MW).
news.mongabay.com/2026/08/ne…
Three wild boars have been confirmed to have died at the central zoo, testing positive for African Swine Fever. This raises several questions: How did the virus infect the animals isolated from other infected pigs? Why did this happen just after bird flu outbreak? AI-gen image
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A copy of NTNC’s investigation report obtained through RTI shows two influenza viruses potentially circulated at Lalitpur Central Zoo & the 'low pathogenic' H9 killed the felids, including two leopards.
news.mongabay.com/2026/08/ne…
Nepal’s tiger count hit a record 429, but growth is concentrated almost entirely in the country’s newer national parks. Meanwhile Bardiya, the second-oldest park, declined 10%.
news.mongabay.com/2026/08/ne…
Headline in @kathmandupost today raises some deep philosophical issues.
A team of scientists spanning Asia, the Americas and Europe has spent five years building the case that the pangolin Hodgson described in 1836 is in fact a separate species, distinct from the Chinese pangolin it had long been lumped together with.
news.mongabay.com/2026/07/hi…
How tasty dalbhat could help save the snow leopard in Nepal's Transhimalaya. Finger-licking story by @bibekbhandari
news.mongabay.com/2026/06/wh…
Here's why @kathmandupost needs to hire a full-time science/environment journalist. Hint: the caption & the pic
Situation of Nepal's forests in two images. While 'forest cover' has increased, large contiguous, dense forests are becoming rare as roads of different shapes and sizes criss-cross the length & breadth of the country. Images, GFW & WWF
Nepal seeks World Bank loan to fight air pollution despite raising billions in pollution tax
news.mongabay.com/2025/10/ne…
If you are in Kathmandu/Bagmati watershed region stay home this weekend, clear of flood prone areas. Forecasts show heavy rainfall
Nepal is debating a captive-breeding program for the Bengal florican, a critically endangered bird, but experts say it shouldn't be an alternative to stronger habitat protection
news.mongabay.com/2025/09/ne…
