Nepal

Nepal newspaper highlights poaching of endangered wildlife

October 31, 2010 Illegal wildlife trade

The Himalayan Times (from Kathmandu, Nepal) wrote in its editorial today that the story of a local man apprehended this week trying to sell three Red Panda skins in Kathmandu, “highlights how poaching of such an endangered animal is on the rise..and points to the laxity of conservation attempts. It is not only Red Panda [...]

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Forest fires threaten snow leopards in Nepal

January 19, 2010 Nepal

Over the years I’ve heard of many different threats to the survival of snow leopards in the wild. In Nepal it now turns out that forest fires are also a threat to the cats. Last week a fire in the Annapurna Conservation Area Project (ACAP) broke out after two hotel porters threw marijuana stubs onto [...]

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"My grandmother says"….a story of snow leopards

January 13, 2010 Nepal

A few years ago after I returned from a trek in the Mustang region of western Nepal with a wonderful guide, Binod Rana, he introduced me to his brother, Dipak. Dipak was doing community work and fundraising for a school in a village in the Langtang region and I wondered what I could do to [...]

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Sleeping in a cave to save snow leopards and report on Himalayan climate change

January 12, 2010 Nepal

Navin Singh Khadka is an environmental journalist from Nepal with a keen interest in how climate change is affecting the Himalayas. Currently based in London, he is an Environment Reporter for BBC News. Navin has had some tough adventures doing his work. In today’s interview with The Nepal Monitor he not only talks about climate [...]

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Everest Declaration to protect home of snow leopard from more climate change impacts

December 17, 2009 Endangered species

Early in December in the lead up to the Copenhagen Climate Conference Nepal came up with a 10-point declaration for dealing with the environmental impact on Everest and the Himalayan region caused by global warming. A few years ago Peter Hillary warned that some areas around Everest are sinking, with Base camp, (used by his [...]

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Climate change in the home of snow leopards

December 7, 2009 Endangered species

With the UN Summit at Copenhagen starting now, there’s been some focus in recent weeks on the impact of climate change on the worlds highest mountain system, the Himalayas. A recent press conference called “Stop Melting Life, Save The Himalayas”in Kathmandu highlighted the threat of climate change on the lives and livelihoods of many people [...]

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GPS to stalk snow leopard prey in high mountains of Nepal

November 18, 2009 Nepal

Researchers at New Zealand’s Massey University Institute of Natural Sciences will be placing global positioning satellite (GPS) collars on Bharal, the blue sheep of the Himalayas in the Annapurna region of Nepal. They are called blue sheep as their fur is brown to blue. They are also very distinctive with tightly curled horns. The Bharal [...]

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Are snow leopards in decline in Nepal?

July 28, 2009 Nepal

The news about snow leopards in Nepal seems to be mixed.  The Myrepublica website, a news website from Nepal has reported that the number of snow leopards there has been estimated to have declined – now believed to be between 300 and 400, while previously their number was estimated to be between 400 and 500. Counting [...]

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Hunting for snow leopard lunch

March 11, 2009 Nepal

Som Ale, from Nepal, sent me this spectacular photo of a tahr, one of the main animals that snow leopards hunt. Som had to be sure footed to get this shot, he nearly fell off the mountain taking it. We can see the beautiful Ama Dablam mountain (quite close to Everest) in the background. Som’s been [...]

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staring into Mustang…..

February 28, 2009 Nepal

Seeing Som’s photo made me remember my last trek in Nepal in lower Mustang. It was a family and friends trek, eight of us, aged from 15 to 54! We didn’t see any snow leopards but had a great time despite sore muscles and some intergenerational challenges. The younger ones wanted to start each day [...]

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