Arriving in Nepal

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Before setting off for Nepal I ensured that I had done as much species information searches as possible, scanned and printed relevant sources, had my species list, had my assessment training and had my plane ticket. The next thing was to meet the rest of the team in Nepal. The Nepal team consists of myself, Dr Hem Baral, Dipesh Joshi and Saroj Uphadyay. We also have a...

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Nepal: In The Beginning…

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Sam Lee is a Project Assistant on Nepal’s National Biodiversity Databank and Red List of Mammals. She will be blogging regularly on the process, providing insights into the details of producing a National Red List. My first task was to try and establish a comprehensive list of the mammals of Nepal. This was done by consulting several sources of literature and...

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Release of the first national Tiger Action Plan for Bangladesh

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In a tiger-sized leap for conservation in Bangladesh, the Forest Department have created the first national Tiger Action Plan for the country. With less than 3500 wild tigers left in the entire world, the 300-500 tigers of the Bangladesh Sundarbans represent one of the largest remaining intact populations, and therefore plays a significant part in the future of the...

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