Military-backed conservation ‘without firing a single shot’: Interview with Nepal’s Babu Krishna Karki

Mongabay
Feb 4, 2025, 1:51 am487 ptsHotTop
KATHMANDU — In the 1970s, Nepal’s government faced major challenges conserving the fertile flood plains of the country’s south. The region is the natural habitat of the iconic greater one-horned rhino (Rhinoceros unicornis) and Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris), and their populations were declining rapidly…

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