Protecting red pandas and their habitat

Red Panda Network

Action zones

Asia

The project

BiodiversityInternational solidarity

Beauval Nature supports the Red Panda Network in Nepal, which works with local communities to protect red pandas and their habitat.

580

have been recorded in Nepal, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

400 000

decline in red panda populations over the last three generations.

hectares

of a ranger fully paid for by Beauval Nature every year.

Solution

The Red Panda Network, supported by BEAUVAL NATURE, hires, trains and equips Nepalese forest rangers, to monitor red pandas and their forest. These community patrols operate in 13 of Nepal's 25 red panda districts. The rangers count individuals, neutralize traps and report any illegal disturbance: grazing, removal of wood or plants, forest fires.

Photos © Red Panda Network

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11/12/2024

The first forest officially protected by local communities

Dear difers,

On the occasion of International Soil Conservation Day, Nepal has recognized the importance of the Puwamajhuwa Community Protected Area, located in the municipality of Ilam, in the east of the country.

This is the first community protected area, so declared by the local government, for the conservation of red pandas. This shows the government's commitment to the cause championed by the Red Panda Network (RPN).

Following this decision, the RPN has teamed up with the District Forestry Office and the municipality to create a steering committee, to ensure the management of this conservation area.

A big thank you for your valuable support and difts!

9/17/2024

Conservation from generation to generation

Some time ago, the Red Panda Network hired Sanjita Thami, a mother of 4 living in the Ilam district of Nepal. Having come to Jaubari to find a job, she then became a Restoration Guardian, replanting tree after tree of red panda habitat.

Today, Sanjita's children are also part of the NGO's reforestation team, and the Thami family are experts in habitat restoration and nursery management - a commitment and know-how passed down from one generation to the next.

The money will be used for

- Red panda census
- Monitoring of animals and study of their distribution
- Anti-poaching surveillance
- Fight against illegal timber and plant harvesting
- Tree planting
- Raising awareness among villagers and children of the importance of the forest and red pandas

Red Panda Network

ranger surveillance days

already funded

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Action zones

Asia

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Beauval Nature

Protecting emblematic animals like the Red Panda highlights the problems faced by all the species living alongside them. Protecting them preserves an entire ecosystem.