Local units demand role in park buffer zone management
As federal government works on new regulations to manage buffer zones, stakeholders call for balancing conservation with livelihoods and local needs.
As federal government works on new regulations to manage buffer zones, stakeholders call for balancing conservation with livelihoods and local needs.
Ten injured as jungle safari jeep overturns in Sauraha.
Shot in the thigh; soldier died during treatment at Chitwan Medical College.
A 64-year-old Chandra Kant Sapkota becomes a jujube farming pioneer in Chitwan. He supplies around 20 quintals of the fruit daily to Kathmandu.
Rhinos can often be seen grazing in these grasslands or resting under the shade of sal trees.
Better habitat management, timely identification of problematic animals and increased community engagement are key for conflict control, experts say.
Locals receive medical services as healthcare professionals visit the village.
Inspired by findings in Botswana, conservationists are painting symbols on livestock in Chitwan National Park’s buffer zone to trick tigers and leopards.
The bus veered off the road and fell into a stream on the Narayanghat-Mugling section.
The RSP chief, among others, are accused of embezzling Rs100.8 million savings at Sahara Multipurpose Cooperative.
Chitwan National Park reported a loss of 37,011 domestic visitors in the first six months of the current fiscal year.
Chitwan police submit a supplementary report, recommending legal action also against companies involved in transferring funds from Sahara Chitwan Cooperative.
Investors are looking away from Sauraha, the tourism hub abutting the Chitwan National Park.
Police probing alleged misuse of funds from Sahara Chitwan Multipurpose Cooperative.
Chitwan’s Baghmara Buffer Zone Community Forest has constructed two land mounds, each 36 metres long, 25 metres wide, and about seven feet high.