The new procedures raise a lot of questions, the most important question it raises is: Whose protected area is it? – Kumar Paudel
Read more..September 23, 2023 | Kayakairan
“कछुवा तस्करहरू पक्राउ परेका घटनाको विवरण सरकारी तथ्याङ्कमा पाइँदैन । कुन कछुवाको प्रजाति, कहाँबाट ल्याइएको अनि कहाँ लैजान लागिएको भन्ने विवरण स्पष्ट नहुँदा बेचबिखनको अवस्था थाहा पाउन मुस्किल परेको छ”-अस्मिता श्रेष्ठ
July 27, 2022 | Himal Khabar
“कानूनले जङ्गली चराहरूको बेचबिखन गैरकानूनी मानेको छ, तर कुन चाहिं चरा व्यापार गर्न हुन्छ, कुन चाहिं हुँदैन भन्ने उल्लेख छैन”-कुशल श्रेष्ठ
November 21, 2022 | Mongabay
“We can see that people kill the softshell turtles for meat as they catch them in nets when fishing. We also see, especially along the Koshi River in Nepal, people selling small hatchlings for people to take home as pets”-Ashmita Shrestha
April 18, 2022 | Mongabay
“Seizures related to charismatic protected species such as rhinos and tigers were reported the most, seizures involving tigers were most likely to be reported”-Kumar Paudel
June 11, 2022 | Kantipur
“अब संरक्षणसँगै समुदायको हितलाई केन्द्रमा राख्ने गरी कार्यक्रम बनाउनुपर्छ । निकुञ्ज तथा संरक्षण क्षेत्र आसपासका समुदायलाई संरक्षण कार्यमा सँगसँगै लैजानुपर्ने आवश्यकता छ ।”-कुमार पौडेल
July 29, 2022 | National Geographic
“Government agencies and conservationists “haven’t thought enough about how to keep people safe in those communities,” says Kumar Paudel
December 29, 2022 | Kantipur
ग्रिनहुडका अनुसन्धानकर्ता कुमार पौडेल अवैध व्यापार नियन्त्रणका लागि साइटिसको व्यापार नियन्त्रण गर्ने ऐन बनाइए पनि सुनाखरीजस्तो संकटापन्न वनस्पतिको संरक्षणका लागि तल्लो तहमा समन्वय अभाव भएको बताउँछन् ।
February 18, 2022 | Himal Press
“यति नै तस्करी हुन्छ भनेर यकिन तथ्यांक छैन, सबै कुरा पत्ता लाग्दैनन्,’ दक्षिण एसियाको सालक संरक्षणमा सक्रिय उनले भने, ‘तर विभिन्न रिपोर्टले सालक संरक्षणमा राम्रो संकेत गरेको छैन, चोरी सिकार बढेको देखिन्छ।”- कुमार पौडेल
December 28, 2022 | Mongabay
“We have also seen evidence that orchids are traded under other names and disguised as other plants that don’t have legal cover.”-Reshu Bashyal
April 7, 2022 | Mongabay
“Incidents like these show that making conservation inclusive is a challenge for the model we have adopted.” -Kumar Paudel, Greenhood Nepal