“Rhinos and tigers are relatively well protected because they live inside national parks and are guarded by soldiers,” explains Kumar Paudel of the group, Greenhood Nepal. “But pangolins have no such protection.”

“A new challenge in the tourism sector is the construction of new roads in various spots including inaccessible areas mainly affecting trekking tourism,” say Reshu Bashyal of Greenhood Nepal

“Today’s young students are tomorrow’s future, thus for the better future of Pangolin, it is most to aware and engage students in its conservation activities’, says Sabitri Rai from Greenhood Nepal.

“Whatever has been seized so far is just 10 percent of what is being transported across the border,” says Kumar Paudel, cofounder at Greenhood Nepal