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Kumar Paudel

Kumar Paudel (Nepali: कुमार पौडेल) is a conservationist based in Kathmandu, Nepal. He is the founder and director of the Greenhood Nepal.[1][2] His work focuses on species conservation, wildlife trade and community-based conservation.[3][4][5][6]

Kumar Paudel
Born
Sindhupalchok District, Nepal
NationalityNepalese
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge, Pokhara University, Tribhuvan University
Scientific career
FieldsWildlife conservation
Websitehttps://www.kumarpaudel.com/

Education

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He completed MPhil in Conservation Leadership at the University of Cambridge,[7] MSc in environmental management from Pokhara University and undergraduate in environment science at Tribhuvan University.

Career

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Paudel started his conservation career by writing letter to the editors in Nepal's major national dailies.[8] Later in 2010, he co-founded National Youth Alliance for Rhino Conservation, that conducted various campaigns reaching out court rooms to parliamentary committee to drag their attention for controlling rampant rhino poaching in Nepal.[9] In 2012, he founded a science-driven non-profit conservation organization called Greenhood Nepal.[10] He worked as a research associate at Lancaster University in 2016-2017.[11][12] In 2017, he joined ICCS at University of Oxford as a Biodiversity Fellow.[13][14] His research was supported by Rufford Foundation, Lancaster University, Environmental Investigation Agency, Conservation Leadership Program, British Council and other.[15][4][16][17] He was awarded also awarded National Geographic explorer grant to study pangolins[18]

Areas of work

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Paudel's area of work includes interdisciplinary conservation research covering wildlife trade, community-based conservation, political ecology, enforcement and science communication.[19][2][20][21] He has advocated in favor of curbing illegal wildlife trade and scaling up pangolin conservation initiatives in Nepal.[22][23][24][25][26]

He is particularly known for conducting cutting edge conservation research on the ground and undertaking conservation intervention.[2][27] Paudel traveled across the Nepal's prison interviewing wildlife prisoners in 2015-2017 as a research to why people commit wildlife crime and how others might be dissuaded from doing so in the future.[2] Later, he published that research on Conservation Science and Practice[28] and produced songs designed to raise awareness about wildlife regulations and the risks of participating in illegal trade.[20] The songs were performed live across the communities around the protected areas in central Nepal.[29]

In 2018, Paudel filed a writ seeking action against the illegal use of wildlife parts in Nepal including by former Prime Minister, who displayed the pelt of a Bengal Tiger during an TV interview in his home.[30][31][32][33][34] In 2023, he secured the landmark court ruling from Supreme Court of Nepal to investigate rampant private possession and confiscate illegal wildlife parts in the country.[35][36]

References

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  1. ^ "Greenhood Nepal". Official webpage of the Greenhood Nepal. 2020-02-04. Retrieved 2020-02-04.
  2. ^ a b c d Nuwer, Rachel. "To Stop Wildlife Crime, Conservationists Ask Why People Poach". Scientific American. Retrieved 2020-02-04.
  3. ^ "On the brink". Republica. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Kumar Paudel". rufford.org. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  5. ^ "An environmentalist's guide to books". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  6. ^ Khatiwada, Ambika P.; Suwal, Tulshi Laxmi; Wright, Wendy; Roe, Dilys; Kaspal, Prativa; Thapa, Sanjan; Paudel, Kumar (2020-01-01), Challender, Daniel W. S.; Nash, Helen C.; Waterman, Carly (eds.), "Chapter 25 - Community conservation in Nepal – opportunities and challenges for pangolin conservation", Pangolins, Biodiversity of World: Conservation from Genes to Landscapes, Academic Press, pp. 395–409, ISBN 978-0-12-815507-3, retrieved 2020-02-04
  7. ^ "Department of Geography, Cambridge » MPhil in Conservation Leadership". www.geog.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 2020-02-04.
  8. ^ "Guest Speaker-Mr.Kumar Poudel | RAC Kathmandu | Rotaract Nepal". rotaractnepal.org. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  9. ^ "Nepal Youth Organization Calls for Lifetime Jail Sentences for Rhino Poachers | Rhino Horn is NOT Medicine". Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  10. ^ "Greenhood Nepal: Echo of Young Voices in Conservation". Youth for Our Planet. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  11. ^ "Members". Cons governance. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  12. ^ "Conservationist takes wildlife challenge to Nepal Supreme Court". www.lancaster.ac.uk. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  13. ^ "Kumar Paudel | Interdisciplinary Centre for Conservation Science". www.iccs.org.uk. Retrieved 2017-10-20.
  14. ^ "enviro-policy-lab". Retrieved 2017-10-20.
  15. ^ "Announcing the 2018 CLP award winners". Conservation Leadership Programme. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  16. ^ "New British Council Grant support NCRF Researchers". Nepal Conservation Research Fellows. 2020-02-04.
  17. ^ Paudel, Kumar; Potter, Gary R.; Phelps, Jacob (2020). "Conservation enforcement: Insights from people incarcerated for wildlife crimes in Nepal". Conservation Science and Practice. 2 (2): e137. Bibcode:2020ConSP...2E.137P. doi:10.1111/csp2.137. ISSN 2578-4854.
  18. ^ explorer-directory.nationalgeographic.org https://explorer-directory.nationalgeographic.org/kumar-paudel. Retrieved 2023-11-29. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  19. ^ "Kumar Paudel - Google Scholar Citations". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  20. ^ a b Setopati, सबिना श्रेष्ठ. "हाब्रेलाई चितुवाको पत्र सुनाउँदै दिलुको सारंगी". Setopati. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  21. ^ "Poverty alone not a leading cause for involvement in illegal wildlife trade, new study says". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  22. ^ "Conservation school for awareness". Retrieved 2017-10-21.
  23. ^ Shrestha, Shreejana. "Protecting less known species". nepalitimes.com. Retrieved 2017-10-21.
  24. ^ "Illegal trade of pangolin grew 'eight-fold'". Retrieved 2017-10-21.
  25. ^ "The Rising Nepal: Pangolin poaching up despite tight vigilance". therisingnepal.org.np. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  26. ^ Gupta, Joydeep; Bhushal, Ramesh; Rahman, Zobaidur (May 14, 2019). "Preserving the pangolin | The Third PoleThe Third Pole". Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  27. ^ हाकाहाकी (2018-11-04). "लौठसल्ला निल्दै ढुंगा खानी". Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  28. ^ "Conservation Science and Practice". Society for Conservation Biology. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
  29. ^ "जंगलको कथा सुनाउने सारङ्गी बादक (भिडियो)". जंगलको कथा सुनाउने सारङ्गी बादक (भिडियो). Retrieved 2020-02-06.
  30. ^ "Conservationist files petition demanding illegal use of wildlife body parts be stopped". The Himalayan Times. 2018-05-17. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
  31. ^ Howell, Katharine (2018-05-17). "Illegal wildlife trade & Nepal's Ex-Prime Minister: Petition to the Supreme Court of Nepal". Pollen. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
  32. ^ "Petition against possession of wildlife parts for decoration". My Republica. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
  33. ^ "Apex court show cause over law on wildlife organs". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
  34. ^ Hakahaki (2018-05-17). "Paudel registers a petition demanding action against illegal use of wildlife parts". Hakahaki - Face to Face Portal. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
  35. ^ "Supreme Court orders government to effectively enforce wildlife laws". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
  36. ^ "Landmark Nepal court ruling ends impunity for wealthy wildlife collectors". Mongabay Environmental News. 2023-05-30. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
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