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Kumar Paudel () is a conservationist based in
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,
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. He is the founder and director of the Greenhood Nepal. His work focuses on species conservation, wildlife trade and community-based conservation.


Education

He completed
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in Conservation Leadership at the
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, MSc in environmental management from
Pokhara University Pokhara University (PU or PoU) () was established in 1997 (2054 B.S.) and is Nepal's fifth university. Its central office is located in Pokhara, Kaski District, Gandaki Province. Along with Purbanchal University, PU was formed as part of a g ...
and undergraduate in environment science at
Tribhuvan University Tribhuvan University (TU; ) is a public university located in Kirtipur, Kathmandu Valley, Kathmandu, Nepal. Established in 1959, TU is the oldest and the largest university in Nepal. It offers 1,000 undergraduate and 500 postgraduate programs a ...
.


Career

Paudel started his conservation career by writing
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s in Nepal's major national dailies. 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 A rhinoceros ( ; ; ; : rhinoceros or rhinoceroses), commonly abbreviated to rhino, is a member of any of the five extant taxon, extant species (or numerous extinct species) of odd-toed ungulates (perissodactyls) in the family (biology), famil ...
poaching in Nepal. In 2012, he founded a science-driven non-profit conservation organization called Greenhood Nepal. He worked as a research associate at
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in 2016-2017. In 2017, he joined ICCS at
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as a Biodiversity Fellow. His research was supported by Rufford Foundation,
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,
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Conservation Leadership Program
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and other. He was awarded also awarded
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explorer grant to study pangolins


Areas of work

Paudel's area of work includes interdisciplinary conservation research covering wildlife trade, community-based conservation, political ecology, enforcement and science communication. He has advocated in favor of curbing illegal wildlife trade and scaling up pangolin conservation initiatives in Nepal. He is particularly known for conducting cutting edge conservation research on the ground and undertaking conservation intervention. 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. Later, he published that research on Conservation Science and Practice and produced songs designed to raise awareness about wildlife regulations and the risks of participating in illegal trade. The songs were performed live across the communities around the protected areas in central Nepal. 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. In 2023, he secured the landmark court ruling from
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to investigate rampant private possession and confiscate illegal wildlife parts in the country.


References


External links

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Greenhood Nepal
{{DEFAULTSORT:Paudel, Kumar Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Conservationists People from Sindhupalchowk District Alumni of Pokhara University