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Kumar Paudel (
Nepali : कुमार पौडेल ) is a conservationist based in
Kathmandu ,
Nepal . He is the founder and director of the Greenhood Nepal.
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[2] His work focuses on species conservation, wildlife trade and community-based conservation.
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He completed
MPhil in Conservation Leadership at the
University of Cambridge ,
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MSc in environmental management from
Pokhara University and undergraduate in environment science at
Tribhuvan University .
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.
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[12] In 2017, he joined ICCS at
University of Oxford as a Biodiversity Fellow.
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[14] His research was supported by
Rufford Foundation ,
Lancaster University ,
Environmental Investigation Agency ,
Conservation Leadership Program ,
British Council and other.
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[17] He was awarded also awarded
National Geographic explorer grant to study pangolins
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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.
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[21] He has advocated in favor of curbing illegal wildlife trade and scaling up pangolin conservation initiatives in Nepal.
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He is particularly known for conducting cutting edge conservation research on the ground and undertaking conservation intervention.
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[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.
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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.
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[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.
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"Greenhood Nepal" . Official webpage of the Greenhood Nepal . 2020-02-04. Retrieved 2020-02-04 .
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Nuwer, Rachel .
"To Stop Wildlife Crime, Conservationists Ask Why People Poach" . Scientific American . Retrieved 2020-02-04 .
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"On the brink" . Republica . Retrieved 9 March 2017 .
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"Kumar Paudel" . rufford.org . Retrieved 9 March 2017 .
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"An environmentalist's guide to books" . The Kathmandu Post . Retrieved 9 March 2017 .
^ 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
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"Department of Geography, Cambridge » MPhil in Conservation Leadership" . www.geog.cam.ac.uk . Retrieved 2020-02-04 .
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"Guest Speaker-Mr.Kumar Poudel | RAC Kathmandu | Rotaract Nepal" . rotaractnepal.org . Retrieved 2020-02-05 .
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"Nepal Youth Organization Calls for Lifetime Jail Sentences for Rhino Poachers | Rhino Horn is NOT Medicine" . Retrieved 2020-02-05 .
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"Greenhood Nepal: Echo of Young Voices in Conservation" . Youth for Our Planet . Retrieved 2020-02-05 .
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"Members" . Cons governance . Retrieved 2020-02-05 .
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"Conservationist takes wildlife challenge to Nepal Supreme Court" . www.lancaster.ac.uk . Retrieved 2020-02-05 .
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"Kumar Paudel | Interdisciplinary Centre for Conservation Science" . www.iccs.org.uk . Retrieved 2017-10-20 .
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"enviro-policy-lab" . Retrieved 2017-10-20 .
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"Announcing the 2018 CLP award winners" . Conservation Leadership Programme . Retrieved 2020-02-05 .
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"New British Council Grant support NCRF Researchers" . Nepal Conservation Research Fellows . 2020-02-04.
^ 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 .
^ explorer-directory.nationalgeographic.org
https://explorer-directory.nationalgeographic.org/kumar-paudel . Retrieved 2023-11-29 .
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"Kumar Paudel - Google Scholar Citations" . scholar.google.com . Retrieved 2020-02-05 .
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b Setopati, सबिना श्रेष्ठ.
"हाब्रेलाई चितुवाको पत्र सुनाउँदै दिलुको सारंगी" . Setopati . Retrieved 2020-02-05 .
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"Poverty alone not a leading cause for involvement in illegal wildlife trade, new study says" . kathmandupost.com . Retrieved 2020-02-05 .
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"Conservation school for awareness" . Retrieved 2017-10-21 .
^ Shrestha, Shreejana.
"Protecting less known species" . nepalitimes.com . Retrieved 2017-10-21 .
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"Illegal trade of pangolin grew 'eight-fold' " . Retrieved 2017-10-21 .
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"The Rising Nepal: Pangolin poaching up despite tight vigilance" . therisingnepal.org.np . Retrieved 2020-02-05 .
^ Gupta, Joydeep; Bhushal, Ramesh; Rahman, Zobaidur (May 14, 2019).
"Preserving the pangolin | The Third PoleThe Third Pole" . Retrieved 2020-02-05 .
^ हाकाहाकी (2018-11-04).
"लौठसल्ला निल्दै ढुंगा खानी" . Retrieved 2020-02-05 .
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"Conservation Science and Practice" . Society for Conservation Biology . Retrieved 2020-02-06 .
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"जंगलको कथा सुनाउने सारङ्गी बादक (भिडियो)" . जंगलको कथा सुनाउने सारङ्गी बादक (भिडियो) . Retrieved 2020-02-06 .
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"Conservationist files petition demanding illegal use of wildlife body parts be stopped" . The Himalayan Times . 2018-05-17. Retrieved 2020-02-06 .
^ 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 .
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"Petition against possession of wildlife parts for decoration" . My Republica . Retrieved 2020-02-06 .
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"Apex court show cause over law on wildlife organs" . kathmandupost.com . Retrieved 2020-02-06 .
^ 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 .
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"Supreme Court orders government to effectively enforce wildlife laws" . kathmandupost.com . Retrieved 2023-11-29 .
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"Landmark Nepal court ruling ends impunity for wealthy wildlife collectors" . Mongabay Environmental News . 2023-05-30. Retrieved 2023-11-29 .