Abhaya Raj Joshi

Abhaya Raj Joshi

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Abhaya Raj Joshi is a staff writer for Mongabay based in Kathmandu, Nepal. Find him on Twitter via @arj272.

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In Nepal, conservation battles head to Supreme Court amid civil society silence

Abhaya Raj Joshi 11 Sep 2024
Tightly coiled ferns of Matteuccia struthiopteris.

In Nepal, a humble edible fern is at heart of human-tiger conflict

Abhaya Raj Joshi 6 Sep 2024
Tiger in India. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

As in India, tigers in Nepal may seek refuge in sugarcane fields

Abhaya Raj Joshi 31 Aug 2024
Red panda

Nepal’s first community-based red panda conservation area sparks hope 

Abhaya Raj Joshi 29 Aug 2024
Nakphul (Lantana camara L.),

Government inaction leaves Nepal without strategy to tackle invasive species

Abhaya Raj Joshi 29 Aug 2024

Budget constraints limit wildlife protection in major Nepali road project

Abhaya Raj Joshi 27 Aug 2024

Nepal’s buffalo-kills-tiger story reveals deeper pains in compensation system

Abhaya Raj Joshi 24 Aug 2024
A white-rumped vulture (Gyps bengalensis) flying over a city.

Time to highlight South Asia’s less-studied vultures: Interview with Krishna Bhusal

Abhaya Raj Joshi 23 Aug 2024

‘Lost’ snow leopard to remain at Kathmandu zoo, officials say

Abhaya Raj Joshi 31 Jul 2024

In Nepal, criticizing government conservation policies is becoming harder

Abhaya Raj Joshi 30 Jul 2024

Nepal’s railway rerouting plan to avoid Chitwan park sparks fiery backlash

Abhaya Raj Joshi 30 Jul 2024

Rhino poop draws all the deer (and boars and more) to the yard, study finds

Abhaya Raj Joshi 26 Jul 2024
A wild boar at Parsa National Park.

Nepal’s youngest national park looks to elevated lanes to prevent roadkill

Abhaya Raj Joshi 23 Jul 2024
Two common male rat snakes in Chitwan National Park, Nepal.

Nepal’s shifting biodiversity research landscape: Interview with Karan Bahadur Shah

Abhaya Raj Joshi 18 Jul 2024

Nepal launches new plan to boost critically endangered Bengal florican

Abhaya Raj Joshi 30 Jun 2024
Activists demonstration in Kathmandu demanding water in Nepal's Terai.

Activists blame policy failures over climate change for Nepal Terai’s water crisis

Abhaya Raj Joshi 27 Jun 2024
Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0).

From the Amazon to the Himalayas, an invasive catfish makes its Nepal debut

Abhaya Raj Joshi 20 Jun 2024
Greater one-horned rhinos in Chitwan, Nepal.

Nepal’s top engineering, forestry colleges to align on development and conservation

Abhaya Raj Joshi 17 Jun 2024
A greater necklaced laughingthrush (Pterorhinus pectoralis).

Nepal’s legal barriers hinder genetic research, forcing scientists to improvise

Abhaya Raj Joshi 14 Jun 2024
Tigers in Nepal. Photo credit: DNPWC/NTNC/Panthera/WWF/ZSL

Fear and hardship for the last community inside Chitwan, Nepal’s tiger central  

Abhaya Raj Joshi 2 Jun 2024

Nepal court rules protected areas and forests off-limits for land distribution

Abhaya Raj Joshi 30 May 2024
Smooth-coated otters in Borneo.

On World Otter Day, an uphill struggle for these creatures in Nepal

Abhaya Raj Joshi 28 May 2024
Elephants

Exploring the science of Asian elephants: Interview with Sanjeeta Sharma Pokharel

Abhaya Raj Joshi 27 May 2024

Innovative Nepali PSA seeks emotional connection to save red pandas

Abhaya Raj Joshi 24 May 2024
Sonam Tashi Lama from Red Panda Network receives the Whitley Award from Princess Anne, patron of the Whitley Fund for Nature in London. Image courtesy WFN.

Owl conservationist Raju Acharya wins Whitley Award in hat trick for Nepal

Abhaya Raj Joshi 3 May 2024

Flocking together may create birds of a feather, study finds

Abhaya Raj Joshi 30 Apr 2024
Chitwan safari

Nepal govt bypasses parliament to allow commercial projects in protected areas

Abhaya Raj Joshi 29 Apr 2024

Warming climate threatens to worsen air quality in already polluted Kathmandu

Abhaya Raj Joshi 29 Apr 2024
Dendrobium longicornu orchid flower.

It’s tough to be a wild orchid: Interview with conservation biologist Reshu Bashyal

Abhaya Raj Joshi 26 Apr 2024
A herd of deer in Bardiya National Park.

Nepal’s tigers & prey need better grassland management: Interview with Shyam Thapa

Abhaya Raj Joshi 23 Apr 2024
A mountain biker.

Adventure tours with tigers? Nepal’s proposed policy changes raise alarm

Abhaya Raj Joshi 29 Mar 2024
A woodpecker in Chitwan National Park.

Cable car proposal is Nepal’s latest plan to commercialize national parks

Abhaya Raj Joshi 29 Mar 2024

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