The red panda in its environment

The red panda's particularly steep forested terrain has long complicated studies of its lifestyle. In addition, its nocturnal habits and secretiveness make tracking individuals more complex. But in recent years, advances in field technology and interest in protecting the species by governments and NGOs have allowed researchers to make significant progress, shedding light on the red panda's secret life.

Rabies, Explanation and Vaccination.

Each year in Nepal, approximately 32,000 people are treated for dog bites. About 200 people, mostly children, die from rabies each year. Signs of rabies can appear days, weeks, or even months after exposure to the virus. Symptoms vary, […]

Reforestation - Visit to a plot - Nepal 2022 mission

Extract from the report on the Nepal 2022 mission. From the Tatopani district, we're back on the road to Jumla. We have to drive without taking too many breaks, because the journey will be long, and we have to reach the reforestation site before nightfall. After another hectic road trip, we reach Siddibhinayak [...].

Meeting with Ramesh Rai

Ramesh Rai is a forest ranger for the community forests of Kanyadevi, in the Panchthar district. Romain and Hélène interviewed Ramesh Rai, the ranger supported by the CPPR, during the 2nd CPPR mission to Nepal in 2022: Romain: How did you start working as a ranger? I've been a park ranger since 2014. I was appointed [...].

News of the red panda tracking study, due to start in 2020

In our summer 2020 newsletter, we talked about this project being carried out by our partner in Nepal: the fitting of GPS tracking collars on 10 wild red pandas in eastern Nepal. If you weren't a member at the time, here's a reminder of our previous article: "The tracking project [...]".

Forest rangers training in Nepal

In Nepal, red pandas are safe in protected forest areas where they have trees to climb and familiar paths to walk. However, from time to time, a red panda finds itself in the populated areas of Nepal. It is then confronted with the danger of the roads and the [...]

CPPR Nepal Mission 2018

From France to Nepal - The CPPR and RPN partnership Report of the Nepal mission : By Hélène Allaire and Alexis Le Gac, President and Secretary of CPPR. Trip from 12 to 24 November 2018. THE "PROTAGONISTS" OF THE TRIP: Hélène ALLAIRE, President of the CPPR Animal caretaker at the Parc Zoologique de Paris [...]

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