Sailendra Raj Giri- Researcher at Zoological Society of London
Sailendra Raj Giri
- Researcher at Zoological Society of London
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The Global Tiger Recovery Program has identified enhancing prey populations as a crucial component in achieving its target of doubling wild tiger (Panthera tigris) numbers, as prey density is a key determinant of tiger density. We estimate prey abundance and ecological carrying capacity (ECC) of tigers in the 1579 km 2 Chitwan-Parsa source site com...
Bengal Florican is one of the rarest bustard species and is listed
‘Critically Endangered’ by the IUCN, restricted to the lowland
grasslands of India, Nepal and Cambodia with fewer than 1000
mature individuals. We had repeated our first comprehensive
a survey conducted during 2012 to assess the current species status
in Koshi Tappu Wildlilfe Reserv...
The Bengal Florican is one of the rarest bustard species and is listed ‘Critically Endangered’ by the IUCN. The species is restricted to the lowland grasslands of India, Nepal, and Cambodia with fewer than 1,000 mature individuals. To assess the species status in Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal, we repeated our first comprehensive survey conduc...
Twelve cat species were recorded in Nepal including the largest, Tiger Panthera tigris, and the smallest, Rusty-spotted Cat Prionailurus rubiginosus. There is more research on the Panthera species than on small wild cats; consequently, the conservation status, distribution, and ecology of small cat species are poorly known. In this article, we repo...
Gharials (Gavialis gangeticus), only survivor of the Gavialidae family, are highly threatened
keystone species of freshwater ecosystems. They are confined in few tributaries of Ganga river in India and Nepal in fragmented populations. Their population also declined drastically due to anthropogenic as well as natural causes. Governments and conserva...
This report synthesizes the findings of the third nationwide tiger and prey survey, led by the Department of National Parks & Wildlife Conservation (DNPWC) and Department of Forests and Soil Conservation (DFSC) with the support from WWF Nepal, National Trust for Nature Conservation (NTNC), and ZSL-Nepal. Citizen scientists and students of various i...
