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Our Nepal Team: Red Panda Network-Nepal

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Naveen Mahato
Director/Research Coordinator
(Red Panda Network-Nepal)
naveen.mahato@redpandaproject.org

I am Nepalese, educated at Nepal’s Tribhuvan University Institute of Forestry. While at the Institute, I became interested in wildlife research and, for my senior thesis, conducted a study on red panda distribution for WWF-Nepal in the Kanchenjunga Conservation Area.

Since this time, I have carried out another study of red panda in Mt. Sagarmatha (Everest) National Park, and research on Tibetan Serow and endangered Himalayan Pheasants. For these studies I have been privledged to work with some of Nepal’s leading conservation organizations including IUCN-Nepal, People’s Nature Conservation Trust (formerly the King Mahendra Trust for Nature Conservation), and World Pheasant Association. I recently finished a course on GIS and remote sensing at the ITC in the Netherlands. I am excited to be a part of The Red Panda Project team that creates the PIS Protected Forest, the world’s first protected area dedicated to red panda.

Kamal Kandel
Field Research Assistant
(Project Pude Kudo Staff)
kamal.kandel@redpandaproject.org

I am a Master’s Degree Scholar studying Zoology (Ecology) at Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal. I have attended the Conservation Biology Training Program and Wildlife Survey Organized by Nepal Biodiversity Research Society, University of Washington, USA and Nepal Forum Of Environmental Journalists (NEFEJ). Being interested in wildlife research, I am willing to conduct my dissertation work on red panda. So far, I am very much excited to be a part of the red panda project team that is dedicated to red panda conservation.

Sarah Saunders
Research Assistant
(Project Pude Kudo Staff)
sarah.saunders@redpandaproject.org

I have trained over the last 7 years in animal care, veterinary assistance and zoo keeping, the past 5 years in 2 zoos in my home country of New Zealand. A year break was taken in the middle to volunteer at an elephant safari park in Bali, teach enrichment and husbandry to keepers at Zoo Negara in Malaysia and assist with hand rearing and caring for injured and orphaned elephants in Thailand. Working on the ground with endangered species is a passion which burns brightly in my heart and fulfils my soul, i'm very honoured and excited to be given this opportunity to be a member of the project 'Pude kudo'.

Anugraha Sharma
Business Manager
anugraha.sharma@redpandaproject.org

Sonam Tashi Lama
Community Ranger
sonam.lama@redpandaproject.org
Sonam is from eastern Nepal and has worked extensively in the area, first with Youth Initiative then as a community ranger with WWF-Nepal’s Kanchenjunga Conservation Area Project, and now with Red Panda Network-Nepal. He has proven to be a thoughtful, inspiring leader that understands local villagers and their needs. His hard-work and dedication to conservation and leadership were rewarded when he received the Youth Initiative in 2005. In 2006, he took his passion for preserving biodiversity back to his home village where he founded a Youth Library and Study centre.

Madan Krishna Suwal
Intern
madanksuwal@hotmail.com

Madan Krishna Suwal, a resident of Bhaktapur district (in Kathmandu Valley), Nepal joined RPN-Nepal as an intern to assist Project Punde Kundo’s research and documentation activities. Madan is assisting PPK team with the field data management and analysis. He also assists in report-writing, map preparation and other designing and documentations. Madan is a student of environmental science at Master level at Khwopa College in Bhaktapur. Beside his internship work at RPN-Nepal at central office in Kathmandu, he is also working on his Master thesis. His thesis title is “Satellite Rainfall and its application” and will submit the thesis in October 2007.

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