Navin Singh Khadka
Appearances
Global News Podcast
Nato steps up efforts to protect cables in Baltic Sea
So he says the appropriate number is perhaps 150. That will keep them within the forest and there'll be no conflicts with humans.
Global News Podcast
Nato steps up efforts to protect cables in Baltic Sea
350 tigers in a small country like Nepal, to borrow his words. That's too many. And actually, he's also mirroring what many locals, including community forestry users, farmers, are saying that they're being attacked by tigers increasingly, loss of cattle and all that. So he says the appropriate number is perhaps 150. That will keep them within the forests and there'll be no conflicts with humans.
Global News Podcast
Nato steps up efforts to protect cables in Baltic Sea
So how come there are too many? In the past, since 2009, Nepal has been able to triple the population of tigers, now 355 plus.
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Nato steps up efforts to protect cables in Baltic Sea
Nepal, as you know, has a solid track record when it comes to nature conservation. So many national parks, protected areas. There are several wildlife corridors even between national parks and those protected areas. So poaching is pretty much controlled. And of course, local communities also have played a role. They have cooperated.
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Nato steps up efforts to protect cables in Baltic Sea
And not to forget Nepal's community forestry, another smash hit feat. So all these have kind of held tigers in terms of their habitat. But many experts are saying that tigers have competition between themselves, the tigers, because, you know, 355 plus tigers are fighting for space. So they come out to villages and then that's where they attack people. They even kill cattle. Livelihood's gone.
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Nato steps up efforts to protect cables in Baltic Sea
People are migrating. That is why this is a problem, they are saying.
Global News Podcast
Nato steps up efforts to protect cables in Baltic Sea
He was suggesting that Nepal can gift the tigers to foreign countries. But when I spoke to officials, then they're saying that, well, yes, there might be this suggestion, but how does it work? Who is interested? The tiger diplomacy is yet to gain the momentum.