WOMEN BEHIND TIMBER SMUGGLING AND RHINO CONSERVATION- NEPAL

In two separate incidents, women involvement in timber smuggling have been reported from a community forest in Hetauda District, central Nepal, and from Sukhlaphanta wildlife reserve, west Nepal. In contrast, to curb poaching of rhinos and smuggling of timber, women in Nawalparasi District, west Nepal, patrol the community forest area. The community forest is spread over 530 hectares and is home to 18 rhinos.
21, 23, 27 December
Nepal Samacharpatra, Gorkhapatra, Kantipur