Sagar Dahal
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21 Sep 2015
Reaccessing and Identifying the Conservation Needs of Fishing Cat after 1836 in Bankalwa, Sunsari, Nepal
Nepal is an accessory to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Fauna and Flora (CITES), the convention with a dual nature of conservation and sustainable use of wildlife products and governing illegal wildlife trade. It took Nepal 42 years to form a dedicated “CITES Act 2017” after official treaty accession. This project particularly aims to understand the evolution of CITES and its effectiveness on implications for curbing illegal wildlife trade status focused on Felidae species in Nepal. Since several global pandemics, including Covid, are partly due to wildlife trade, this project is timely at the dawn of 50 years of CITES.
Fish and shrimp obtained from the Koshi river and sold in local markets of Sunsari District, Nepal. ©Aakrista Adhikari.
With the broad policy research framework, this project intends to investigate the CITES implementation status of Nepal, with the case particularly focused on Eastern Nepal on felids. A combination of policy research based on a review of existing policies supporting the implementation of the CITES and curbing illegal wildlife trade, followed by interviews with policymakers and investigation of legal and illegal wildlife trade based on publication in national dailies, arrest cases, and market surveys, we intend to explore the status of CITES implementation status of felids in Eastern Nepal. This project is a part of the PhD dissertation work.
Local hatiya (small bazaar) for selling different food and vegetables in Sunsari District. ©Aakrista Adhikari.