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Red Panda Conservation Creates Ripples Among Rural Communities
RPN responds to poverty with multi-tiered programs that strengthen local economies while supporting people in achieving sustainable lives. Communities are unable to prioritize conservation when they are preoccupied with the struggle to meet their basic needs. For the under-resourced people of Eastern Nepal, this struggle is real as they face inadequate access to resources—such as clean drinking […]
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Stop the Trade: Kickoff in Western Nepal
RPN has launched the largest and most comprehensive effort to stop the illegal red panda trade. We kicked off this campaign on September 11th in Western Nepal with a two-day Wildlife Crime Control workshop in Jajarkot district. On Saturday, September 15th—International Red Panda Day—we organized the same event in Jumla district. 50 people participated in […]
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Red Pandas Rescued By Norden’s Ark
RPN receives support to construct a center committed to alleviating poverty and ensuring a sustainable future for people and red pandas. For nearly 12 years, RPN has been working with the communities of Panchthar-Ilam-Taplejung (PIT) corridor in Eastern Nepal to conserve red pandas and their habitat. During this time, we have identified the most prevalent […]
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The Future of Red Panda Conservation
How we are fostering a new generation of red panda conservationists in Nepal. Red Panda Network (RPN) knows how important young people are to the future of red pandas. This is why we are working with 29 schools in the Panchthar-Ilam-Taplejung (PIT) corridor of Eastern Nepal to foster environmental stewardship among students. Our efforts include […]
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Free-Roaming Dogs: a Major Threat to Red Pandas
On a daily basis, red pandas face an uphill battle for survival. They are threatened by habitat destruction and fragmentation, illegal poaching, haphazard development work, and untimely weather affecting the flowering of their primary food source, bamboo. Another threat has emerged: numerous free-roaming dogs within the red panda habitat, and they appear to be triggering […]
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Conservation Firsthand: A Look at Ecotrips with the Red Panda Network
What better way to experience conservation in action than to travel to the Himalayas on an ecotrip with the Red Panda Network? These excursions provide participants the chance to not only witness red panda conservation, but also to explore Nepalese culture first-hand. This month, we caught up with two former ecotrippers to ask them about […]
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Red Panda Facts vs. Giant Panda Facts!
Red pandas and giant pandas. Must be pretty similar, right? I mean they’re both “pandas,” they both eat bamboo, they’re both cute and furry; they even share habitat! But there are also many differences between these two adorable creatures. Here are ten facts that’ll make you a TRUE panda expert! 1. The red panda is […]
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Top 5 Reasons to Love Red Panda Mothers!
Celebrate Mother’s Day with Red Panda Network as we pay our respect to red panda moms! Red pandas are an endangered species and red panda infant mortality is high. Habitat loss, deforestation, human disruptions, natural predators and illegal poaching all threaten the future of red pandas. But red panda mothers do their part to ensure […]
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Himalayan Marathon in Taplejung, Nepal: And the winners are …
[singlepic=649,190,,,right] An auspicious 123 runners raced in the Himalayan Guide Marathon 2013, co-sponsored by Red Panda Network and its Disney Red Panda Community Conservation Awareness project in Taplejung, eastern Nepal. Among them were 103 male runners competing in the full marathon and 20 female runners in the half-marathon. This is one of the toughest high-altitude […]
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