Introducing the Red Panda Network Forest Guardians

FG's of Ilam

Support a Forest Guardian, their family, and the preservation of red pandas and their habitat for $30 a month or $360 a year.

Red Panda Network has been expanding our red panda monitoring and conservation area to include 54 Forest Guardians from 27 Village Development Communities (VDCs), working in 35 Community Forests and 4 National Forests. But this number needs to continue to grow in order to protect red pandas and their habitat from threats such as deforestation and illegal poaching.

Why Sponsor a Red Panda Network Forest Guardian?

Forest Guardians are the key to the future of red panda: they mobilize the community into action in preserving the biodiversity of local forests.

Forest Guardians work within their respective communities to create a Community Forest Network, which empowers local people to protect their forests. They monitor and protect red panda habitat, as well as educate their communities about the importance of the red panda to their future. The baseline data that they collect enables us to develop effective conservation strategies and assess our ongoing conservation efforts.

Your Red Panda Network Forest Guardian sponsorship not only helps protect the Red Panda in its natural habitat; it helps support a family at the same time. Your sponsorship will fund Forest Guardian base salary, training and dispatch, protective field clothing & gear, and field research equipment.

Sponsor a Forest Guardian today!

From Ilam District

Dev Kumar Limbu

Age: 35 years
Location: Surke National Forest
Family Members: 5
Profession: Agriculture

Nima Dawa Sherpa


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Age: 23 Years
Location: Lalbans, Mabu-8, Ilam
Family Members: 7
Profession: Farmer

“I have learned that there is need of conserving the endangered species and we should not cut the trees in a rampant way.”

Sponsored for 1 year by La Passerelle Conservation and Parc Animalier d’Auvergne on November 9th, 2016!

Indra Bahadur Gurung

Age: 45 years
Location: Chintapu Community Forest
Family Members: 5
Profession: Agriculture            
 Sponsored for 1 year by Creations 4 Wildlife on October 4th, 2016!

Kul Bahadur Subedi

Age: 40 years
Location: Kalikhop Dadheli Community Forest
Family Members: 7
Profession: Agriculture
 

Prem Dorje Sherpa

Age: 28 years
Location: Thumke Chipchipe Community Forest
Marital Status: Married
Profession: Agriculture
 Sponsored for 1 year by Parc Animalier de Sainte Croix on December 19th, 2016!

Surya Bhattarai

Age: 36 years
Family Numbers: 5
Location: Mamankhe VDC, Ward No.9, Taplejung, Nepal
Profession: Agriculture
 

Ratna Bahadur Baniya

Age: 35 years
Family size: 5
Location: Kalikhola VDC, Ward No.7, Taplejung, Nepal
Profession: Agriculture
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Indra Kumar Rai

Age: 42 years
Family size: 5
Location: Yamphudin VDC, Ward No.5, Taplejung, Nepal
Profession: Agriculture and Carpentry
 Sponsored for 1 year by Parc Animalier de Sainte Croix on December 19th, 2016!

Jasman Rai

Age: 58 years
Location: Jarbutte Bhalupani Community Forest
Family Members: 3
Profession: Agriculture
 

Arjun Rai

Age: 32 years
Location: Pyang Patal Community Forest
Family Members: 3
Profession: AgricultureSponsor me
 Sponsored for 1 year by Parc Animalier de Sainte Croix on December 19th, 2016!

Narendra Kumar Rai

Age: 50 years
Location: Jarbutte Bhalupani Community Forest
Family Members: 5
Profession: Agriculture
 Sponsored for 1 year by Beatrice Potter on February 1st, 2017!

Nim Sange Sherpa

Age: 20 years
Location: Kalapokhari Tham Danda Community Forest
Family Members: 8
Profession: Agriculture
 

Menuka Bhattarai

Age: 26 years
Family size: 8
Location: Phawakhola VDC, Ward No.9, Taplejung, Nepal
Profession: Agriculture
Sponsored for 1 year by La Passerelle Conservation and Parc Animalier d’Auvergne on November 9th, 2016!

Dal Bahadur Gurung

Age: 32 years
Location: Pyang Patal Community Forest
Family Members: 3
Profession: Agriculture
 

Surya Bahadur Bhandari

Age: 45 years
Family size: 8
Location: Mamankhe VDC, Ward No.4, Taplejung, Nepal
Profession: Agriculture