Jhamak B. Karki

Kathmandu Forestry College

Understanding the dynamics of snow leopard-human conflicts and the perceptions of local people of the threats posed by snow leopards is important for gaining local support for mitigating the effects of the conflicts. This chapter presents an assessment of the knowledge and perception of local people of livestock losses due to snow leopards in the c...

Dhole Cuon alpinus is one of the top predators in Asian forests but is one of the least studied species of carnivores. We surveyed an area of 499 km2 of Parsa National Park (PNP) during the winter (November–January) of 2016–17 using camera-traps to determine the spatial distribution and habitat-use patterns of Dhole. We overlaid 2 x 2 km2 grid cell...

Although research on wildlife species across taxa has shown that males and females may differentially select habitat, sex-specific habitat suitability models for endangered species are uncommon. We developed sex-specific models for Bengal tigers (Panthera tigris) based on camera trapping data collected from 20 January to 22 March 2010 within Chitwa...

Research showing the behavior of Indian Flying Fox in the urban landscape and people’s perception towards them

Urbanization is a dominant demographic trend that results a process of major habitat loss and fragmentation of the various species in the world. However, few species such as the Indian flying fox (Pteropus giganteus) have been able to persist and even thrive in these habitats. Bats as a genus are itself understudied, even more so their behavior in...

A pelt of clouded leopard Neofelis nebulosa was discovered in a settlement of Tokpegola at an altitude of 3,751 m in Taplejung district lying in the north-east region of Nepal. The key informant revealed that the pelt was extracted from a clouded leopard killed in the forest adjacent to the village. The discovery of this pelt from this village, pre...

Wild ungulate herbivores are crucial for maintaining terrestrial ecosystems and restoring population of top predators like tiger. Thus, it is essential to understand wild ungulates-habitat relationships to devise an effective strategy to conserve their population and top predators like tiger that depend on them. We have limited understanding about...

Leopards are known to prey on livestock throughout their range. Depredation of livestock makes leopards vulnerable to retaliatory killings and reduces public support for conservation. We examined spatiotemporal patterns, correlates, as well as economic losses and compensation paid for livestock depredation by leopards in buffer zone of Chitwan Nati...

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Annapurna Conservation Area (ACA) is highly potential and domineering ecological habitats for wildlife and fauna. The region is home to elusive wild animals such as Himalayan wolf, Snow leopard and Tibetan fox. Himalayan Wolf (Canis lupus chanco) is the ancient linage of the dog-clade which is historically inhabiting in the Nepalese Himalaya, which...

Human–tiger conflict arises when tigers Panthera tigris attack people or their livestock, and poses a significant threat to both tigers and people. To gain a greater understanding of such conflict we examined spatio-temporal patterns, correlates, causes and contexts of conflict in Chitwan National Park, Nepal, and its buffer zone, during 2007–2014....

We estimated tiger and wild prey abundance in the Bardia National Park of Nepal. Tiger abundance was estimated from camera trap mark recapture in 85 days between December, 2008 to March, 2009 by placing 50 camera trap pairs in 197 trap locations with a sampling effort of 2,944 trap nights. We photo captured 16 individuals (≥1.5 year old) tigers ide...

Human-tiger conflict is one of the most critical issues in tiger conservation, requiring a focus on effective mitigation measures. We assessed the mitigation measures used between 2007 and 2014 in Chitwan National Park (CNP) and its buffer zone, which include: compensation payments made to human victims or their families, compensation for livestock...

Monthly publication -this issue is dedicated on wetlands. This is more of an awareness material.

Upper Manang and Khangsar are the village in the Annapurna Conservation Area (ACA) in Nepal is located at 3540m and 3734m msl respectively and physically in the central north of the country. Animal husbandry is the main activity of the people making a living amidst a conflict with snow leopard (Panthera uncia). The snow leopard is possibly baromete...

Tiger abundance was estimated from camera trap mark recapture in 85 days between December, 2008 to March, 2009 by placing 50 camera trap pairs in 197 trap locations with a sampling effort of 2,944 trap nights. We photo captured 16 individuals (=1.5 year old) tigers identified on the basis of their unique stripe patterns. The number and density (pe...

ABSTRACT Information on the abundance of tigers and their prey are crucial for managing tiger landscapes.We estimated tiger abudance in Suklaphanta Wildlife Reserve (SWR) Nepal using camera trap based Capture-Mark-Recapture and prey density and abundance using distance sampling in 2009. With effort of 1679 trap nights covering 113 camera trap stati...

We estimated leopard (Panthera pardus fusca) abundance and density in the Bhabhar physiographic region in Parsa Wildlife Reserve, Nepal. The camera trap grid, covering sampling area of 289 km2 with 88 locations, accumulated 1,342 trap nights in 64 days in the winter season of 2008-2009 and photographed 19 individual leopards. Using models incorpora...

Jhamak B. Karki and Gopal S.Rawat 2014 Human-Leopard Conflict in Nepal: A Case Study from Baitadi District Abstract Baitadi district is one of the hard hit in terms of human casualty by leopard in last two and half years. There seems similar conflict in the past about three decade back which was solved by killing and chasing away from the area. Th...

Information on the abundance of tigers Panthera tigris is essential for e ff ective conservation of the species. The main aim of this study was to determine the status of tigers in Chitwan National Park, Nepal, including the Churia hills, using a camera-trap based mark–recapture abundance estimate. Camera traps (n 5 310) were placed in an area of 1,...

A survey of blue sheep (Pseudois nayaur) was conducted in six blocks of Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve (DHR), Nepal. A total of 852 blue sheep were recorded in 73 different groups. The average group size was found to be 11.7 individuals. The average population density of blue sheep in the reserve was found to be 1.28 animals per km 2. There were 263 ram...

Human-induced habitat loss and degradation are increasing the extinction probability of many wildlife species worldwide, thus protecting habitat is crucial. The habitat of thousands of imperiled wildlife species occurs in a variety of land management regimes (e.g., protected areas, multiple-use areas), each exerting differing effects. We used the g...

We thank Goswami et al. (1), Harihar et al. (2), and Karanth et al. (3), for their interest in our study (4). However, unfortunately their critiques are misinterpretations and misrepresentations of our report. Because of space limits, we can only comment on their main points briefly.

Intensive camera trapping recorded the presence of dhole Cuon alpinus across the churia habitat in Chitwan National Park, Nepal. We amassed 2,145 camera trap nights of effort in a single dry winter season in 2011 that resulted in 22 independent photos containing the dhole, including eight photos containing the species in packs. This is the first ca...

Many wildlife species face imminent extinction because of human impacts, and therefore, a prevailing belief is that some wildlife species, particularly large carnivores and ungulates, cannot coexist with people at fine spatial scales (i.e., cannot regularly use the exact same point locations). This belief provides rationale for various conservation...

Tigers are globally endangered and continue to decline due to poaching, prey depletion and habitat loss. In Nepal, tiger populations are fragmented and found mainly in four protected areas (PAs). To establish the use of standard methods, to assess the importance of prey availability and human disturbance on tiger pres-ence and to assess tiger occup...

Many wildlife species face imminent extinction because of human impacts, and therefore, a prevailing belief is that some wildlife species, particularly large carnivores and ungulates, cannot coexist with people at fine spatial scales (i.e., cannot regularly use the exact same point locations). This belief provides rationale for various conservation...

Tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) is an icon of Asia's natural heritage and ecological integrity. Tiger along with one-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) and wild elephant (Elephas maximus) in the lowlands and snow leopard (Uncia uncia), musk deer (Muschus sp.) in mountain have been serving as a fl agship species to derive worldwide conservation...

Nepal houses only inland freshwater wetlands, ranging from floodplains of snow-melt-fed cold Himalayan rivers, warm rivers originating in the mid hills, high altitudinal glacial lakes to hot springs, ponds, ox-bow lakes, marshes and swamps. These wetlands support several endemic and globally threatened species of flora and fauna. Besides, wetland s...

DOI: 10.3126/init.v1i0.2691The Initiation Vol.1 2007 p.104-110

This article is based on the study conducted by DNPWC with support from WWF Nepal for the declaration of high altitude Ramsar sites. The Ramsar criteria, threats and proposed activities for the newly declared high altitude wetlands are summarized, which will support in management of the wetlands. It also spells out the major indicators/criteria lik...

Major changes to the ecological character of the Ramsar site, including in the application of the Criteria, since the previous Ramsar Information Sheet (RIS) for the site are the degradation of forest quality due to the invasion of the exotic species especially Mikania micrantha since last few years, replacement of old grassland habitat by new ones...

The study of manmade waterhole was carried from July 14, 2009 to July 22, 2009. The surface area and water depth was estimated. Most of the manmade waterholes lie in the Sal Forest of lowland plains and in the Lamkauli Phanta, where ground vegetation is low and wildlife visibility is high. The signs of fauna such as pellets/scat/hoof marks/footprin...

A survey of blue sheep (Pseudois nayaur) was conducted in six blocks of Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve (DHR), Nepal. A total of 852 blue sheep were recorded in 73 different groups. The average group size was found to be 11.7 individuals. The average population density of blue sheep in the reserve was found to be 1.28 animals per km 2. There were 263 ram...

Human-killing is the ultimate expression of human–tiger conflict. It is a complex issue that needs to be addressed to maintain support for tiger (Panthera tigris) conservation in areas where human-killing is prevalent. This research was undertaken to investigate the ecological and sociological aspects of human-killing in the central lowlands of Nep...

Tiger–human conflict As human populations expand and natural habitats shrink, people and animals are increasingly coming into conflict over living space and food. The impacts are often huge. People lose their crops, livestock, property, and sometimes their lives. The animals, many of which are already threatened or endangered, are often killed in r...

Ministry of Forests and Soil conservation has formed a task force to review the existing tiger action plan (1999) including Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation, Ministry of Forest and Soil conservation, WWF Nepal and National trust for Nature conservation. The final stage tiger expert meeting has provided their input which was in...

Transboundary tiger conservation Trans-boundary cooperation has been increasingly realized as one of the essential mechanisms for better conservation and effective management of protected areas, especially in resolving trans-boundary problems such as wildlife movement and trade of wildlife articles and sharing of experiences between neighboring cou...

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Any form of developmental projects has an impact on the surrounding environment. The direct and indirect impact of dam construction have myriad consequences to flora and fauna. Impacts of dam construction on vegetation, wildlife, socio-economic conditions, and other aspects have been discussed with the help of a case study in the proposed Karnali M...

We compared the community structure, nutritive quality, and aboveground biomass of grazing lawns (patches of shortgrass communities) to neighboring grasslands in the Terai of western Nepal. Grazing lawns differed from the adjacent grasslands in species composition and community structure. Species diversity and species richness were higher on grazin...

Foraging and haying plants of Royles pika were studied in Achham and Kalikot districts of farwest Nepal in february-March, 1998. About 33 species of plants were seen deposited in the hay piles and 48 species of plants were observed within the home range of Royles pikas. Random examinations of haypiles were conducted at an altitude of 2515 meters to...