Nepal’s tigers & prey need better grassland management: Interview with Shyam Thapa

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Nepal’s tigers & prey need better grassland management: Interview with Shyam Thapa

As winter bids adieu to the Northern Hemisphere and the mercury peaks and humidity plummets, most of Nepal’s plains and hills become tinderboxes awaiting a spark. As officials face a gargantuan task of controlling wildfires, some authorities from Nepal’s Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation are themselves involved in starting fires in the name of “habitat management,” especially inside national parks in the plains. They say the…