Red Panda net - panda roux
Panda Rouge - Nepal
Red pandas (Ailurus fulgens) live in the Himalayan forests of Nepal, India, Bhutan, Myanmar (Burma) and China. Their habitat is temperate deciduous forests with many species of bamboo.
Red Panda Network has the main mission of promote education and the involvement of local communities, especially in Nepal, to promote the survival of the little panda in its natural habitat.
Fields of action:
- applied research
- education and awareness
- environment
- fauna inventories
- reforestation
- ecotourism
- community collaboration
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Target species : the red panda
Red pandas live in the forests of the Himalayas, where they feed mainly on bamboo. They are classified as "In danger of extinction" on the Red List of Threatened Species of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
Habitat loss is the number one threat.
Rapid population growth in the western Himalayas is causing deforestation, degradation and fragmentation of red panda habitat.
Role of the Reserve
- The Réserve Zoologique de Calviac is part of the program "Guardians of the Forest" initiated by the European Red Panda Breeding Program (EEP). The forest guardians are villagers, who have received specific training, employed to monitor and protect the forest and red pandas. They thus become the ambassadors of this species, raising awareness in their community about its protection. The salary they receive also serves to provide for the lasting needs of their family.
Integrated conservation and community collaboration
Founded in 2007, the Red Panda Network has become a global leader in efforts to save red pandas and their habitat. The NGO takes an integrated conservation approach that relies on the support and participation of local communities.
Its conservation work covers more than 50% of the range of the Nepalese red panda.
01 The scientific and environmental component
- Conservation programs aimed at collect data more precise information on the red panda population.
- Community program of red panda monitoring (forest guardian program).
- Reforestation.
- Creation of a network of fight against poaching.
- Firefighting
of forest.
02 The socio-economic component
1/ Improving the quality of life of local populations through:
- Access to drinking water by identifying and restoring water sources.
- Support for breeders premises to reduce their dependence on wood, construction of livestock sheds…
- Support for the implementation of more sustainable livestock farming practices.
- Financing of cookers reducing firewood consumption and air pollution.
2/ Collaboration with local policy makers and government officials.
3/ Celebration of the
International Red Panda Day.
03 Le volet éducation
- Programs of education and awareness.
- “Forest Guardians” Workshops where participants receive educational training explaining the importance of red pandas to the eastern Himalayan ecosystem.
- Support schools, teacher training…