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Protect & RESTORE
2024 REPORT
NEPAL
LET’S RESTORE THE HABITAT
of the red panda IN NEPAL
AMOUNT COMMITTED TO DATE: €15,194
2023 > PRESENT
Classified as “endangered” by IUCN, the red panda is even more critically endangered than the celebrated giant
panda. There are reportedly fewer than 10,000 left in the wild and their population continues to decline. The mountain
forests of the Himalayas where the red panda lives are being destroyed by agriculture, forestry and roadbuilding,
reducing and fragmenting its habitat. The Panchthar-Ilam-Taplejung region in eastern Nepal, near the border with
India, is crucial to the red panda’s survival. This area plays a critical role as a wildlife corridor, linking isolated
wilderness areas that are home to endangered species. Currently, the region is undergoing dramatic changes as a
result of human intervention.
Faced with this challenge, a project led by the Red Panda Network in partnership with the Pairi Daiza Foundation
aims to restore several hectares within this zone. The objective is to develop an ecological corridor for the red
panda and other species cohabiting in this ecosystem, such as the clouded leopard, the Asian golden cat and the
Himalayan black bear.
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