Community-based conservation efforts in eastern Nepal aim to protect bamboo forests which are crucial for sustaining the region's red panda population. Key threats include habitat loss and fragmentation from unsustainable bamboo harvesting as well as poaching. The program works with local communities to regulate bamboo use, conduct conservation patrols, and educate about red pandas' dependence on bamboo. By conserving bamboo across a large landscape and empowering community "forest guardians", the goal is to create a protected community forest habitat for long-term red panda conservation.

1. Communities Conserving Bamboo
for Red Panda Conservation
in Eastern Nepal
Ang Phuri Sherpa: ang.sherpa@redpandanetwork.org
Red Panda Network : www.redpandanetwork.org

2. No Bamboo, No Red Pandas!!
Bamboo Leaves 68%
Bamboo Shoots 15%
Others 13%

3. Habitat loss & Fragmentation
Key Issues

4. Loss of Bamboo

5. Poaching

6. Community Based Conservation

7. Building Partnership
Forest Guardians: Conservation Ambassadors

8. Re-wilding

9. Distribution
Bamboo Conservation

10. S.N. Species
1 Arundinaria racemosa
2 Borinda chigar
3 B. emeryi
4 Drepanostachyum sp.
5 D. falcatum
6 D. intermedium
7 D. khasianum
8 D. falcatum
9 Himalayacalamus asper
10 H. brevinodus
11 H. cupresus
12 H. falconerii
13 H. fimbriatus
14 H. hookerianus
15 H. porcatus
16 H. sp.
17 Melocanna bacifera
Updating Inventory & Diet Preferences

11. Regulating use

12. BEFOR
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Innovative Approaches

13. New Identity: Red Panda Land

14. • Bamboo conservation is crucial for red panda conservation
• Habitat fragmentation & poaching – major challenges
• Need of community based conservation initiative covering
large habitat range
• Adoption of climate smart conservation measures
(Conservation Action Plan)
In Conclusion…
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15. Creating the first:
Red Panda Protected Community Forest