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Articles by Reshu Bashyal
Nepal News
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Resolving Uncertainties in the Legality of Wildlife Trade to Support Better Outcomes for Wildlife and People
1 Introduction Wildlife trade is multifaceted and takes place for many purposes and at local to global scales. Trade can be informal in local markets, involve a small number of actors along regional supply chains, or involve many actors along complex international supply chains. Hundreds of millions of people worldwide depend on the extraction, use and/or trade of wildlife to meet their needs, but these activities also threaten thousands of species (Challender et al. 2023; Hinsley et al. 2023).
From the Himalayas to the web: investigating online trade of the world’s most valuable parasite
The word ‘parasite’ tends to conjure up all sorts of unpleasant images and feelings, and it’s not one generally associated with thoughts of a valuable resource. But did you know that some parasites are literally worth their weight in gold? Ophiocordyceps sinensis, known as the caterpillar fungus, or locally as yartsa gunbu—meaning ‘winter worm, summer grass’—is the world’s most highly prized parasite.
Local impact, global challenge: the role of domestic markets in the illegal wildlife trade
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Save Nepal’s orchids
In addition, it is also necessary to conduct regular monitoring and baseline research into the socio-economic benefits of the plant, seeing as we have surprisingly little information on them, about their trade and distribution, and their numbers in the wild.
Saving nature by protecting orchids
A further ban on the wild harvest of many Nepali plant species – including all orchids – was introduced in 2017, although this is being relaxed in hopes of re-establishing a more sustainable legal harvest in future. Despite these efforts on paper to protect orchids from illegal trade, in practice plant conservation is still often neglected. Orchids have made it into legislation, but often only on paper. Most poaching of wild orchids goes unreported.
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