Abhaya Raj Joshi is a journalist at Scroll Media. He focuses on themes related to animals, agriculture, and environmental services, exploring topics such as animal care, farming, and natural resources. Abhaya's work has been featured in prominent outlets including The News International, Rest of World, Mongabay, and Good Good Good.
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Abhaya Raj Joshi’s articles predominantly focus on wildlife conservation and environmental impact in Nepal. His coverage heavily features expert commentary and data citations, emphasizing the importance of credible sources with firsthand knowledge or research experience.
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Birdwatching is becoming increasingly popular in Nepal, contributing to biodiversity conservation through public engagement and ecological data collection.
By: Abhaya Raj Joshi
KATHMANDU — The animal Brian Houghton Hodgson saw looked almost like a pangolin, but it didn’t tick all the boxes. It had amor-like scales from head to tail, just as the French zoologist Georges Cuvier had earlier described. But it also had ears and far more scales across its trunk than any recorded species. The […]
KATHMANDU — At dawn in Birta Deurali village of Kavrepalanchok in central Nepal, maize fields aren’t quiet. Farmers stand guard, scanning the trees for movement, but they aren’t the only ones there. “If you leave even for a short time, the monkeys do considerable damage,” said 46-year-old Sagar Tamang, a resident of Birta Deurali. Villagers […]
First scientifically described in 1836, the spiny babbler has only ever been found in Nepal. Despite its uniqueness, the species remains poorly understood.
By: Abhaya Raj Joshi
KATHMANDU — Nepal is now home to an estimated 429 wild tigers, up from 355 four years ago and nearly four-fold from 16 years ago, the country’s conservation officials reported on the occasion of World Tiger Day. As the country celebrates this historic achievement, a closer look at the latest numbers reveals an uneven recovery. […]
By: Abhaya Raj Joshimukesh Pokhrel, Abhaya Raj Joshi
KATHMANDU — In the village of Pithauli, on the edge of Nepal’s Chitwan National Park, a safe feeding site for critically endangered vultures has long been hailed as a success story by conservationists. For visitors, the feeding site, also known as a “vulture restaurant”, provides a rare photo op for tourists: As white-rumped vultures (Gyps […]
By: Abhaya Raj Joshi
The bird flu outbreak at Nepal's only zoo killed or led to the culling of at least 63 animals, including birds, wild cats, civets, two leopards, a jackal and a bear, an inquiry has found.
By: Abhaya Raj Joshi
KATHMANDU – Nepal’s government has allowed several private hydropower producers to develop projects inside protected areas and the buffer zones surrounding them, contravening a Supreme Court order, a Mongabay investigation reveals. In January 2025, the Supreme Court declared that a 2024 amendment to a key conservation law opening up protected areas to commercial projects was […]
By: Abhaya Raj Joshi
During Nepal's Aug. 26, 2026 floods, which have killed 987 people and left 3,916 missing, informal, community-based warnings saved lives while
At 9:10 a.m. on August 26, head teacher Rajendra Dawadi received frantic phone calls about a flood heading downstream toward Tribhuvan Trishuli Secondary School. He ordered his roughly 900 students to run for higher ground.
