JUMLA, Feb. 15 -- With increased poaching activities and rampant destruction of habitat, Jumla district is finding it challenging to conserve the endangered red pandas.Stakeholders, in a conservation program organized on Thursday, expressed deep concern over the failure to protect red pandas even in the conservation areas."The government should have efficient policies for protecting red pandas," said civil society leader Raj Bahadur Mahat.
"All the local units must take the responsibility for the conservation."Saroj Shrestha, coordinator for Red Panda Network (RPN), an organization actively involved in the conservation efforts, said red panda conservation would automatically progress if the community forest conservation programs are moved ...