About the Authors

Kanchan Thapa

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

kanchan.thapa@wwfnepal.org (KT); damb.2007@gmail.com (DB)

Affiliation WWF Nepal, Baluwatar, Kathmandu, Nepal

Gokarna Jung Thapa

Roles Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation WWF Nepal, Baluwatar, Kathmandu, Nepal

Damber Bista

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Writing – review & editing

kanchan.thapa@wwfnepal.org (KT); damb.2007@gmail.com (DB)

Affiliation Red Panda Network, Baluwatar, Kathmandu, Nepal

Shant Raj Jnawali

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation WWF Nepal, Baluwatar, Kathmandu, Nepal

Krishna Prasad Acharya

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Ministry of Forests and Environment, Babarmahal, Kathmandu, Nepal

Kapil Khanal

Roles Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation WWF Nepal, Baluwatar, Kathmandu, Nepal

Ram Chandra Kandel

Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation, Babarmahal, Kathmandu, Nepal

Madhuri Karki Thapa

Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Forest and Soil Conservation, Kathmandu, Nepal

Saroj Shrestha

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Red Panda Network, Baluwatar, Kathmandu, Nepal

Sonam Tashi Lama

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Red Panda Network, Baluwatar, Kathmandu, Nepal

Netra Sharma Sapkota

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation United States Agency for International Development, Kathmandu, Nepal

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.