The Chinese and Indian pangolin, the most trafficked species in the world, call Nepal their home. Wildlife corridors created by community forests will provide habitat for not only pangolins but also large mammals like tigers and elephants, allowing them to travel back and forth between large protected areas. This corridor would help many animals to thrive and increase their populations.
Community Conservation has worked in Nepal since 2012. Our director, Dr. Teri Allendorf, has worked in Nepal since she was a Peace Corps volunteer in 1991. In 2012, Community Conservation held a tiger workshop in a village adjacent to Chitwan National Park. During the workshop, our founder, Rob Horwich, had the vision to create a wildlife corridor in the eastern forests of Nepal stretching from Chitwan National Park to Manas Biosphere Reserve, where Community Conservation had also been working. Read all about Dr. Allendorf’s most recent travels (2024) through Nepal and the work CC is currently doing in the area here: https://communityconservation.org/expanding-the-conservation-wildlife-corridor-in-nepal/
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Pangolin Team Captain Dan Jergens is a recently retired high school chemistry and biology teacher. He is now currently an ambassador at large for Community Conservation and has been a long time supporter of its mission.
