KATHMANDU, Feb 28: Minister for Forests and Environment, Birendra Prasad Mahato, has said that the government is committed to protecting the achievements made by various government agencies in environmental conservation.

RANJHA, June 25: Human-wildlife conflict has continued unabated in Banke and Bardiya districts, resulting in 29 human casualties and several incidents of injuries in the past five years.

CHITWAN, July 24: Popularly known as Ronaldo, a wild elephant has stolen people’s peace of mind in settlements near the Chitwan National Park. On Monday night it wreaked havoc in Janakpur village of Khairhani Municipality – 12. Ronaldo entered a resident, Homenath Dhamala’s house and scattered off around four quintals of rice in store.

NEPALGUNJ, April 6: Churna Bahadur Bhandari, a local farmer of Sauri village in Raptisonari Rural Municipality–1, could not harvest his crops this season as wild animals damaged his wheat and paddy. He hates animals for this reason.

TANAHUN, Dec 8: Locals of Dhalkeshwar village in Bhanu Municipality are panicked after two children were mauled recently by leopard(s) in a span of 17 days. They are not sure if the same leopard killed both of them. Leopards have been terrorizing the region for a long time. This human-wildlife conflict has continued unabated.