Naresh is a Nepalese conservation researcher and Program Director for the Himalayan Wolves Project. He has led groundbreaking studies on human-wildlife coexistence and population assessments of high-altitude carnivores in the Himalayas. His scholarship supports the final year of his PhD at University of Inland Norway, where he is researching the population density, genetic structure, and foraging ecology of Himalayan wolves in Nepal. Naresh dreams of advancing field-based conservation projects for wolves and other high-altitude species in Nepal, while mentoring the next generation of wildlife biologists to carry forward this critical work.
He was nominated by Prof. Joel Berger, Senior Scientist at WCS.
Awarded a Standard Conservation Scholarship.
Location: Nepal
University: University of Inland Norway