S3|EP8- Saving the Elusive Red Panda with Moumita Chakraborty

The Think Wildlife Podcast

In Episode 8, I am joined by Moumita Chakraborty, a Eastern Himalayas Consultant at the Global Tiger Forum, to discuss red panda conservation. During her PhD at the Wildlife Institute of India, Moumita studied the habitat suitability of Red Panda in the Sikkim to identify the priority areas for the conservation. She also studied the relationship between red panda and people in the habitat.

Listed as Endangered by the IUCN Red List, the Red Panda face a plethora of threats including forest fragmentation, poaching and even free ranging dogs. Tune in to this episode to learn about the conservation of red panda in India!

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Meet the Host

Anish Banerjee: https://x.com/anishwildlife

Think Wildlife Foundation: https://thinkwildlifefoundation.com/

Meet the Guests

Moumita Chakraborty: https://www.edgeofexistence.org/fellow/moumita-chakraborty/

Recommended Wildlife Conservation Books

Wildlife Conservation in India by HS Pabla: https://amzn.to/3Ypx9Zh

Indian Mammals: A Field Guide by Vivek Menon: https://amzn.to/4fhMiCL

At the Feet of Living Things by Aparajita Datta: https://amzn.to/3BZmtsN

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