Just 150 miles south from Nepal’s snow-capped Himalayas lies dense forest, populated by tigers, elephants, leopards and rhinos.
The subtropical lowlands of Chure are rich in biodiversity and home to 6,500 species of plant, 181 mammals, 862 birds and 640 butterfly species.
But wildlife and the indigenous communities living alongside them are under threat from an “unprecedented rate” of deforestation.
