Ramesh Thapa (right) is a man hugely responsible for Nepal's sustainable tiger population. His anti-poaching work at ground level is the stuff of a living legend. I'm going to bring an in depth profile of Ramesh soon.
WildTiger's Hemant Acharya still has a long way to go before he can claim a track record anything like Ramesh's but the commitment is there. Part of my script at the moment in conjunction with conservation partners is establishing the position for Hemant as Community Based Anti Poaching Training Officer. Hemant has over the years helped mobilize hundreds of youth to form and resource anti-poaching teams.
These two men are conservationists who walk the walk in a world where there is too much talk. Integral to my own mission is to give young conservationists the chance to be effective at ground level, take pride in that and look to mentors who have made a difference in the hope they will work hard to do the same.
