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Hemanta Mishra

Nepalese conservation biologist

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Hemanta Mishra is an international advisor for the Humane Society International. He is the author of the books The Soul of the Rhino and Bones of the Tiger. Over the course of his career in conservation biology, he has worked with the Smithsonian Institution, the World Wildlife Fund, the World Bank, Nepal's Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation, the Asian Development Bank, the American Himalayan Foundation, and the King Mahendra Trust for Nature Conservation. He was awarded the J. Paul Getty Wildlife Conservation Prize for his work and is credited with preventing the extinction of Nepal's rhinos and tigers.

Quick facts

Born
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Place of birth
Nepal wd
Citizenship
Nepal wd
Occupation
conservation biologist, environmentalist, writer, biologist wd
Education
University of Edinburgh wd

Awards wd

  • J. Paul Getty Award for Conservation Leadership (1987)

Questions

When was Hemanta Mishra born?
Hemanta Mishra was born on 1 January 1945 in Nepal.
Where did Hemanta Mishra study?
Hemanta Mishra was educated at University of Edinburgh.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (English): Hemanta Mishra · CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikidata item Q17198351 · CC0 1.0
  3. Image: Hemanta Mishra hugging a Nepali elephant.jpg by Sushma Mishra (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Last updated · facts checked 7 November 2026

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"Hemanta Mishra". DigiNepal. Last updated 18 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/hemanta-mishra. Retrieved 7 November 2026.

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