Nepal's community-based conservation work has helped arrest the decline of red pandas, which number fewer than 10,000 globally. Red Panda Network, an organisation leading global efforts to conserve the animal, estimates between 500 and 1,000 of the species live in Nepal. "Now, villagers say they can see three or four red pandas on the same day," Red Panda Network's Ang Phuri Sherpa tells AFP. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES