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Dr. HEMANTA RAJ MISHRA was part of the pioneering team that created Chitwan National Park and other protected areas in Nepal. He has worked with the Government of Nepal, National Trust for Nature Conservation (formerly KMTNC), the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, the Global Environment Facility, and other international organizations. He is the author of the The Soul of the Rhino and The Bones of the Tiger-captivating accounts of his early works in Chitwan National Park, which he wrote with Jim Ottaway Jr. In 1987, Mishra received the prestigious J. Paul Getty Conservation Prize for his works in Nepal. JIM OTTAWAY Jr Jr is a former American newspaper publisher, writer, and editor, who retired as a senior vice-president of Dow Jones & Co., Inc., chairman of Ottaway Newspapers Inc., and chairman of the World Press Freedom Committee. Ottaway is a long-time supporter of conservation and development in Nepal.
