Tula Bahadur Kandel is a practicing human rights lawyer and gender justice attorney in Nepal. Since 2000, he has served as an advocate of the high court, advancing various public interest causes furthering social inclusion. At KTK-BELT, he has been instrumental in the design of new conservation policy tools that balance the needs of indigenous people with biodiversity conservation, under the country’s newly created federalist structure. For the last three years, Tula has been advocating at all levels of government for the protection of Papung through Ramsar declaration. He helped draft the legislation and regulations which will declare and manage the Lungba Samba Bio-Cultural Heritage Special Zone. Beside his legal practice, Mr. Kandel was deeply involved in rights-based NGO work related to the First Constitutional Assembly of Nepal. Through his work at KTK-BELT, he seeks to bridge policy design, species conservation, and gender justice.