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19 Mar 2011
Local Conservation Groups in Nepal – Partnerships for conservation and development
By David Thomas
This report is part of a project which aims to capture, document and disseminate these experiences and the lessons learned from them. It is based on a visit to Nepal by David Thomas in November 2010, and is based on discussions between DT and Ishana Thapa (Senior Conservation Officer) and a visit together to LCGs at Phulchoki IBA. To read this report, click here To read the World Birdwatch article on this report, click here
This 2017 Nature's Heroes, nominated by Bird Conservation Nepal, pioneered safe feeding areas which have led to the beginning of a recovery in populations of threatened vultures.
The 11 women who make up the committee of Dumrithumka Adarsh Mahila Community Forest User Group—2017 Nature's Heroes—have changed their community's attitude towards the forest they all depend on.
Hendrikus Habur—2017 Nature's Heroes—is a birdwatching guide who has developed ecotourism around his local IBA into a source of improved livelihoods for his entire community.
Dasho Paljor Dorji (Dasho Benji)—often referred to as the Godfather of conservation in Bhutan—has been named one of Nature's Heroes by Bhutan's Royal Society for Protection of Nature (RSPN).
