On World Environment Day 2024, SMCRF organized a plantation program on the Pangolin Trail of Baghbhairav Community Forest in Machhegaun, Kirtipur. This initiative was conducted in collaboration with Kirtipur Municipality, the Division Forest Office of Kathmandu, Baghbhairav Community Forest and The Mohamed bin Zayad Species Conservation Fund. Fifty participants, including students from Baghbhairav School, local …

World Pangolin Day is celebrated every year to raise awareness among large groups of people about pangolins and their threats to the conservation of a very unique species on earth. The mixed types of activities included science, cultures, communities, foods and local technology along with the establishment of a community-led pangolin information center for the …

SMCRF in collaboration with National Trust for Nature Conservation-Gaurishankar Conservation Area Project conducted five days training on small mammals identification and field survey techniques during 23-27 November 2023 at GCAP Office, Singati, Dolakha. Altogether, 18 participants from different institution, Tribhuvan University, Central Department of Zoology, Tri-chandra Multiple Campus, Balkumari college, Chitwan, Sukuna Multiple Campus, Biratchowk, …

Dr. Tulshi Laxmi Suwal has received a 2023 Whitley Award for her work protecting pangolins – the most trafficked mammal in the world. She has been involved in pangolin conservation for the past 15 years. Pangolin habitat is increasingly threatened by the growing prevalence of forest fires, which also put an important reforestation programme at …

SMCRF successfully organized “Training on Small Mammals Taxonomy and Field Techniques 2023” from 9-12 February 2023, followed by a five-day field practical session. The motto of such trainings is to equip younger generations with the knowledge of research methods and techniques to study and conserve the most neglected group of fauna “small mammals”. The fifteen …

SMCRF in collaboration with Sri Aurobindo Yoga Mandir, Chandragiri organized an education plus cleanup hiking from Matatirtha to Chakhel Deurali to students of class nine and ten of Sri Aurobindo Yoga Mandir. Altogether 25 students participated in the cleanup campaign. The hike started at 8 am from Matatirtha and reached the Chakhel Deurali at 11:30 …

Small Mammals Conservation and Research Foundation (SMCRF) in collaboration with Kirtipur Municipality organized a cleanup hiking event in the celebration of the “World Clean Up Day 2022 on September 17, 2022. Altogether 32 university students and professional pre-registered for the event amongst which 24 volunteers including university students, professionals and a few local community residents from …

On 19th February 2022, Small Mammals Conservation and Research Foundation (SMCRF) celebrated the eleventh World Pangolin Day in collaboration with the Department of Forests and Soil Conservation (DoFSC), Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation (DNPWC), WWF Nepal, ZSL Nepal and IUCN Nepal. Due to COVID pandemic, event was conducted virtually adhering to the government …

Ms. Varsha Rai, executive member of SMCRF participated in Advanced Field course on Ecology and Conservation-XTBG (AFEC-X). The six-week field course took place from 26 October to 6 December 2021 at the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG), Chinese Academy of Sciences (China), Yunnan, China. The course involved both students onsite and online from different countries …

SMCRF in collaboration with SNNP conducted first phase detailed bat survey from September to November 2021. Field and acoustic surveys were conducted mainly at 14 sites on southern part of the national park. One and/or two Ecotone mist nets and/or a two banks harp trap were deployed. Altogether 15 species of bats were captured. Two …