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 …
On 18th September, 2021, Small Mammals Conservation and Research Foundation organized a cleanup campaign in collaboration with Hello Kirtipur Municipality, Rotaract Club of Kathmandu North, Mira Rai Initiative, European Outdoor Conservation Association (EOCA), Bagh Bhairav Community Forest and local people of Kirtipur. The campaign was held in the Nepal’s first Pangolin Trail located in Machhegaun …
On 31st August 2021, SMCRF in collaboration with Shivapuri Nagarjun National Park (SNNP) office organized an event from 17:00-21:00 hr at Panimuhan to celebrate International Bat Night 2021. Altogether 75 participants including invited guests and the park rangers and other staffs participated in the event. During the event, bat flights over water reservoir were observed, …
On 20th February 2021, Small Mammals Conservation and Research Foundation (SMCRF) and Bagh Bhairav Community Forest Users Group (CFUG) has celebrated 10th World Pangolin Day (WPD) in collaboration with Kirtipur Municipality in the financial support from WWF, ZSL, IUCN, EOCA and Natural History Society, Winchester College, UK. Following the forest waste management trainings and biodiversity …
