Huge congratulations to Dr. Arjun Thapa!

Dr. Arjun Thapa, Founder President of SMCRF, has successfully completed his PhD on “Conservation ecology and Genetics of Red Panda across its entire range” from Institute of Zoology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS), China, under the supervision of Prof. Wei Fuwen. This is a huge accomplishment that requires a tremendous amount of hard …

Announcement of Small Mammals Research Fellowship 2018

We take great pleasure to announce the two recipients of Small Mammals Research Fellowship 2018, selected from more than twenty applications. Mr. Dirgh Bahadur B.K., M.Sc. Zoology, Central Department of Zoology, Kirtipur “Status, Distribution Pattern and Conservation Threats of Pangolin (Manis spp.) in Kailali District, Farwestern, Nepal” Ms. Aarati Basnet, B.Sc. Forestry, Institute of Forestry, …

Workshop on “Use of machine learning and Open Access in Conservation: moving beyond just MaxEnt and Species Distribution Modellings”

Small Mammals Conservation and Research Foundation organized a one day workshop on “Use of machine learning and Open Access in Conservation: moving beyond just MaxEnt and Species Distribution Modellings” on 7th June 2018 in collaboration with Central Department of Zoology, Tribhuvan University at Kirtipur. The workshop was facilitated by Mr. Falk Huettmann, Assistant Professor for …

संरक्षणको प्राथमिकतामा पर्दैनन् साना स्तनधारी प्राणी

नवीन लुईटेलकाठमाडौं– जैविक विविधता कायम राख्न मद्धत गर्ने साना स्तनधारी प्राणी संरक्षण र खोज अनुसन्धानको हिसाबले कम प्राथमिकतामा पर्ने गरेको पाइएको छ। जैविक विविधता कायम राख्न ठूलोसँगै साना स्तनधारी प्राणीको पनि उत्तिकै भूमिका रहने संरक्षणकर्मी बताउँछन्। तर, कुल १ सय प्रतिशतमा ६० प्रतिशत साना स्तनधारी प्राणी रहेपनि संरक्षणमा खासै प्राथमिकतामा नपरेको उनीहरूको भनाइ छ। साना …

Celebration of 25th International Biodiversity Day

May 22nd is celebrated as International Day for Biological Diversity every year to increase the understanding and awareness of biodiversity issues. On this auspicious occasion of 25th International Biodiversity Day, Ministry of Forests and Environment (MoFE) celebrated 25th Biodiversity Day on 22 May, 2018 at National Trust for Nature Conservation (NTNC), Khumaltar in collaboration with …

Graduates Hive: Synergizing Knowledge on Biodiversity

The Small Earth Nepal (SEN), in collaboration with International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), organised a graduates workshop- “Graduates Hive: Synergizing Knowledge on Biodiversity” with the theme for this year “Celebrating 25 years of Action on Biodiversity” on 22nd May, 2018 at ICIMOD Knowledge Park, Godawari, Lalitpur. The workshop constituted of three sessions viz …

Training on camera trap and GPS device use

A day training was organised at SMCRF office to share with the staffs, interns and university students the skills of using GPS and camera traps in the field on 25 February 2018. Mr. Dipendra Adhikari, Wildlife Researcher and EC member at SMCRF, detailed on the operation of camera traps to the team. He discussed about …

Two days Workshop on Introduction to quantitative methods to survey and study mammal populations and communities of Southeast Asia

The workshop was organized held as parallel session in the South Asian Conference 2017 on 28 and 29 of August. The workshop was led by Dr. Michael Cove. Dr. Cove is a quantitative ecologist that uses traditional methods as well as current noninvasive  survey  techniques  and  statistical  modeling  procedures  to  study  rare  and endangered mammal …

IUCN Welcomes SMCRF as its New Member

The IUCN welcomes 13 new members with Small Mammals Conservation and Research Foundation (SMCRF) as one of them. The IUCN Council has admitted 13 new members bringing the total membership