Wildlife Conservation in Community Forestry: Role and Responsibility of the Community

Objectives: To provide the capacity building of NGO, our local grass root partner’s organization, civic society community members and interested Nepalese ecologist through organizing workshop.

Key Activities:

• To share the plants survey technique.
• To create the community awareness on plant conservation among the marginal sections of the society by this workshop.
• To prepare the agendas on plant conservation.
• To share the technique on plant identification, herbarium preparation, separation of plants as per the ethno-botanical uses.
• To discuss on commercialization and domestication of highly valuable Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (MAPs).
• To publish and disseminate outputs of organized workshop.

Project Period: January, 2008

Project Location: Kavrepalanchok, district

Funding Partner (s): British Ecological Society (BES), London, UK

Major Achievements:

• Capacity building of 45 participants increased through 5 days training.
• Value based wildlife conservation promoted.
• Community based wildlife conservation in community forestry.
• Methods of conservation education and communication.
• Action plan preparation for the future courses of action.
• Promoted wildlife conservation in local initiatives.
• Community based policy and strategy on wildlife conservation in community forestry.
• Rules and regulations (provision and punishments).
• Total 80 People, 48 female and 32 male capacity buildups and educated for Wildlife Conservation in Community Forestry: Role and Responsibility.