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Photo; R. K. Bhatta at Radio
Radio Programme; February 2009
Our radio programme is running smoothly. We focus sensitive flora, fauna and landscape with rural livelihood and sometimes we explore those personalities who are working and contributing a lot for nature and biodiversity conservation locally.
We made an interview with Mr. Raj Kumar Bhatta who is a social worker and local conservationist of Chitwan National Park Lothar Bufferzone Area. Everyone can see his contribution in open city, village and highlighted area but nobody knows him. He had done a lot for biodiversity conservation from the local level but he had not getting popularity as much as his contribution. So, we had tried to bring him front through radio. We are expecting that this exploration will surely add more enthusiasm on him to devote on nature conservation and contribute regularly as in past.
Education Material Production; Nov 11, 008
To support poor children’s education, 100 dozens of exercise copy “Gainda (Rhino) Conservation Copy” were produced. Copy consists of brief introduction of rhino, conservation threats and possible conservation measure.
Form these exercise copies; poor children will get opportunity of education and in addition, teacher and the students will get chance to know about rhino. These copies will be distributed in school teaching and school visit programme. Copies will be provided through school teacher. These copies will also be provided to participants of trainings, environment education and other specific individuals.
Photo; People trying to join head & body to make alive
Education; To Change Attitude
After the half-hour briefing, people involving in killing tried to join Snake’s head with the body part but unable. People became happy by knowing the importance of snake and committed to join hands in conservation. This concluded that Suman Bhattarai was able to create awareness amongst those people. It resulted that the conservation education will foster the education.
Photo: PARC's Team Leader briefing importance
Awareness for Snake Conservation
PARC’s Team leader, Suman Bhattarai, shared the importance of the snake and their values in nature and ecological balance with these people. He also briefed out the misconceptions of “Bad-luck to look a snake in Kartik Month?” He questioned who were hampering others (Snake or people)? Lastly, People realized that they were disturbing snake and destructing its habitat and they feel regret for doing cruel work. And, they make understanding on themselves not to kill snakes and save them for nature balance.
Photo: PARC
How Cruel Human
Today’s Morning (23rd October 2008), a group of people caught a snake and cut off its head in the Forestry Collage (Collage belongs to Nature and Wildlife conservation), Pokhara, Nepal. What a shame story happening on conservation oriented collage arena?
The snake was taking rest on its own habitat and people were collecting firewood in that place. Though the snake is not aggressive and hampering people, they killed it with considering the misconceptions of “It will be bad-luck to look snake in Kartik months (Nepali calendar)?” The guy, who stroked on it, became enemy with this species when this species cut his mother 4 or 5 years before.
PARC’s Team Leader, S. Bhattarai, requested people not to kill but aggressive people did not hear his voice.
Prize Distribution
PARC rewarded the contestants of the song competition conducted on the occasion of JITIA festival. JITIA is one major festival of Tharu community. On this occasion, RSG funded rhino conservation project (PARC) encouraged woman to take part with wildlife and nature conservation song in the festival. Tharu people use to celebrate festival for days.
Altogether, 24 contestant groups and organizer were reward. PARC representative and inhabitant, D. L. Thanet had placed some views regarding wildlife conservation in the rewarding ceremony. Here are the name of contestant groups and address.
1. Nawa Jyoti Youth Group, Beldiha, Mukundapur 2. Kumarwarti Women Group, Tangikot 3. Kalika Women Group, Sirjana tole, Rajhar 4. Piprahar Women Group,Pipraha, Rajhar-4 5. Tharu Jana Jagaran Women Group, Gaindi, Pragatinagar 6. Jagrati Women Group (youth)-B, Bhendabari 7. Lautha Bihan Group, Chipeni 8. Narayani Club, Kujauli 9. Kalika Women Group, Matkuri 10. Malapur Women Group-A, Malapur 11. Nari Jagaran Women Group,Daldale 12. Jagriti Women Group-A, Bhedabari 13. Kumarwarti Women Group, Rajhar 14. Piprahar Women Group-A, Piprahar 15. Milijuli Women Group, Garduwa 16. Malapur Women Group-B, Malapur 17. Kujouli Women Group, Kujouli 18. Kalyankari Women Group, 19. Kuwarwarti Women Group-A 20. Tharu Utthan Women Group, Choudhary Udhyog 21. Bindhwasini Women Group, Chhipeni 22. Tharu Women Group, Beldihug 23. Nari Kalyan group, Kuleni 24. Shramjibi Women Group, Harkapur
Celebration of National Conservation Day 23rd September 2008
To join hands on National Conservation Day, PARC celebrated this celebrity day on the 20th September by prizing the contestant of JITIA FESTVALS. JITIA is one of major festivals of tharu, ethnic and indigenous, community.
Tharu communities are inhabitant of Chitwan Nation Park Bufferzone and using park resources as means of subsistence in their daily life. They are the real stakeholder of Chitwan National Park because they are using park resources before than park establishment that is why wildlife and park conservation cannot be thought without their involvement. Tharu communities have their own cultural values and norms and they prefer to perform any events on their own cultural and language.
Rhino Conservation, Rufford Small Grant, Project encouraged these communities to take part in song competition in order to share the wildlife (including rhino) and natural resource conservation theme. 24 groups or more than 384 tharu women took part in the competition. 24 groups sang in different theme and danced in their own cultural and language. More than 1500 hundred people form local village and neighbour were enjoying in the competition.
The programme was conducted in Mukundapur of Chitwan National Park Bufferzone and organized by Tharu Mahila Jana Chetana Group (English; Tharu Women Public Awareness Group), Mukundapur-1, Nawal Parasi. Programme was supported by PARC/Chitwan, Rufford Small Grant, Tharu Uthan Majdoor Sangathan (Choudhary Group).
Conservation Education 31 Aug 2008
PARC's team leader provided the lecture on "CONSERVATION EDUCATION; IMPORTANCE & PROCEDURE" to the member of Bird Conservation Nepal (BCN). The programme was held in Institute of Forestry, Pokhara, Nepal and organized by the BCN/Pokhara Branch on 31 August 2008.
Team Leader, S. Bhattarai, shared ideas of "What is Conservation education?, What can be problems / gap? What activities can be made to hit these problems for different levels of people by age, profession, gender etc. ?, How to organize to make conservation education effective? How to evaluate effectiveness of teaching & learning conservation education?".
The teaching texts used in presentation "CONSERVATION EDUCATION; IMPORTANCE & PROCEDURE" were from Rufford Small Grant for Nature Conservation viz. Rhino Conservation in Chitwan. More than 30 participants were taking part on the programme.
Plantation; Environment Day 2007
Plantation Area Visit
PARC's member visited its plantation area in the Surdevi Community Forest area where PARC had planted fodder, fruit and ornamental species. It was reported that replacement plantation is required in some places but growth of fruits and fodder species were found satisfactory.
Our team realized that the tending operation is utmost need at the area and we are planning to move their for that in coming month. The visit was made on 7 & 8 August 2008.
Local community has been practising plantation from last four years. PARC had sumplemented its efforts on Environment Day 2007 by conducting plantation programme. In 2007, the plantation was succeeded in the joint venture of PARC and Friendship Chitwan (Local youth Club).
S. Bhattarai presenting progress report
Presentation 25 July 2008
PARC's Team leader, Suman Bhattarai presented Research Progress Report entitled "Relation between Soil and Rhinoceros's Preferred Diet (Plant) Species" in the Regional Seminar and Planning Workshop held 24-26 July 2008. Altogether, 8 person had presented the progress report and the proposed proposal.
The Workshop was conducted by the NUFU project (Education, Research and Training for sustainable Management of Natural Resources in Himalayan Watersheds). Workshop was made in the Dhulikhel Mountain Resort, Dhulikhel.
