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2 ii ANNUAL REPORT 2016/17 Published in November by Bird Conservation Nepal Kathmandu, Nepal. Any reproduction in full or in part must mention the title and credit the above-mentioned publisher as the copyright owner. Text 2017 BCN, All rights reserve Cover Photo: Yellow-breasted Bunting Back Cover Photo: Hooded Pitta Manshanta Ghimire Design & Printed by: Print Communication, , Contents Foreword 1 Bird Conservation Nepal 2 Acknowledgements 4 Highlights 5 Organizational Capacity Enhancement 7 Saving Species 13 Saving Sites and Habitat 17 Ecosystem Services and Livelihood 21 Awareness and Publications 25 Financial Updates 29 Membership Updates 31 Annexes 32

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4 Acronyms ACOFUN AGM BCN BNHS BNP CDO CFUGs CNP DDA DDC DFO DoF DFZ DLS DLSO DNPWC ESA FECOFUN GoN GYN IBA ICIMOD ICS IUCN KTWR NEVLA NSAIDs NTNC NVA RSPB RCF SNNP ShuNP TAL USAID VCAP VDC VSZ WCN WWF ZSL Association of Collaborative Forest Users Nepal Annual General Meeting Bird Conservation Nepal Bombay Natural History Society Bardia National Park Chief District Officer Community Forest User Groups Chitwan National Park Department of Drug Administration District Development Committee District Forest Office Department of Forest Diclofenac Free Zone Department of Livestock Service District Livestock Service Office Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Ecosystem Service Assessment Federation of Community Forest User Nepal Government of Nepal Green Youth Nepal Important Bird and Biodiversity Area International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development Improved Cooking Stove International Union for Conservation of Nature Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve Nepal Para Veterinary and Livestock Association Non-steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs National Trust for Nature Conservation Nepal Veterinary Association Royal Society for the Protection of Birds Ranibari Community Forest Shivapuri Nagarjun National Park Shuklaphata National Park Terai Arc Landscape United States Aid for International Development Vulture Conservation Action Plan Village Development Committee Vulture Safe Zone Wildlife Conservation Nepal World Wide Fund for Nature Zoological Society of London Ibisbill Pratap Gurung

5 ANNUAL REPORT 2016/17 1 Foreword It has been a remarkable year for BCN to become a full partner of BirdLife International in Nepal that was approved at the 57 th BirdLife Global Council meeting held in Cambridge UK in June We believe such acknowledgement are testament of our conservation and sustainable development initiatives over the past three decades and motivates us to strive for ambitious conservation goals. We have also framed our Five Year Strategic Plan to determine the organizational policy, planning and framework to guide BCN for the next 5 years towards achieving its goal and objectives. BCN has been supporting government of Nepal in conserving critically endangered species like Vultures and Bengal Florican through developing and implementing action plans. We have continued our support to Vulture Conservation Breeding Centre at Kasara and Vulture Safe Feeding sites in various parts of the country. Diclofenac Free Zone now covers 53 districts with total area of sq km. The successful transfer of six captive reared vultures in to the release aviary for future release in to the wild is the biggest conservation achievement this year. Our main policy intervention project, Mainstreaming Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services into Community Forestry in Nepal funded by UK government s Darwin Initiative and implemented in collaboration with BirdLife International, Department of Forests (DOF) and Federation of Community Forest Users, Nepal (FECOFUN) is being successfully piloted in 14 sites. Our journey for conservation of birds and biodiversity has now reached to 35 years and we have come a long way from where we had begun. It would not have been possible without trust and support from government line agencies, especially Ministry of Forest and Soil Conservation, Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation, Department of Forest, National Parks and Wildlife Reserve Offices, Department of Drug Administration, Department of Livestock Services and District Livestock Offices. We are indebted to the trust our members, volunteers, staffs and partners have put on our mission and expect the same in our future endeavors. Thank you! Yub Raj Basnet President Ishana Thapa Director

6 2 ANNUAL REPORT 2016/17 Bird Conservation Nepal Established in 1982, Bird Conservation Nepal (BCN) is the leading organization in Nepal to focus on the conservation of birds, their habitats and sites. It seeks to promote interest in birds among the general public, encourages research on birds, and identifies major threats to birds continued survival. As a result, BCN is the foremost scientific authority providing accurate data and information on birds and their habitats throughout Nepal. The organization also provides scientific data and expertise on birds for the Government of Nepal (GoN) through the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation (DNPWC) and works closely on birds and biodiversity conservation throughout the country. It is imperative to note that BCN is a membership-based organization with a founding President, advisors, patrons, life members, ordinary members, friends of BCN and active supporters. The membership provides strength to the society and is drawn from people of all walks of life from students, volunteers, professionals and conservationists. VISION Having Birds and biodiversity thriving in harmony with people MISSION Bird Conservation Nepal is dedicated to conserve birds and biodiversity in harmony with people GOAL Contribute to bird and biodiversity conservation in collaboration with people. BCN is also part of the BirdLife International Partnership, a network of 120 organizations around the world, working on a worldwide agenda to conserve the world s birds and their habitats.

7 ANNUAL REPORT 2016/17 3 GUIDING PRINCIPLES OF BCN BCN has established and abides by the following principles: Conservation of birds, their habitats and overall biodiversity. People s participation in conservation and benefiting the people themselves. Institutional learning and innovation in the area of conservation. Participatory planning process for formulating periodic policy to guide the organization. Building national and international networks to increase effectiveness in bird and biodiversity conservation. Grey-backed Shrike Umang Jung Thapa

8 Acknowledgements Bird Conservation Nepal would like to express deepest appreciation for the continuous support of valuable Patrons, Advisors and Executive Council members. We are equally grateful to BirdLife International, Royal Society for Protection of Birds (RSPB),UK Government s Darwin Initiative, ZSL Edge, International Center for Birds of Prey (ICBP), Norwegian Ornithological Society (NOF), Danish Ornithological Society (DOF), Norwegian Agency for Development (NORAD), CISU/ Danida, Taiwan Forestry Bureau, Oriental Bird Club. We sincerely thank for the support to our international friends, especially Particia Zurita, Ian Barber, Vinayagan Dharmarajah, Hazel Thomson, Nonie Coulthard, Billy Fairburn, Toby Galigan, Chris Bowden, Jemmima Parry Jones, Nick Masters, Paul Donald, Mike Crosby, Carol Inskipp, Tim Inskipp, Marcus Cotton, Kjetil Slovokan, Frode Falkenberg, Thomas Lehmberg, Charlotte Mathiassen, Lars Earmark, Dr. Hum Bahadur Gurung and the Birdlife Family across the globe. BCN takes this opportunity to express its gratitude to Mr. Prakash Mathema, Secretary and Joint Secretaries Dr. Pem Kandel, Sagar Rimal and Dr. Maheshwar Dhakal from Ministry of Forests and Soil Conservation for their support. Man Bahadur Khadka, Gopal Prakash Bhattarai, Sher Sing Thagunna, Laxman Prasad Paudyal, Kamal Jung Kunwar, Ramesh Thapa, Uba Raj Regmi, Bed Kumar Dhakal, Ram Chandra Kandel, Shyam Shaha, Lal Bahadur Bhandari and Bed Bahadur Khadka of the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation (DNPWC) helped us to implement various activities at the field level. We are grateful to Krishna Prasad Acharya, Dr. Anuja Sharma, Prakash Lamsal from Department of Forests for their tireless support. Ms. Radha Wagle and Nabin Prakash Upadhyaya from Central Forest Training and Extension Centre are also thankful for their support in implementing Forest Officers training under the Darwin project. We would also like to thank Ganesh Karki and Thakur Bhandari from FECOFUN; Mr. Anil Manandhar, Dr. Ghana Shyam Gurung and Dr Shant Raj Jnawali of WWF Nepal Program; Dr Prahlad Thapa from IUCN; Dr. Nakul Chettri and Kamal Aryal from ICIMOD and Dr. Hem Sagar Baral from ZSL for their support. Our special note of thanks also goes to Govinda Gajurel, Dr. Siddartha Bajra Bajracharya, Sarita Jnawali, Dr. Chiranjivi Pokharel, and Dr. Naresh Subedi of National Trust for Nature Conservation for collaborating with us. BCN also offers the sincere appreciation to National Conservation Consortium partners WWF Nepal, IUCN Nepal, ICIMOD, Wildlife Conservation Nepal (WCN), Environmental Camps for Conservation Awareness (ECCA), Wildlife Watch Group (WWG), Nepal Forum of Environmental Journalists (NEFEJ), Federation of Community Forest Users Nepal (FECOFUN) and other partners Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) and Trekking Agency Association of Nepal (TAAN) for conservation collaboration. Finally, our deepest appreciation goes to the instrumental organizations, Ministry of Forests and Soil Conservation, Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation, Department of Forests, Department of Drug Administration, Department of Livestock Services and Nepal Veterinary Council. We would also like to thank the local conservation groups, local conservation partners, numerous volunteers and local communities for their continued cooperation and engagement in birds and biodiversity conservation of Nepal. Bird Conservation Nepal

9 ANNUAL REPORT 2016/17 5 Highlights Organizational Capacity Enhancement BCN firmly believes in institutional capacity enhancement and considers it to be a vital strategy to expand expertise on bird and habitat conservation. We aim to enable and encourage our staffs, interns and volunteers participate in bird conservation keeping IBAs in priority. Organizational capacity enhancement and expertise of members would contribute to strengthen capacity of local communities, extending awareness to local people and effective advocacy on achieving objective of birds and habitat conservation. Saving Species BCN has been working to prevent extinction of threatened species and other species and improve their conservation status. Our effort on bird species conservation in IBAs has specifically contributed on habitat conservation and restoration of threatened species such as Bengal Florican, and Vultures. We will further work to gather information on threatened and common birds and implement the program to improve their status. Saving Sites and Habitat We have identified 37 Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBAs) in Nepal and there is an urgent need to conserve other important habitats for birds and biodiversity within and outside the protected areas. We are now working on identifying and develop objectives and priority actions for IBAs/KBAs and other critical habitats. BCN has employed strategy to expand its network and collaborate with government agencies, LCGs and other stakeholders to plan and implement different activities, awareness raising, and monitoring to restore, conserve and manage important sites and habitats for birds. Ecosystem Services and Livelihoods The most effective way to strengthen linkage between birds, biodiversity and people s wellbeing is through mainstreaming biodiversity and ecosystem services. The campaign of conserving birds and their habitat partnering with local communities has been effective as BCN has supported 60 LCGs working in 37 IBAs. We are developing a comprehensive plan and projects to link between birds, biodiversity and peoples wellbeing.

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11 ANNUAL REPORT 2016/17 7 Organizational Capacity Enhancement Capacity enhancement is a coordinated and target driven work aimed to improve for the effective performance of the organization. Capacity enhancement is about building an organization s ability to perform well. BCN, therefore, supports all its staffs, interns and volunteer participants in strengthening their capacity in relevant sectors. BCN also designs the programs that assists in filling the gaps of communication, awareness among the communities, policy makers and stakeholders. Annual Meeting of Local Partners in Vulture Conservation. Annual meeting of local partners in vulture conservation was organized on September 2016 at Bardia to strengthen the capacity of the field based vulture conservation partners, care taker of Vulture Safe Feeding Sites and youths involved in nest monitoring. KEY ACHIEVEMENTS BirdLife International Full Partnership BCN Strategy ( ) western Nepal participated in this meeting Workshop on Conservation Marketing With an aim to highlight the importance of Marketing in Conservation organization, BCN organized Marketing Workshop for staffs and executive members on 15 of November 2016 at BCN secretariat, Lazimpat, Kathmandu. The workshop was led by Fanny Lai, a former corporate executive, graphic novelist and Bjorn Olsen, an award winning wild life photographer. A presentation on Fundamentals of Marketing and how to create winning marketing plans was delivered. After that participants shared their concerns on marketing challenges that conservation organizations are facing in Nepal during the Q and A session. Training on Integrating Rights and Social Issues in Conservation A four days long training on Integrating Rights and Social Issues in Conservation was organized for BCN staffs, EC members and LCGs from 8-11 November 2016 in Lumbini Nepal. The training was designed to increase awareness and capacity of Conservation professionals to address the social rights based Training on Diclofenac and other NSAIDs monitoring, nest monitoring sustainable management of VSFs and data management on vulture monitoring was provided to 33 persons representing 15 local community based organizations from 12 districts of lowland and mid-hills of

12 8 ANNUAL REPORT 2016/17 approach of conservation and Natural resource management. With active learning approach based on practical exercises and interactive discussions, participants shared their experience from their own projects. Field visit was made to VSFS at Gaida Tal, Lumbini for practical assignment. The learning and experience sharing course was led by Billy Fairburn from BirdLife International and Charlotte Mathaissen from BirdLife Denmark. BCN Strategic Planning Workshop With an aim to come up with ambitious yet achievable action plans for the next 5 years , BCN organized strategic planning workshop on 16 November 2016 at Hotel Malla, Kathmandu. The workshop began with the welcoming speech of CEO, Dr Narendra Man Babu Pradhan. Ms Ishana Thapa, Director of BCN summarized the review of strategic Plan in her presentation. After the presentation from Ian Barber, Senior Partnership Development Officer, RSPB on Birdlife Quality Assurance System, participants were involved in SWOT analysis of the Organization to review the organization s goal, objectives. To set targets and prepare plan of action for the new strategy participants were divided in to different groups according to objectives. The day long workshop concluded with closing remarks from the President, Yubraj Basnet. Harish Chandra Rai and Dipak Biswokarma were the facilitators of the workshop that was attended by BCN s Advisors, EC Members and staff. Workshop on Ecotourism Promotion in Vulture Safe Feeding Sites of Nepal A one-day workshop entitled National Stakeholder workshop to promote Ecotourism in Vulture Safe Feeding Sites (VSFS) of Nepal was organized on 19 January 2017 at Nepal Tourism Board with a view to promote the ecotourism in the VSFS of Nepal. During the program tourism related entrepreneurs and associations, concerned authorities from different organizations including VSFS of Nepal discussed on developing the site as a popular destination for vulture watching in the country as Nepal is a pioneer in developing the concept of Vulture Safe Zone. Mr. Anuja Raj Sharma, DDG, Department of Forest, Deepak Raj Joshi, CEO, Nepal Tourism

13 ANNUAL REPORT 2016/17 9 Board (NTB), Rajendra Suwal, WWF Nepal, Krishna Kumar Aryal, Board Member, NTB, Anil Lama, President SOTTO, Sital Chandra Dhakal, Trekking Agencies Association of Nepal (TAAN) and other tourism related experts provided their strong ideas and suggestions on strengthening VSZ for tourism promotion. 34 th Annual General Meeting The 34 th Annual General Meeting for BCN was held on 28 January 2017 at Hotel Moonlight, Kathmandu. The program was chaired by Yubraj Basnet, President of BCN and Dr. Pem Narayan Kandel, Acting Secretary of MoFSC was the Chief Guest. Patrons, advisors, members, supporters and representatives of various organizations attended the program. The first session included technical presentation on Vulture Release Program by Krishna Bhusal, Vulture Program Officer followed by the presentation on Demoiselle Crane Migration by Jyotendra Jyu Thakuri, Senior Program Officer. Similarly, certificates of appreciation were awarded to Naresh Kushi, Thsring Lama, Pema Rikzin Lama, and Geraldine Werhalm for recording new bird species Rufoustailed Rock Thrush Monticola saxitilis: Som G.C and Mich Coker for recording new bird species Grey-sided Thrush Turdus Feae and Hathan Chaudhary, Carol Inskipp and Mary Crosby for recording new bird species West Himalayan Bush Warbler Bradypterus Kashmirensis. The second and closed session included presentations from Rajendra Gurung, General Secretary on annual progress on various BCN s Programs and annual finance report by Ashok Bahadur Malla, Treasurer. Floor was then opened for the participants who inquired about the progress and future endeavors of the organization. The final session ended with the concluding remarks from Chairman, Mr. Yubraj Basnet. National Meeting of Local Conservation Groups and Bird Fair National Meeting of IBA-Local Conservation Groups (LCGs) and Bird Fair 2017 was organised at Maghi Home Stay, Ghodaghodi, Kailali on February The main objective of the program was to consult with LCGs in finalizing BCN s LCG strategy and also promote birdwatching tourism in Ghodaghodi Lake Area. During opening ceremony, Chief Guest Ishwori Neupane, Parliament Member said, We appreciate BCN s effort for organizing a national level event at Ghodaghodi, one of the IBAs in Nepal and also assured to share this important message of conservation at the central level. During technical

14 10 ANNUAL REPORT 2016/17 session 16 LCGs from different parts of the country shared their current efforts on conservation, challenges and opportunities while working with BCN. Second day was the bird fair where BCN and LCGs placed exhibition stalls with banners, posters and merchandizes. Various documentaries with message of environment conservation were shown to the participants in the fair. More than thousand people from different schools, colleges, business groups and community visited the fair. Verification of Tool Developed for Supporting Mainstreaming Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services into Community Forestry. Workshop on Verification of Tool developed for supporting Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Mainstreaming into Community Forestry in Nepal was organized on 15 March 2017 in Kathmandu. The main objective of the workshop was to finalize draft biodiversity supplement for the community forestry development guideline through getting comments from wider audiences and to agree with the draft of training curriculum to prepare training manual and training materials to support forest users and forestry field workers in incorporating biodiversity, ecosystem services and climate change related issues into operational plan of community forest. The workshop was jointly organized with DoF and FECOFUN and inaugurated by the Chief Guest, Krishna Prasad Acharya, DG, DoF. ToT on Mainstreaming Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Four days long Training of Trainers for officers and representatives from DFO, DoF, FECOFUN, HIMAWANTI, Regional Forest Training Centers, COFSUN, REDD and DNPWC was organized by BCN on May 2017 at Kathmandu. The main objective of the program was to provide training to forest officials from different districts of Nepal based on recently prepared training manual to make them aware about incorporating biodiversity and ecosystem services related components into the operation plan of community forests. Altogether 25 perspective trainers participated in this training. Regional Trainings on Mainstreaming Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Five days long regional level training was organized on May 2017 at Mid-western region, Surkhet and Western region, Pokhara. The main objective of the programme was to provide training to officials from DFO of different districts of mid-western region and western region and protected areas on recently prepared training manual to make them aware about incorporating biodiversity and ecosystem services related components into the operation plan of community forests. Altogether 24 participants representing from Humla, Jumla, Banke, Bardia, Puthan, Salyan, Dailekh, Jajarkot, Bajura and Surkhet attended the program in Surkhet. Similarly, 22 participants representing Parbat, Syanjya, Kaski, Baglung, Manang, Lamjung, Myagdi, Baglung and Nawalparasi attended the program in Pokhara.

15 ANNUAL REPORT 2016/17 11 Regional Steering Committee Meeting of South Asia Vulture Recovery Program Sixth Regional steering committee (RSC) meeting of South Asia Vulture Recovery Programme was held in Kathmandu, Nepal on 28 June The meeting brought together government authorities, national vulture recovery committee, conservation partners, and experts from vulture range countries in South Asia such as Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan to develop and implement a regional response to save the Critically Endangered South Asian vulture species from extinction. The meeting was chaired by the Secretary for Ministry of Forest and Soil Conservation Mr. Prakash Mathema, under the Co-chairmanship of the Deputy Regional Director of IUCN Asia Dr. Tej Pal Singh, Dr. Maheshwar Dhakal, joint secretary, MFSC presented the review of 5th RSC meeting minutes and followed the country-wise presentations from Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan highlighting both ex-situ and in-situ vulture conservation initiatives being implemented in respective country Some highlights of the meeting were the progress on breeding centers (VCBC) and captive vulture release, the establishment of vulture safe zones (VSZ), VSFS, pharmacy surveys, awareness and advocacy, carcass monitoring and SAVE priorities. Nepal handed over the RSC Chair to Bangladesh for 7th RSC meeting. Staff Capacity Enhancements Dr. Narendra Man Babu Pradhan and Ms. Ishana Thapa participated in IUCN world Conservation Congress at Hawaii from 1-10 September Mr. Krishna Bhusal visited Jatayu conversion breeding centre in Pinjore and transboundary collaboration meeting in UP and Bihar from September Dr. Narendra Man Babu Pradhan and Mr. Yub Raj Basnet participated in BirdLife Asia Partnership meeting at Srilanka from November Dr. Narendra Man Babu Pradhan and Mr. Yub Raj Basnet attended SAVE meeting in Mumbai from November Mr. Krishna Bhusal attended SAVE Meeting, MsAP workshop and UP Bird Festival from 21 November to 4 December 2016 in Mumbai and Agra. Dr. Narendra Man Babu Pradhan, Ms. Ishana Thapa, Mr. Yub Raj Basnet and Hirulal Dangaura participated in educational study visit in Malawi from February Dr. Narendra Man Babu Pradahan and Ms. Ishana Thapa attended PMC Meeting in Uganda from 26 February-5 March 2017 Dr. Narendra Man Babu Pradhan and Mr. Jyotendra Jyu Thakuri participated in the study visit of Bengal Florican in Cambodia from April Staff Appointments Mr. Niraj Dahal has been appointed as Communication and Marketing Officer on 1 August Mr. Ram Krishna Maharjan has been appointed as Driver on 14 August Mr. Mitra Pandey has been appointed as Project Officer on 8 January Mr. Yam Bahadur Mahato has been appointed as a Driver on 19 February Mr. Ankit Bilash Joshi has been appointed as Field Biologist on 29 March Mr. Prashid Kandel has been appointed as Senior Project Officer on 7 July Ms. Kriti Nepal has been appointed as Policy and Advocacy Officer on 17 July Staff Departures Mr. Sanjay Adhikari left BCN on 30 July Mr. Hem Bahadur Katuwal left BCN on 14 October Dr. Tulsi Pandey left BCN on 2 January Mr. Sudil Gopal Acharya left BCN on 15 June Dr. Narendra Man Babu Pradhan left BCN on 31 June 2017.

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17 ANNUAL REPORT 2016/17 13 Saving Species Nepal has been blessed with diverse wildlife diversity and endemism. While talking about avifauna, Nepal harbors nearly 10% of the world s bird species. It is because of the unique characteristic of the landscape lying between Palearctic and indo- Malaya biogeographically realm. The diversity is also supported by the drastic altitudinal variation within short distance. Recent data shows, there are over 880 species of birds recorded from Nepal and this trend is increasing each year. Nevertheless, there are still under surveyed areas in Nepal because of the severe topography and inaccessibility that shows the potentiality of recording even more species. Ongoing change in the climate has also impacted in the distribution of bird species. So, BCN has been recording and updating the bird species from various sites and contributing in conservation action. Nation-wide Vulture Nest Monitoring Regular nest monitoring of different vulture species, White-rumped Vulture, Slender-billed Vulture, Redheaded Vulture, Egyptian Vulture, Himalayan Griffon and Bearded Vulture was conducted nationwide. Total 431 nests of White-rumped Vulture, Slender-billed Vulture, Red-headed Vulture, Egyptian Vulture, Himalayan Griffon and Bearded Vulture were identified and monitored for their breeding success. Altogether 306 nests were successful, among them Egyptian Vulture has highest rate of breeding success i.e % followed by KEY ACHIEVEMENTS Soft Release of Captive-reared Vultures Vulture Nest Monitoring Demoiselle Crane Migration Monitoring Slender-billed Vulture 75%, Whiterumped Vulture 72.05%, Himalayan Griffon 65% and Red-headed Vulture and Bearded Vulture 33.33%. Fig: Trend of Vulture Population 13 th Annual Vulture Survey 13 th annual road count survey of vultures was conducted across terai lowland following eastwest highway covering 560 km

18 14 ANNUAL REPORT 2016/17 from Narayanghat, Chitwan to Gaddachowki of Kanchanpur. The survey was conducted from 8-20 May Vultures sighted within 1000m of either side of the road were recorded. This survey observed 111 White-rumped Vultures between Narayanghat to Mahendranagar. In addition to lowlands, the team also surveyed the mountain routes of Lamahi-Tulsipur-Salyan- Rukum, Bhalubang-Pyuthan-Rolpa, Pyuthan-Arghakhanchi-Gulmi- Palpa and Palpa-Syangja-Pokhara- Damauli-Mugling. Monitoring of Demoiselle Crane migration Demoiselle Crane migration monitoring was conducted from 27 September -24 October 2016 at Samar, Upper Mustang. The first flocks were recorded on 4 October and the last on 18 October. Total individuals in 41 flocks were counted on 12 days observation. Birdwatching Tourism Training for Trekking Guides To encourage and enhance their capacity of trekking guides on birdwatching Birdwatching Tourism Training was organized on 5-6 February 2017 in Kathmandu and February 2017 in Pokhara. Two days long theory and field based training program was designed to enhance their capacity on birdwatching. Participants learned about the status of birds of Nepal, conservation and tourism, birdwatching techniques, Rules and Regulations in Protected Areas as well as Code and Conduct for Bird Watchers. Field practice was conducted at Taudaha Lake and Phulchowki Mountain Forest at Kathmandu and Fewa Lake and VSFS Ghachowk at Pokhara. These trainings were organized in collaboration with NTB and TAAN. Soft Release of Captive- Reared Vultures SSix captive-reared Whiterumped Vultures reared in Kasara, CNP were released into prerelease aviary at VSFS, Pithauli, Nawalparasi in 15 April The chief guest Man Bahadur Khadka, Director General, DNPWC released the first bird in to closed aviary. Then, Govinda Gajurel, Member Secretary at National Trust for Nature Conservation, Dr. Narendra Man Babu Pradhan, CEO, BCN, Bed Khadka, Acting Chief Conservation Officer, CNP, Toby Heath Galligan, Senior Conservation Scientist, RSPB and local community released the birds in to the aviary. The vulture with satellite transmitters were kept here for six months to allow them to assimilate with wild vultures at VSFS and exercise to fly. They will be released in wild after ensuring the good health and ability to fly and feed in wild.

19 ANNUAL REPORT 2016/17 15 Finn s Weaver Survey Survey of Finn s Weaver at Shuklaphanta National Park was conducted in April-May Total 580 individuals were counted in two major nesting colonies. Finn s weaver was absent at same area during non-breeding survey in December Urban Bird Count The second systematic urban bird monitoring was conducted in Kathmandu Valley in January for winter season and June July 2017 for summer season. Bird count was conducted in 24 blocks, 8 blocks from urban, sub-urban and rural areas each in north, south east and west direction. In total, 147 participants contributed voluntarily. Altogether 113 bird species were counted in the survey with atotal of 7008 birds representing 93 species and 6636 birds representing 72 species were counted from winter and summer season respectively. Similar bird count was initiated in Pokahra Valley in June-July. Total 3530 birds of 79 species were counted from 12 identified counting locations. Total 25 volunteers contributed on this event. Jatayu (Vulture) Research Grant 2016 Two University students were awarded with Jatayu research grant to support their thesis as a partial fulfillment of bachelor s and master s degree. They will be conducting research on vulture conservation issues in Nepal. The grant aims to encourage university students in finding new scientific information related to vulture conservation issues in Nepal and are offered annually to two deserving candidates. The following students received the grant in 2016: Ramesh Kumar Basel, who is currently doing his Master s Degree in Environmental Science at Central Department of Environmental Science (CDES), Tribhuvan University. With the support from Jatayu Research Grant, he will be undertaking research entitled Status and threat assessment of Vulture in Eastern Nawalparasi, Nepal. Khim Bahadur KC who is currently doing his Master s Degree in Natural Resource Management at Nepal Engineering College, Centre for Post Graduate Studies, Lagankhel, Lalitpur. With the support from BCN through Jatayu Research Grant, he will be undertaking research entitled Ecological Monitoring, population status and potential threats of vulture species in Rukum District, Nepal. Bird Identification and Monitoring Training to Forest Guard. Two days training was organized on May 2017 at Sukhad Kailali. The Main objective of the training was to buildup knowledge about bird and biodiversity to Forest Guard. In the training total of 38 Forest Guard were participated. Out of them 9 were female. First day we presented and discussed overall bird status of Nepal, birds of GLA, identification and monitoring techniques. Second day GLA visited and practiced to identify birds.

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21 ANNUAL REPORT 2016/17 17 Saving Sites and Habitat There are 37 Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBAs) identified in Nepal. IBAs are the places of international importance for the conservation of birds and other biodiversity component. BCN is also working for the conservation of critical habitat outside the IBAs. The main focus of BCN is to restore and manage critical habitat for threatened birds as well as mainstreaming biodiversity and ecosystem services in community forestry. Locally based monitoring is highly effective in engaging the local communities in biodiversity conservation. KEY ACHIEVEMENTS DFZ Expanded to 56 Distticts Bengal Florican Habitat Assessment Piloting Mainstreaming Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services into CFOPs White-fronted Goose by Manshanta Ghimire Declaration of Diclofenac Free Zones N Three more districts: Saptari, Jhapa and Kavre Palanchowk were declared as DFZ. The NSAID survey was conducted in close coordination with District Livestock Services and DFZ declaration workshops were conducted in each district on the stewardship of district government authorities. This makes 56 districts the Diclofenac Free Zone covering square kilometers. Kavreplanchowk Saptari Jhapa Legend DFZ districts: 56 Area Coverage: sq.km December 2016 Diclofenace Free Districts

22 18 ANNUAL REPORT 2016/17 Piloting Mainstreaming Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services into Community Forests Operational Plan To mainstream biodiversity and ecosystem services of Nepal, BCN is piloting in 14 community forest operational plan (CFOPs) representing three geographical regions, 5 development regions and 7 provinces. A number of community level meetings were organized, data collected and compiled in different time periods to incorporate biodiversity and ecosystem related issues into the operational plan of those 14 selected community forests. So far six CFOPs have already been approved from their respective DFO and community forest users group are implementing their OPs. Province No. 7 Ghodaghodi Lake Complex, Kailali Rara National Park Complex, Mugu Province No. 6 Nawalparasi Forest, Nawalparasi Province No. 4 Phulchoki Forest, Lalitpur Province No. 3 Udayapur Forest, Udayapur Province No. 1 Deukhuri Foothill Forests, Dang Province No. 5 Reshunga Forest Complex, Gulmi Parsa National Park, Bara Province No. 2 Dharan Forests, Sunsari Khandbari-Num Forests, Sankhuwasabha

23 ANNUAL REPORT 2016/17 19 Monitoring of Bengal Florican Habitat To understand the habitat ecology of Bengal Florican grassland monitoring has been conducted at Shuklaphanta grassland. Two permanent transects of one km each in the area with highest density of points by satellite tagged birds have been identified and monitored on every first and third week of each months using the standard protocol. Assessment of Threats for Bengal Florican To understand the perception of local people on Bengal Florican, status of non-breeding habitat and local threats, a workshop was organised at Beldandi, Kanchanpur on 17 September PRA tools such as Timeline, Annual Calendar and Resource Mapping were used. Total 35 local participants from Beldandi and Belauri Municipality, representatives from relevant government offices and reporters were present and provided their valuable views and knowledge. Grassland conversion, disturbance, use of pesticides, untimely fire and overgrazing are identified as key local threats.of Collaborative Forest Users Nepal (ACOFUN) district chapter, Green Youth Nepal (GYN) Parsa, Veterinary Practitioners, Veterinary Pharmacies Owners, Local Youths and Media Persons of Parsa district participated in the training program. Bird Survey of Madane Protected Forest A bird survey was carried out on Madane Protected Forest (MPF) in Gulmi. The survey was conducted from 9-13 January 2017 and covered seven VDCs (Banjh Kateri, Arkhabang, Chhaphile, Marbhung, Sirseni, Darling and Hwangdi). Mackinnon s list and direct count methods were used to survey the birds. A total of 125 species was recorded including two globally threatened species, Steppe eagle and Red-headed Vulture. Nearly half of the total recorded (42.4%) are characteristic of biomes, indicating that the area is important for biome-restricted species. Exposure visit to Madane Protected Forest Three days long exposure visit to Madane Protected Forest for the representatives of government and non-government organisations of Gulmi, Tamghas was organized on 1-3 may The main objective of the visit was to learn about the conservation efforts at MPF. The visit was facilitated by Ganesh Bahadur Gharti Magar, Chairmain of the MPF Committee. Since Resunga Forest is a nominated protected forest and rich in biodiversity and water resource, participants believed the learning visit will be very helpful in future.

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25 ANNUAL REPORT 2016/17 21 Ecosystem Services & Livelihood Conservation of Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas is not possible without taking into account the livelihood of local community. Therefore, various mechanisms have been implemented to ensure sustainability of the natural resource usage by addressing livelihood improvement. Key to this are education and skill enhancement of Local Conservation Groups on nature based livelihoods. KEY ACHIEVEMENTS Alternative Energy Promotion Climate Smart Technology Promotion Nature Based Livelihood Support Biogas Installation at Karelia, Bardiya Thirty households of Jyotipur and Rammapur in Bardia were supported to make biogas. With the help of the biogas supporting program, people have reduced the use of firewood for cooking and this will help them in their health, environment and conservation as well. To date total 90 households in 3 different communities (Asaregadi CFUGs, Karelia CFUGs, Bhada CFUGs) have been supported for biogas installation. Livelihood support in Bardia, Kailali and Rara The marmelos juice enterprise at Bardia supported by BCN is now producing 5000 bottles of juice annually and sold under the branding of Sarus bel juice. The women handicraft groups with additional skill enhancement to produce new varieties of sellable items have also increased their income from NRs 250,000 to NRs 500,000 annually. The Maghi homestay at Ghodaghodi lake area have also been able to increase their annual visitor number to around 500 and an income of NRs 600,000. The revolving fund set up at GLA have now benefitted 73 local communities. The Rara Women Agricultural Cooperative in Rara National Park managed to generate NRs 400,000 through selling vegetables. The cooperative have supported all the 50 households in Murma to put green house for vegetable farming. Distribution of Drip Irrigation Tool To uplift the livelihood of the local farmers having no proper irrigation access, drip irrigation tool was distributed. A total of 30 HHs of Balithum,Jhubhung and Paralmi VDCs were supported for the efficient irrigation through this technology. The farmers were also provided technical knowledge about the use of the newly introduced technology.

26 22 ANNUAL REPORT 2016/17 Support and Training on Bee Keeping Understanding the potential of Resunga for honey production in commercial way, a training was organized for the 27 farmers on how to improve traditional honey producing techniques and increase the quality and quantity. To make honey production more professional 1000 honey bottles were supported to the farmers. Support of Fire Extinguishing Equipment Resunga forest is susceptible to the wildfire during the dry season. To control such wildfire, fire extinguishing equipment were provided to Jansewa community forest user group of Resunga. Assistant Forest Officer Pannalal Bhattarai demonstrated the use of the equipment while combating wildfire and explained the advantages of such equipment.

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29 ANNUAL REPORT 2016/17 25 Awareness and Publication Biodiversity Conservation Learning Centre at Ranibari Community Forest In collaboration with Ranibari Community Forest (RCF) User Group Biodiversity Conservation Learning Centre has been established at RCF, Kathmandu. The objective is to provide the education on bird and biodiversity conservation for urban residents and school students, conserve the urban biodiversity and manage the RCF as a model forest for the bird and biodiversity conservation. The Learning Centre of 24 feet 14 feet of prefab has been constructed and equipped with necessary equipment. Assessment of bird, butterfly and plant has been completed, total 104 birds, 30 butterfly and 131 species of vascular plants has been recorded. The Learning Centre was inaugurated by Hari Saran Nepali Kaaji, founder president on the occasion of BCN day, 24 April Fortnightly Birdwatching BCN conducted 17 birdwatching trips this year and around 500 members actively participated. Every year the program runs from November till July across 11 sites within Kathmandu. Total 207 bird species has been recorded from the bird watching Welcome to the Birds Celebrated in Pokhara In collaboration with Pokhara Bird Society and BCN Pokhara branch an event on Welcome to the Birds was organized on 27 February 2017 at Phewa lake, Pokhara. Total 40 people gathered at lakeside to welcome winter migratory bird. More than 30 species of water and wetland birds were observed during the event. BCN in partnership with Birdlife International has been celebrating the WTTB since 2014 in Nepal in order to advocate and raise awareness at key sites species by reaching out to various audiences like school, local community, birders, government officials etc. National Conservation Day 2016 Nepal celebrated 10th National Conservation Day with the theme Community-based Conservation for Sustainable Development on 24 of September 2016 at Rastriya Sabha Griha (City Hall) Kathmandu. The program was organized by the MOFSCs, with nine conservation consortium partners, BCN, ECCA, ICIMOD, NTNC, NEFEJ, WCN, IUCN, WWF. Honorable President, Bidhya Devi Bhandari inaugurated the program that was chaired by Honorable Minister for Forest and Soil Conservation, Shankar Bhandari The two hours long program included various programs such as, Video on Community Based Conservation: Contribution for Sustainable Development, awards/ scholarship distribution, publication launch. This day also commemorates the 10th anniversary of the tragic loss of nation s conservation heroes,

30 26 ANNUAL REPORT 2016/17 who lost their lives in a helicopter accident on 23 September, World Wetland Day 2017 World Wetland Day 2017 with the theme Wetland for Disaster Risk Reduction was celebrated with other conservation consortium partners on 2 February in Kathmandu. The program was inaugurated by Honorable Minister of Forests and Soil Conservation, Shankar Bhandari. Birds checklist of Banke National Park published by BCN, NTNC and DNPWC was also launched on that day. 22 nd Wildlife Week Celebration DNPWC with conservation consortium partners has been celebrating the first week of Nepali year as Wildlife Week since last 22 years. 22 Wild Life Week Youth in Conservation was celebrated with various activities from April BCN organized a birdwatching event at Shivapuri Nagarjun National Park, on 15 April Around 150 participants representing various government organizations, conservation organizations and students from different colleges participated on this event. Altogether 55 bird species were recorded in the event. 45 th World Environment Day 2017 BCN in collaboration with NTNC, Central ZOO, Lalitpur Metropolitan, IUCN, WWF Nepal celebrated 45th World Environment Day. The theme for this year was Connecting people to nature. During the concluding day on 5 June, Rally and Award Distribution Program was organized in Lalitpur. Thousands of people including students, teachers, and consortium partners participated holding play cards, attractive banners that sent the message of strong bond between human and nature. Chief guest Satya Mohan Joshi and special guest, Mayor of Lalitpur Metropolitan city, Chiri Babu Maharjan released the poster of Cranes of Nepal. BCN in collaboration with Ministry of Population and Environment and NTNC organized Nature Walk and Bird Watching event on 27th May at SNNP. Participants from different ministries, departments, NTNC, BCN staffs and members and school students participated during this event. Bird Race for student members of Friends of Zoo was organised on 30 May 2017 at Ranibari Community Forest. 62 students of different 10 schools were divided into three groups. At the end, students shared their learning and findings from the Bird Race. Vulture Conservation Awareness Ten schools and one community level conservation awareness raising events were organized at Triyuga Municipality. Students, teachers and 20 local communities were present during these events. Vet and Community Awareness. Various conservation awareness events were organized for the conservation of Vultures such as, Interaction program with veterinary community on vulture conservation on 4 March 2017 at kapilvastu, Jeetpur. Vulture conservation interaction program with community forest user groups at Rajapani, kapilvastu. Interaction program with CF, mother groups, youth clubs and VSFS committe members on vulture conservation at 5 March 2017 Gaidatal, Rupendehi. Vulture interaction program with Community forest on vulture conservation on 5 March 2017 at Milan Community Forest, Rupendehi. Interaction program with community people on vulture conservation on 7 March 2017 at Ghachowk, Kaski. Total 106 participants participated on these events. International Vulture Awareness Day Eighth International Vulture Awareness Day, 3 September, 2016

31 ANNUAL REPORT 2016/17 27 was celebrated in Nepal. The weeklong programs primarily focused to spread awareness among the wider communities and influencing stakeholders and agencies in positioning the vulture range districts as the Vulture Safe Zone. BCN supported different 16 organizations such as Bird Education Society, Chitwan, Jatayu Restaurant Management Committee, Pithauli, Jatayu Restaurant Management Committee, Gaidatal and GYN Lumbini, Nepal Para veterinary and Livestock Association, Kapilvastu, Jatayu Restaurant Management Committee, Lalamatiya, Environmental Sustainable Development and Research Center, Dang, Environmental and Rural Development Center, Banke, Bardiya Nature Conservation Club, Jatayu Restaurant Management Committee, Khutiya and EARTH, Kailali, Nature Guide Association, Kanchanpur, Garta Khahare Khola Community Forest, Argha, BCN field office, Gulmi, Adheri Chharchhare Community Forest, Madanpokhara, Palpa, Khaireni Community Forest, Rampur, Palpa, Jatayu Restaurant Management Committee, Ghachowk, Kaski, BCN Pokhara Branch to organize various awareness raising events. Different awareness raising events such as Vulture Festival in VSFs, local cultural song and dance performance regarding vulture conservation, Teej song competition with main theme of vulture conservation, stake holder interaction, community awareness, school awareness, mass rally, vulture watching and identification were organised in 14 vulture range districts of Nepal. Total 1500 individuals directly participated in 16 events. Bengal Florican Conservation Awareness Awareness raising events on Bengal Florican conservation were organized around bufferzone of Shuklaphanta National Park, around the non-breeding sites of Bengal Florican. Total 306 school students and 65 local community members directly benefited from 10 school and 2 community events.

32 28 ANNUAL REPORT 2016/17 Newsletter Quarterly newsletter of BCN, Danphe and Munal were published. Annual newsletter of vulture conservation programme (Giddha Sandesh), was published. Leaflets, Booklet and Brochures Leaflets; 2000 copies on birds, 1000 copies on butterfly, 1000 copies on plants of RCF and 2000 copies of brochure about RCF produced Copies of leaflet on birds of Resunga produced copies of brochures on VSF/ Vulture restaurants in Nepal produced copies of Chiuri (Butter Tree) information leaflet for Resunga developed. Book on Hamro Prayas about biodiversity and climate change produced.

33 ANNUAL REPORT 2016/17 29 Financial Update Annual budget Vs expenditure from July 2016 to July 2017 SN Particulars Expenditure till date % Expenditure 1 Organisational Capacity Enhancement 5,650, Saving species 12,884, Saving sites and habitats 8,414, Ecosystem Services and Livelihoods 13,752, Administrative cost 4,522, Total 45,224, Income Vs Expenditure Trend for Expenditure till date 10% 12% Organisational Capacity Enhancement Saving sites and habitats 30% 28% Saving species Ecosystem Services and Livelihoods Administrative cost 19% QYE@

34 30 ANNUAL REPORT 2016/17 S.N. Period Income Expenditure /12 29,010, ,408, /13 30,686, ,096, /14 38,313, ,582, /15 43,683, ,996, /16 42,226, ,435, /17 52,711, ,224, Programme Vs Administrative Cost 10% Programme Cost 90% Administrative Cost Income Vs Expenditure Trend for in 000,000 S.N. Period Income Expenditure / / / / / /

35 ANNUAL REPORT 2016/17 31 Membership Update Being a membership-based organization, BCN has continued along its path of growth. This year 21 new Life members and 371 new general members joined BCN. Including all the categories this year we have 851 members. Every year new members with their interest in birds and their conservation from diverse field join BCN who are conservationist, students, tourism entrepreneur etc. BCN is a BirdLife International which has a global network of 121 countries. Figure below provides membership detail for fiscal year 2016/17. NBCN MEMBER 10 PATRON 25 TOTAL 851 GENERAL MEMBER 451 LIFE MEMBER 319 FRIENDS OF BCN 37 CORPORATE MEMBER 9

36 ANNEX I: BCN Framework PATRONS 1. Karna Shakya Nepal 2. Rajendra Lal Shrestha Nepal 3. Michie Kashiwabar Japan 4. Shyam Khatri UK 5. Sir John Chapple UK 6. Nicole Nooren Netherlands 7. Yozo Koshiyama Japan 8. Lalit J. Lalchan Nepal 9. Bishwo Tuladhar Nepal 10. Tara P Lama USA 11. Krishna Karki Germany 12. Uttam Raj Kayastha Nepal 13. Sarbendra Pachhai Nepal 14. Deepak K Chhetri Nepal 15. Dr. Joel T Heinen USA 16. Loknath Wosti Japan 17. Rajendra Gurung Nepal 18. Shyam Krishna Prasai Nepal 19. Ganga Jung Thapa Nepal 20. Prof. David Simmons New Zealand 21. Dr. Guy Castley Australia 22. Dr. Jean-Marc Hero Australia 23. Bikram Rai Nepal 24. Dr. Shanta Raj Jnawali Nepal 25. Chungba Sherpa Nepal FOUNDER PRESIDENT Hari Saran Nepali Kazi EXECUTIVE COUNCIL President Mr. Yubraj Basnet Immediate Past President Mr. Sarbendra Pachhai Vice President Mrs. Krishna Tamrakar General Secretary Mr. Rajendra Gurung Joint Secretary Mr. Suchit Basnet Treasurer Mr. Ashok Bahadur Malla Members Prof. Karan Bahadur Shah Mrs. Sarita Jnawali Mr. Vimal Kumar Thapa Mr. Raju Acharya Mr. Raj Kumar Rai Ms. Sabina Koirala Sharma ADVISORY BOARD 1. Dr. Hem Sagar Baral 2. Dr. Shanta Raj Jnawali 3. Dr. Tirtha Bahadur Shrestha 4. Dr. Bhusan Raj Shrestha 5. Mr. Top Bahadur Khatri 6. Mr. Shyam Sundar Bajimaya 7. Mr. Harish Chandra Rai 8. Mr. Marcus Cotton 9. Mr. Arend Van Riessen 10. Mr. Tika Ram Adhikari 11. Mr. Rajan Kumar Pokharel 12. Ms. Dibya Devi Gurung STAFFS Director Ishana Thapa Finance and Admin Head Pratikcha Srivastava Senior Program Officer Jyotendra Jyu Thakuri Communication and Marketing Officer Niraj Dahal Vulture Conservation Program Officer Krishna Bhusal Finance and Admin Assistant Samir Maharjan Accountant Muna Munikar Senior Project Officer Prashid Kandel Project Officer Parbat Raj Thani Senior Project Officer Mitra Pandey Policy and Advocacy Officer Kriti Nepal Assistant Project Officer Bharat Panthi

37 ANNUAL REPORT 2016/17 33 Project Officer Bhupal Nepali Project Officer Devendra Chapagain Field Biologist Ankit Bilash Joshi Vulture Field Technician Ishwari Chaudhary Project Assistant Hirulal Dangaura Project Assistant Puja Gurung Technicial Assistant Thanishwar Khanal Support Staff Sabitri Pandit Driver Ram Krishna Maharjan Driver Yam Bahadur Mahato LIFE MEMBERS 1 Bharat Prasad Parajuli 2 Douglas James 3 Linda Griffith 4 Rajendra N. Suwal 5 Sunil Shakya 6 Takeshi Seki 7 Marcus A.C. Cotton 8 Tim Inskipp 9 Carol Inskipp 10 Hem Sagar Baral 11 David Mills 12 John B. Halliday 13 Chris Murphy 14 Malcom/Siobhan Ausden 15 Subechhya Basnet 16 Prabigya Basnet 17 Margaret MacNaughton 18 Jennifer Jones 19 Peter Brendt 20 Jack Cox Jr. 21 Mark/Janice Hollingworth 22 Tim/Irene Loseby 23 Badri Pudasaini 24 Noritaka Chida 25 Peter Hampton 26 Ben King 27 Nicholas B. Pett 28 Paul Holt 29 Esther Lev 30 Aasheesh Pittie 31 R. Perkins 32 S. Perkins 33 Roland Anges Charnwick 34 A. M. Bennett 35 Hathan Choudhary 36 Tika Giri 37 Lynda Cambum 38 David Cottridge 39 Avril McLeod 40 Linda R. Macaulay 41 Ltd Gen (retd) P.B. Limbu 42 Seb Buckton 43 Krys Kazmierczak 44 Denis Chandler 45 Hilary Nash 46 Richard Seargent 47 Kalu Ram Tamang 48 Lt. Col.(Retd) Gerry Birch 49 Philip McGowan 50 Richard Grimmett 51 Lynne Carpenter 52 Kaj Halberg 53 James D. Bland 54 Suman Basnet 55 Suchit Basnet 56 Richard John 57 Dr Ingrid Juettner 58 Shambhu Ghimire 59 Aaron Ofner 60 Krishna Subedi 61 Loknath Wosti 62 Ananta Bhattrai 63 Dr. Frans Arentz 64 Lorraine Limothe 65 Lakpa Nurbu Sherpa 66 Debbie Pain 67 Andrew A. Cunningham 68 Peter Widman 69 Steve Parr 70 Raksha Baral 71 Munir Z. Virani 72 Siddhartha Pachhai 73 Dipesh Prasad Kafle 74 Bhesh Raj Ghimire 75 Dr. Norbert Winding 76 Ben Vickers 77 Klaus Dychuff 78 Dan Welch 79 Dharmendra Raj Shakya 80 Nabin Gyawali 81 Nabin Baral 82 Nigel Mathews 83 Som GC 84 Badri Chaudhary 85 Haris C Rai 86 Ramesh J Rayamajhi 87 Frank Y.A Saris 88 Bishnu Bahadur Chhetri 89 Mark Mallalieu 90 Stephen Biggs 91 Rainer Stoll 92. Bimal Guragain 93 Brain H. Williams 94 Sarita Jnawali 95 Yubraj Basnet

38 34 ANNUAL REPORT 2016/17 96 Ramji Gautam 97 Basu Dev Parajuli 98 Chrinjivi Pokhrel 99 Laxman Poudayal 100 Rajeev Tiwari 101 Jeet Bahadur Giri 102 Nilesh Timilsina 103 Bijay Tamang 104 Mohan Lamsal 105 Deepak Kumar Singh 106 Deepak Prasad Dahal 107 Umesh Kumar Chaudhary 108 Sakas Bahadur G.C 109 Babar Singh Kathayat 110 Dr. Mathew Denny 111 Karan Bahadur Shah 112 Jhamak Raj Chaudhary 113 Hari Bahadur Pariyar 114 Hari Bhakta Adhikari 115 Dibya Devi Gurung 116 Dr. Rameshwar P. Singh 117 Deepak Prasai 118 Daya Ram Chaudhary 119 Sanjay Khetan 120 Dhan Bahadur Chaudhary 121 Shyam Kumar Shah 122 Michael Dooher 123 Celeus Baral 124 Hari KC 125 Aadhip Dev Ghimire 126 Pushpa Raj Sedhai 127 Sharad Singh 128 Rabindra Shrestha 129 Surendra Kumar Paudel 130 Dr. Shanta Raj Jnawali 131 Manoj Sharma 132 Radha Wagle 133 Achyut Guragain 134 Angnima Tamang 135 Nawaraj Chapagain 136 Sanjan Bahadur Thapa 137 Krishna Tamrakar 138 Vimal Thapa 139 Zimba Zangbu Sherpa 140 Richard Cuthbert 141 Dr. Suman Sumsher Thapa 142 David Buckingham 143 Baikuntha Man Shrestha 144 Khadga Jeet Baral 145 David J Middleton 146 Raja Ram Regmi 147 Chandra Kumar Golchha 148 Suresh Sapkota 149 Om Prakash Gurung 150 Ram Kumar Aryal 151 Dr. Hum B. Gurung 152 Dr. Ghana Shyam Gurung 153 Gautam Sapkota 154 Sushma Shrestha 155 Deependra Joshi 156 Scott Mason 157 Roop Bahadur Gurung 158 Dr. Hira Mana Pradhan 159 Gyan Chand Dugar 160 Keshav Paudel 161 Ravi Shanker Pandit 162 Bhupal Nepali 163 Dr. Surya Paudel 164 Ishwori Prasad Chaudhary 165 Puja Gurung 166 Khadananda Paudel 167 Mana Krishna Shrestha 168 Suraj Kumar Gurung 169 Mitra Pandey 170 Jyotendra Jyu Thakuri 171 Raju Tamang 172 Pratikchha Srivastava 173 Menuka Basnyat 174 Marianne Heredge 175 Ishana Thapa 176 Sunil Bantawa 177 Ang Phuri Sherpa 178 Dinesh Giri 179 Shree Ram Subedi 180 Preeti Shrish Thapa 181 Krishna Gurung 182 Anand Chaudhary 183 Molly Kim Goek Manison 184 Krishna Thakali 185 Basanta Raj Kunwar 186 Dr. Sagar Paudel 187 Binay Basnet 188 Rajendra Khanal 189 Dr. Binay Shrestha 190 Pramod Khatiwada 191 Puran Bhakta Shrestha 192 Raj Kumar Rai 193 Mohan Chandra Bishwakarma 194 Sudarson Karki 195 Dyabin Gurung 196 Bhagwan Raj Dahal 197 Bimal Chapagain 198 Siling W Ghale 199 Phurkel Sherpa 200 Govinda Shrestha 201 Kul Bahadur Limbu 202 Shes Kanta Sharma 203 Krishna Raj Gurung 204 Shankar Tiwari 205 Kunda Mani Dixit 206 Ramesh Prasad Bhushal 207 Prem Thapa 208 Bishnu Bahadur Thapa 209 Deepak Shrestha 210 Ram Mani Sapkota 211 Sunita Gurung 212 Hem Bahadur Gurung 213 Anil Prajapati 214 Ajay Gurung 215 Deepak Raj Joshi 216 Dr. Bhushan Raj Shrestha 217 Dr. Sushila Chatterjee Nepali 218 Surya Prakash Tiwari 219 Jaya N Bhandari 220 Kurban Man Suri 221 Abinash Nepali 222 Anod Thulung Rai 223 Babu Ram Yadav 224 Krishna Mani Baral 225 Bhogendra Rajamaijhi 226 Damodhar Bhakta Thapa 227 Braj Kishor Yadav 228 Bed Khadka 229 Hari Dhoj Tulachan 230 Ram Babu Bastakoti 231 Ganga Bahadur Ghale 232 Hari Marasini 233 Nava Ratna Pradhan 234 Krishna Prasad Bhusal 235 Ashok Ram 236 Daya Ram Thapa 237 Ashok Bahadur Malla 238 Tek Bahadur Gharti Magar 239 Amir Sadaula 240 Hari Krishna Laudari 241 Romash Gautam

39 ANNUAL REPORT 2016/ Manshanta Ghimire 243 Juddha Bahadur Gurung 244 Dharma Raj Thapa 245 Rishi Shah 246 Pritisha Shrestha 247 Raj Bahadur Gurung 248 Hari Krishna Bhattarai 249 Devendra Basnyat 250 Kalawati Chaudhary 251 Umang Jung Thapa 252 Ramesh Chaudhary 253 Tara Prasad Shrestha 254 Tek Bahadur Eingden 255 Hira Lal Dangol 256 Jhamak Bahadur Karki 257 Hari Bhandari 258 Sajan Ranabhat 259 Man Kumari Giri 260 Bhuwan Budthapa 261 Siddha Raj Ojha 262 Raj Bahadur Shrestha 263 Narendra Man Babu Pradhan 264 Raman Nepali 265 Rabi Bhakta Thapa 266 Seejan Gyawali 267 Deepak Rajbanshi 268 Ram Bahadur Shahi 269 Ramjan Chaudhary 270 Ang Tenji Sherpa 271 Dhan Bahadur Basnet 272 Lt. Gen (Rtd) Toran Jung Bahadur Singh 273 Jasmine Rajbhandary 274 Pradeep Khanal 275 Dr. Hemanta Mishra 276 Hem Bahadur Katuwal 277 Sanjay Adhikari 278 Kamal Hari Bhandari 279 Bharat Panthi 280 Sabin Lamichhane 281 Parbat Raj Thani 282 Bhuvan Keshar Sharma 283 Thile Lama Sherpa 284 Hemanta Dhakal 285 Sahaj Man Shrestha 286 Tek Raj Bhatt 287 Kedar Neupane 288 Bhaskar Nath Bhattarai 289 Dr. Rajendra KC 290 Sunil Shrestha 291 Devendra Chapagain 292 Shailesh Lamichhane 293 Muna Munikar 294 Dr. Bikash Dhaubanjar 295 Him Lal Shrestha 296 Govinda Bahadur Singh 297 Paban Shakya 298. Nima Wangchu Sherpa 299. Samridhi Lalchan 300 Niraj Dahal 301 Hirulal Dangaura 302 Sudil Gopal Acharya 303 Samir Maharjan 304 Krishna Kaji Prajapati 305 Sanjay Tha Shrestha 306 Dipak Bishwakarma 307 Prakash Lamsal 308 Kriti Nepal 309 Ankit Bilash Joshi 310 Bikalpa Karki 311 Shyam Sundar Bajimaya 312 Anushila Basnet 313 Renu Basnet 314 Arun Sharma Poudyal 315 Pem Kandel 316 Dhurba Basnet 317 Durga Lal Sapkota 318 Rishi Baral 319 Bishnu Raj Adhikari

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44 ANNEX III: FIVE YEAR PLAN ( ) Program 1. Organizational Capacity Enhancement Objective 1: To increase the contribution of local supporters, members, volunteers and bird enthusiasts Strategy 1: Harmonized organizational engagement through awareness, participation and engagement and increase in membership. Strategy 2: Broaden organizational outreach through engaging members, volunteers and local supporters. Objective 2: To enhance the capacity of members, volunteers and associated staff Strategy 3: Execute the relevant capacity building program for members, volunteers and staff. Program 2. Saving Species Objective 3: To prevent extinction of threatened species and other species and improve their status. Strategy 4: Effective implementation of species action plan for endangered vultures, Bengal Florican and other threatened species Strategy 5: Increase research on threatened and common birds at landscape level focusing on environmental and climate change issues. Strategy 6: Engage birdwatchers and LCGs to monitor threatened and common birds Program 3. Saving Sites and Habitats Objective 4: To conserve, restore and protect at least 5 IBAs/KBAs and other critical habitats Strategy 7: Identify and develop objectives and priority actions for 5 IBAs/KBAs and other critical habitats. Strategy 8: Strengthen partnership with supporters, relevant authorities and local users to conserve, restore and protect the selected 5 IBAs/KBAs and other critical habitats. Strategy 9: Formulating and implementing comprehensive Monitoring plan to monitor IBA/KBAs and critical bird habitats. Objective 5: To establish long term community support for IBAs/KBAs and other critical habitat. Strategy 10: Establish a network of LCGs in IBAs/KBAs and other critical habitats

45 ANNUAL REPORT 2016/17 41 Program 4. Working with People Objective 6: To maximize community engagement in bird and biodiversity conservation in five important IBAs/KBAs Strategy 11: Formulate plan and project to link local community with bird and biodiversity conservation through livelihood opportunity and ecosystem services Strategy 12: Enhance role of local community in policy and advocacy for bird and biodiversity conservation. Objective 7: To educate and raise awareness among schools, colleges and general public on the importance of birds and biodiversity Objective 8: To enhance policy and advocacy on Birds and Biodiversity conservation in forestry and agriculture sector. Strategy 13: Develop awareness strategy for the schools, colleges and general public on the importance of birds and biodiversity. Strategy 14. Building collaboration with lawmakers, media and general public on issues of birds and biodiversity for policy and advocacy improvement. Strategy 15. Improved coordination and communication with relevant government authorities in forestry and agriculture sector Program 5. Encourage Ecological Sustainability Objective 9: To strengthen linkage between birds, biodiversity and people s well-being through mainstreaming biodiversity and ecosystem services Objective 10: To develop institutional capacity on advocacy to engage with and influence the government and key decision makers Strategy 16: Develop comprehensive plan and projects, and implement to link between birds, biodiversity and people s wellbeing Strategy 17: Prepare capacity development action plan and implement to strengthen LCGs, BCN and other relevant stakeholders to engage and influence the policy and decision makers of the related Government organization and key stakeholder particularly in ecological sustainability of IBAs/KBAs and other critical habitat. Strategy 18: Build and strengthen networks of key stakeholders Strategy 19: Develop and disseminate BCN position papers Strategy 20: Regular progress monitoring

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