Gobinda Prasad Pokharel
Nepal has always been playing a leading role in global conservation efforts. In April this year, it hosted an international snow leopard workshop with participation from representatives of range countries. Nepal is also the first country to fulfill the international commitment of doubling its tiger population. These achievements have earned the country several international awards for its conservation efforts.
Gobinda Prasad Pokharel
90 year old Kancha Sherpa spend these days at Nirvana Homes, Namche chanting gospels for world peace. Reminiscing those days, he feels quite surprising to note how the Mount Everest expedition became a successful story. In a brief interaction with the members of Himalayan Climate Bootcamp this April, he shared the story of Mount Everest expedition including its challenges.
In 1977 AD, Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands visited Tiger Tops Hotel in Chitwan to attend the WWF-1001 Club program, coordinated by then-Crown Prince Gyanendra Shah.During that visit, King Birendra was shown the dire condition of the Chepang community. When a Chepang leader said, “Your Majesty, we are your subjects (Praja),” the King agreed. That same year, a grand Chepang conference was held for the first time in Jyamire, Makwanpur district. Princess Princep Shah, then the central president of the Nepal Red Cross Society, declared, “From today, you are not Chepang; you are Praja (subjects).’
Gobinda Prasad Pokharel
The Chitwan National Park is home to 92 percent of Nepal’s greater One-horned Rhino population. The latest rhino count of 2021 reports 694 out of 752 individuals. To sustain mega herbivores like the rhino, grasslands play an important role by balancing the natural ecosystem and providing food and shelter. The rhino, Tiger and the Bengal floricans and other species are thriving inside these grasslands, which support a large number of rare and endangered species. Grasslands help to maintain a balanced ecosystem in nature by providing nutrients and water, and also acting as carbon sinks.
काठमाडौं उपत्यकाका नागार्जुन, शिवपुरी,ककनी-टोखा, सुन्दरीजल-चिसापानी-साँखु, गोदावरी-फूलचोकी, हात्तीवन-चन्द्रागिरी, साँखु-नगरकोट-नाला, गोकर्ण, सूर्यविनायक, वाग्मती करिडोर क्षेत्रको वनस्पतिको विवरण समेटिएको यो पुस्तक निकै नै उपयोगी छ ।
वनस्पति विज्ञानको अध्ययन र अनुसन्धानमा नेपालको उपस्थिति निकै नै कमजोर छ । सीमित स्रोत साधनका कारण वनस्पति विज्ञान अध्ययन र अनुसन्धान गर्नेहरू घट्दो क्रममा छन् । नेपालका वनस्पतिविद्हरू मातृभूमि छाडेर विभिन्न देशलाई कर्मभूमि बनाउन बाध्य छन् ।
Farmers in Madhuwan Municipality at Bardiya were frustrated as their crops were repeatedly destroyed by elephants, wild boars and other wildlife. Despite multiple attempts human-wildlife conflict persisted. In response to this issue National Trust for Nature Conservation (NTNC) linked this conflict with opportunity.
The ongoing issue of the monkey menace in Nepal has sparked debate among policymakers and stakeholders on conflict mitigation.
Some advocate for budget allocation as a solution, thinking funding will reduce the problem. Others suggest alternative farming practices, while some argue that vasectomy procedures for male monkeys could be more effective.
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report for the 81 MW Budhigandaki Hydropower Project claims that there is no any fish in the project area. This has raised concerns among the experts.
The EIA report which was approved by the Ministry of Energy and awaiting approval from the Ministry of Forests and Environment of Nepal is in debate and has created skepticism.
This story is about a Man-Eater tigress that have been rescued in the western part of Nepal in Kanchanpur district. This tigress has killed a 42 years old female while she was cutting fodder near a local canal. The woman was dragged by the tiger at the time of cutting grass. Her body was found in a swampy place on the next day of the attack.
National Park office deployed four elephants in search of the tiger with wildlife technician in order to dart the Man eater. Previously the tiger has also killed a man in Indian Side according to the officials.
The Story of Maharani Tigress was published in Front Page of Kantipur Daily n 24th April of 2024 with my byline
The tiger was later captured and it was taken to the Central Zoo of Nepal. The 5 years old tigress will be kept with a male tiger in the zoo. The male tiger was given name Maharaja, The king. As she will be in the captivity with Maharaja, she was given name Maharani, the Queen.
I wrote this story and was published in Ekantipur online on 23rd April of 2023. Later a print version was published on the 24th April in Kantipur Daily.
The details of the story is in the link :
https://ekantipur.com/news/2023/04/23/168225756197388677.html
This story tells about the mars rover. Elon Musk, the founder of SpaceX is preparing a vehicle which will take the human beings into mars. Currently he is experimenting this spacecraft.
I wrote this featured story which was published in Kantipur Daily Paper on 12th April, 2023.
News Cutting Starship Mission published in Kantipur Daily
This story tells about the Mars Mission and Elon Musk investment and research activities of his Space Company and the current development of the spacecraft.
Read the original story published in Ekantipur at : https://ekantipur.com/news/2023/05/12/168385617969334674.html
