Bird Conservation Nepal

नेपाल पंक्षी संरक्षण सङ्घ

Formation| 1982
Purpose| conservation of birds, their habitats and site
Headquarters| Kathmandu, Nepal

Region

| Nepal

Parent organization

| BirdLife International[1]

Staff

| 22[1]
Website| www.birdlifenepal.org

Bird Conservation Nepal (Nepali: नेपाल पंक्षी संरक्षण सङ्घ) (BCN), also known as BirdLife Nepal, is a non-profit organisation founded in Nepal focusing on the conservation of birds.[2] It was founded in 1982 and the first president was Harisaran Kazi.[3][4] It has a membership of 912 people.[1] It is a partner organizations of BirdLife International.

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Projects
* 2.1 White-rumped vulture conservation
* 2.2 Bird counts
* 3 Publications
* 4 See also
* 5 References
* 6 External links

## History

Bird Conservation Nepal was originally established in the 1970's by conservationists Kazi Dai and Karna Sakya as the Nepal Bird Watching Club.[5] It was formally founded in 1982 as Bird Conservation Nepal.[6] It was appointed as the Country Representative for Birdlife International in 1994.[7]: 77

In 2006, the organization created Panchhi Sansar, a radio program in Nepal about bird conservation.[7]: 77

In 2012, as part of International Vulture Awareness Day, the BCN ran a photography contest for Nepalese birdwatchers. The winning photograph was that of a snowcock.[8]

## Projects

### White-rumped vulture conservation

In the 1990's, the BCN participated in attempts to prevent White-rumped vultures from being exposed to diclofenac, a drug sometimes used on livestock. In 2007, they created a series of "vulture restaurants", including the Jatayu vulture restaurant, to provide the vultures with carrion uncontaminated by diclofenac.[9][10] To acquire clean food for the vultures, the BCN bought ill cattle from local villagers that had not been treated with diclofenac. They paid US$3 per animal, and then used culture-safe painkillers on them.[11] Vulture nesting activity increased near the feeding stations.[9] To increase tourism, viewing stations were set up near the stations[9][10] and tourists were allowed to parahawk with the birds, the proceeds of which BCN used to fund their activities.[12] In 2008, they created a vulture breeding centre[13] in Chitwan National Park. BCN originally planned to stock the centre with 10 breeding pairs of white-rumped vultures and Slender-billed vultures captured during the early spring.[14] In 2017, released the first set of captive-born vultures into Nepal and tracked them. After a year in the wild, none of the birds had been killed by diclofenac.[10]

In the mid 2000's, the BCN worked with the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds to give Nepalese farmers alternatives to diclofenac.[11]

BCN maintains a database of tagged vultures in Nepal.[15]

### Bird counts

The BCN conducts an annual census of migratory birds living in nature reserves in Nepal. It also regularly surveys birds near Kathmandu, Pokhara,[16] as well as in Important Bird Areas[7]: 74 and bird habitats near major infrastructure projects.[16] In 2005, they performed the first local survey of pheasants in the Pipar Pheasant Reserve.[17]

In 2022, BCN created the birdwatching app Chhimeki Chara (Nepali: छिमेकी चरा), which allowed its users to submit data on birds they saw in Nepal for a bird count modeled after the Great Backyard Bird Count.[18][19]

## Publications

* Pheasant Conservation Action Plan for Nepal (2019-2023), 2022 [16]
* The State of Nepal's Birds 2010, Indicators for our changing world, 2011.[6]

## See also

* BirdLife International
* List of birds of Nepal

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Nepal - Bird Conservation Nepal (BCN)". BirdLife International. https://www.birdlife.org/asia/partners/nepal-bird-conservation-nepal-bcn. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
2. ↑ "Bird Conservation Nepal records 13,749 birds in Valley". January 2017. https://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/bird-conservation-nepal-records-13749-birds-in-valley/. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
3. ↑ "About Us". Bird Conservation Nepal. http://www.birdlifenepal.org/about-us. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
4. ↑ "Bird, biodiversity conservation learning centre in Ranibari". 24 April 2017. https://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/bird-biodiversity-conservation-learning-centre-established-ranibari-forest/. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
5. ↑ Suwal, Rajendra N (2022-12-08). "Remembering Nepal's Bird Man, Kazi Dai". https://nepalitimes.com/news/remembering-nepal-s-bird-man-kazi-dai.
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Olesen, Bjorn; Lai, Fanny (2018). Asia's Wildlife: A Journey to the Forests of Hope. Tuttle Publishing. ISBN 9781462919925.
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Acharya, K.P., ed (2012). Biodiversity Conservation in Nepal:A Success Story. Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation.
8. ↑ "Early birds get the prize". Nepali Times (623). September 2012. https://archive.nepalitimes.com/news.php?id=19649#.X29iUXbP32c.
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Unwin, Mike (2011). The Atlas of Birds: Diversity, Behavior, and Conservation. Princeton University Press. p. 123.
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 "Nepal's Endangered Vultures Are Finally Making a Comeback | Audubon" (in en). 2018-12-10. https://www.audubon.org/news/nepals-endangered-vultures-are-finally-making-comeback.
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Shrestha, Deepesh (2007-12-26). "Vulture 'restaurant' aims to revive bird's population". The Windsor Star. Agence France-Presse: pp. 21. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-windsor-star-vulture-restaurant-ai/168448079/.
12. ↑ "Dining with vultures". 2014-03-09. https://nepalitimes.com/article/Nepali-Times-Buzz/vulture-restaurant,1163.
13. ↑ Preiss, Danielle (2017-08-13). "People In Nepal Used To Think Vultures Were Bad Luck. Not Anymore" (in en). https://www.tpr.org/science-technology/2017-08-13/people-in-nepal-used-to-think-vultures-were-bad-luck-not-anymore.
14. ↑ Buncome, Andrew (2008-01-16). "Nepal plans to breed vultures in captivity to save dying species". The Independent: pp. 23. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-independent-nepal-plans-to-breed-vul/168447259/.
15. ↑ Joshi, Abhaya Raj (2023-05-26). "Nepal's hydropower boom is killing birds via power lines" (in en-US). https://news.mongabay.com/2023/05/nepals-hydropower-boom-is-killing-birds-via-power-lines/.
16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 Bhattarai, Sewa (2020-02-07). "The Great Trans-Himalayan Bird Migration". https://nepalitimes.com/banner/the-great-trans-himalayan-bird-migration.
17. ↑ Singh, Rishi (2005-05-24). "Nepali team's first survey of pheasants" (in en). https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/nepali-teamaes-first-survey-of-pheasants.
18. ↑ Joshi, Abhaya Raj (2022-03-23). "Bird-counting app kindles interest in Nepal's rich avian life" (in en-US). https://news.mongabay.com/2022/03/bird-counting-app-kindles-interest-in-nepals-rich-avian-life/.
19. ↑ Acharya, Maheshwar (2022-02-21). "Bird-counting in Nepal made easy". https://nepalitimes.com/here-now/bird-counting-in-nepal-made-easy.

## External links

* Official website
* Bird Conservation Nepal on The Himalayan Times

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