Bird Conservation Nepal organised National Important Bird and Biodiversity (IBA) Monitoring Training Workshop from 3-5 March 2014 at Sauraha, Chitwan. Representatives from more than 20 IBAs participated in the training. The main objective of the training was to enhance the knowledge of IBA site representatives on Birdlife IBA monitoring technique and to develop National IBA monitoring programme.

Chief guest of the programme, Mr Kamal Jung Kunwar (Chief Warden, Chitwan National Park) emphasized on the importance of birds as an indicator of environment health and monitoring of birds will not only provide the state of IBAs but also inform about the overall biodiversity status of the site.

National IBA Coordinator, Ishana Thapa from BCN highlighted on importance of the training in capacity building of the IBA site representatives in order to develop and manage sustainable IBA monitoring programme.  She also mentioned that the trained IBA site representatives will certainly help in generating novel data to contribute towards future national and global analysis of IBA status report.