Bird Conservation Nepal organized an interaction and inception program on “Protecting the critically endangered vultures of suklaphanta wildlife Reserve and Kailali district, Nepal through community–based integrated approaches.” at Dhangadhi Kailali on 4 April, 2014. Chiefs and representatives from District level stakeholders including government line agencies and local level community-based organizations from Kailali and Kanchanpur districts were present in the program.

Fifty six participants including Chief District Officer in Kailali and Chief guest at the programme Mr Bed Prakash Lekhak, Assistant Local Development Officer at Kailali Mr. Yogedra Bdr. Chanda, Chief at District Police Office Mr. Kailali Mohan Raj Joshi, Chief at District Livestock Service Office, Kailali Dr. Biyan Kumar Karna,Chief at District Livestock Service Office, Kailali Dr. Padam Sing Dhami, Assistant Forest Officer, Kailali Mr. Bharat Prasad Shrestha, Assistant Forest Officer Kanchanpur Mr. Bir Bdr. Thagunga,Mr. Prem Bogati from District Development Committee Kanchanpur, Office Chief at Suklaphanta Conservation Project/NTNC Mr. Hemanta Kumar Yadav, Dev Raj Bhatta from Regional Animal Disease Research Center Dhangadhi, Jhuma Chaudhary from FECOFUN Dhangadhi,  Dhan Bdr. Chaudhary (President) from NEVLA  Kailali, Neha Sinha from BNHS India, media personnel and members of Earth, Dhangadi, Samaiji CFUG, Kailali, Shivashakti CFUG Kailali and Nature Guide Association Suklaphanta used the forumto discuss on current efforts of vulture conservation, current and emerging threats to conserve vultures in Kailali and Kanchanpur districts and probable opportunities and challenges to implement the new project. They also made a commitment to support vulture conservation activities in their areas.

Dr. Sushila C. Nepali, Chief Executive Officer at BCN explained the recent strategies of BCN to conserve birds in Nepal. Mr. Khadananda Paudel, Vulture Conservation Officer at BCN explained overall history of vulture conservation in Nepal linking up with the need of new project to work on stopping illegal use of diclofenac and build capacity of local NGOs/CBOs to conduct activities for the conservation of vultures in western lowlands of Nepal. The interaction programme concluded the need to stop the illegal use of diclofenac and save vultures from contaminated food in Kailali and Kanchanpur districts of Nepal.