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BCN Observes National Conservation Day, 2009
BCN Observes National Conservation Day, 2009
23 Sep 2009

As a member of the Conservation Consortium of Nepal, Bird Conservation Nepal (BCN) jointly organised the second National Conservation Day in Kathmandu on September 23, 2009. The members of the Conservation Consortium include WWF Nepal, Bird Conservation Nepal, Environmental Camps for Conservation Awareness, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, IUCN Nepal, Nepal Forum of Environmental Journalists, National Trust for Nature Conservation, Wildlife Conservation Nepal, The Mountain Institute and Wildlife Watch Group. The Government of Nepal has declared the day to commemorate the tragic loss of the conservation heroes who lost their lives in a helicopter accident on 23 September 2006 at Ghunsa, Kangchenjunga. On the occasion, Rt. Honorable President Dr. Ram Baran Yadav inaugurated the function chaired by Hon'ble Minister of Forests and Soil Conservation.

Bird Conservation Nepal organised an exhibition focused at the climate change theme at the Academy Hall in which many souvenir products, publications and materials on birds and biodiversity were displayed, sold and distributed to the participants. It was a timely opportunity to showcase BCN's ongoing activities to the conservation community of Nepal.