Bird Conservation Nepal (BCN) partnering with local partners
organized various public awareness raising events on September 3, 2016 to celebrate
the Eighth International Vulture Awareness Day. The week-long programs
primarily focused on spread awareness amongst the wider communities and
influencing stakeholders and agencies in positioning the vulture range
districts as the Vulture Safe Zone. This helps to educate a reluctant public in
the critical role of this creature to the well-being of the environment.
People's active participation has led to the success of the event which is
amply illustrated by wider media coverage.
BCN supported different organizations to organize these
awareness raising programs such as Vulture Festival in Vulture Safe Feeding
Sites, Local cultural song and dance performance regarding vulture
conservation, Teej song competition with main theme of vulture conservation,
stake holder interaction, community awareness, school awareness, mass rally,
vulture watching and identification in 14 vulture range districts of Nepal. The
detail of accomplished program is tabulated below:-
S.N, Location, IVAD Program, Total Participants, Local
Partner/s
1., Sauraha, Chitwan, Stakeholder Interaction/ Bird Watching
and school students awareness, 100, Bird Education Society (BES), Chitwan
2., Pithauli, Nawalparasi, Interaction and Local Cultural
Dance/Song performance of, 312, Jatayu Restaurant Management Committee,
Pithauli
3., Gaidatal, Rupandehi, Stakeholder Interaction and
community Awareness, 45, Jatayu Restaurant Management Committee, Gaidatal and
GYN Lumbini
4., Buddi, Kapilvastu, Stakeholder Interaction and community
Awareness, 34, Nepal Para veterinary and Livestock Association, Kapilvastu
5., Lalmatiya, Dang, Mass rally and interaction, 87, Jatayu
Restaurant Management Committee, Lalamatiya
6., Rampur, Dang, Stakeholder Interaction and Vulture
Festival celebration, 86, Environmental Sustainable Development and Research
Center, Dang
7., Nepalganj, Banke, Stakeholder Interaction, 39,
Environmental and Rural Development Center (ENRUDEC), Banke
8., Thakurdwara, Bardiya, Mass rally, stakeholders
interaction and award to students who secure highest mark on SLC 2072 BS, 75,
Bardiya Nature Conservation Club (BNCC)
9., Khutiya, Kailali, Stakeholder interaction and
celebration of vulture festival, 40, Jatayu Restaurant Management Committee,
Khutiya and EARTH, Kailali
10, Majgaun, Kanchanpur, Stakeholder interaction and
community awareness, 23, Nature Guide Association (NGA), Kanchanpur
11., Sandhikharka, Arghakhanchi, Stakeholder
interaction, 28, Garta Khahare Khola
Community Forest, Argha
12., Resunga, Gulmi, School Awareness and interaction at Cow
Shed of Resunga, 135+18, BCN field office, Gulmi
13., Madanpokhara, Palpa, Stakeholder interaction and community awareness, 168, Adheri Chharchhare Community Forest, Madanpokhara, Palpa
14., Rampur, Palpa, Stakeholder interaction and community
awareness, 53, Khaireni Community Forest, Rampur, Palpa
15., Ghachok, Kaski, Teej Songs competition and celebration
of vulture festival, 275, Jatayu Restaurant Management Committee, Ghachok,
Kaski
16., Pokhara, Kaski, Vulture Monitoring field practice to
IOF students, 10, BCN Pokhara Branch