The Global Council of BirdLife International based in Cambridge, United Kingdom has upgraded Bird Conservation Nepal (BCN) to Partner Designate status in December 2010. BCN is the national authority for conservation of birds and was affiliated to BirdLife International in 1994. BirdLife International, a scientific authority on birdlife worldwide, conducted a rigorous assessment of BCN’s works in different sites, habitats, research and working with people commonly known as ‘health check’ in 2009 which revealed its strength in bird and biodiversity conservation with twenty eight years of experience in conservation. BCN has been working in 27 Important Bird Areas throughout the country. These include thirteen protected areas including Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Chitwan National Park, Sagarmatha National Park, Shivapuri National Park, Rara National Park and Annapurna Conservation Area, two semi protected areas and twelve sites in community forests, national forests, wetlands, grassland and farm lands.

With this recognition, the BirdLife Partnership now covers 116 countries/territories in the world and is made up of 117 conservation organisations.