It is our pleasure to inform that a bat club has been formed in
Institute of Forestry, Pokhara, Nepal. Initially, few interested
friends have discussed about forming club in the campus and decided
to call for discussion about forming club to all the students. A
notice was published on August 15, 2006 calling all the interested
students to attain on the discussion program about forming club,
proposing club name and members. 39 students were gathered in the
program on August 17, 2006. Discussions were made successively in a
participatory way.
Regarding club names various names kept under discussion and finally
a name was proposed to keep as `Bat Friends' (Chamera Sathiharu in
Nepali). So it will become – Bat Friends, Institute of Forestry,
Pokhara, Nepal if new name is not proposed. A total of 15 committee
members were elected with coordinator Mr. Rajesh Rajchal. The
members of the committee are:
1. Mr. Rajesh Rajchal (M. Sc. Forestry)
2. Mr. Achyut Kafle (B. Sc. 3rd Year)
3. Mr. Kishor Ojha (B. Sc. 3rd Year)
4. Mr. Birendra K. C. (B. Sc. 2nd Year)
5. Mr. Dhruba G. C. (B. Sc. 2nd Year)
6. Mr. Hari Adhikari (B. Sc. 2nd Year)
7. Mr. Prakash Singh Thapa (B. Sc. 2nd Year)
8. Ms. Jyoti Bhandari (B. Sc. 2nd Year)
9. Mr. Rijan Tamrakar (B. Sc. 2nd Year)
10. Mr. Ganesh Chaudhary (B. Sc. 1st Year)
11. Mr. Mohan K. C. (B. Sc. 1st Year)
12. Mr. Niroj Man Shrestha (B. Sc. 1st Year)
13. Mr. Raju Gurung (B. Sc. 1st Year)
14. Mr. Yuwaraj Bhushal (B. Sc. 1st Year)
15. Ms. Pramila Tripathi (I. Sc. 1st Year)
Advisors will be Mr. Sujas Phunyal (Bat Researcher, B. Sc.
Forestry), Pushpa Raj Acharya (Bat Researcher, M. Sc. Zoology),
Shree Prasad Dhaubhadel (Asst. Professor, Department of Park
Recreation and Wildlife, IoF) and Raj Kumar Koirala (Lecturer,
Department of Park Recreation and Wildlife)
A meeting was held on August 16, 2006 to discuss about various bat
activities that is necessary to be carried out like training,
affiliation of the club, networking, research, conservation
education and fund generation. It is decided to conduct training on
September 1, 2006 (Friday) at 11:00 P.M. and a training management
committee has been formed with 8 members. Regarding affiliation, Bat
Friends members will firstly coordinate with administration of
Institute of Forestry and will be affiliated in this university
(Tribhuvan University). It will also coordinate with CCINSA and
NATURE. This committee will also form network with different
national and international organizations to work in the field of bat
conservation. A website will also be established to share the
information of this club.
We are all inspired from Bird Conservation Nepal (BCN), Self Help
Environment Awareness Camp (SHEAC) and especially Geeta Shrestha
(NATURE, Kathmandu) and Sally Walker (CCINSA). The bat conservation
activities are in pioneer stage in Nepal and hence we need
continuous support and progressive suggestions from all species
conservation organization for the success of this club.
If you have any query in this regard, please feel free to contact us.
Thank you.
Contact Mail: batfriends@...








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