In recognition of World Environment Day, six Chitwan schools participated in a grassroots rhino conservation awareness event.
Teachers and students in Nepal sent a strong message to would-be rhino poachers on World Environment Day by holding a rhino conservation awareness event in the heart of where four rhinos had been shot dead by poachers just one month prior.
The Role of Students in One-Horned Rhino Conservation was organized by the Environment Conservation Teachers’ Forum, Chitwan, and held at Shree Secondary School – which is located right in the pocket where poachers killed four rhinos last month.
This educational event was chaired by Mr. Durga Prasas Bhatta, president of the Environment Conservation Teacher’s Forum, Chitwan.
Six schools participated in the event, which featured a speech competition about The Role of Students in One-Horned Rhino Conservation. Over 100 students and 15 teachers attended the event, which featured 11 contestants!
Nepal’s future conservationists presented some great ideas for raising rhino conservation awareness at the grassroots level:
- Communication: Use speeches, essays, quizzes, street dramas, magazine publications, conservation campaigns and lobbying to spread the word about rhino conservation
- Know your neighbors: Be on the lookout for poachers by taking notice of new faces in the village
- Encourage adults to lead the way: Talk to teachers and parents about local involvement in rhino conservation
- Help the idea grow: Join hands with other conservationists and organizations to raise awareness
- Improve the local environment: Plant trees for habitat management
In addition, Mr. Devraj Paudel, a teacher from Shree Secondary School, provided entertainment by performing a rhino and tiger conservation song, joined by his students!
Check out more Partnership for Rhino Conservation (PARC/Nepal) events:
- Rhino Conservation Groups Help Young Environmentalists Celebrate International Biodiversity Day with Campus Clean-Up Event
- Rhino Conservation Awareness Event Reaches Over 5,000 People in Chitwan, Nepal
- Grassroots Rhino Conservation: Nepal’s New Generation is Leading the Way
To learn more, please visit Partnership for Rhino Conservation (PARC/Nepal).
Saving Rhinos helps Partnership for Rhino Conservation, Nepal by selling rhino t-shirts. The proceeds help pay for PARC’s educational materials and sponsoring PARC’s public awareness events.
Photos courtesy of Suman Bhattarai, Partnership for Rhino Conservation (PARC/Nepal).
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