Browsing the archives for the Chitwan Buffer Zone tag

Update from Nepal: Orphaned Rhino Rescue Center Concept Introduced to Local Community

Tweet Plans for Nepal’s first orphaned rhino and wildlife rescue center are moving forward and we are pleased to share with you the results of the first meeting! Encouraging news from our partner in Nepal, Partnership for Rhino Conservation (PARC/Nepal): The first meeting was held last week among grassroots stakeholders to introduce them to the [...]

Rhino Conservation Library and Networking Project Update, Nepal

Tweet We are pleased to bring you this news from our partner in Nepal! Our partner in Nepal, Partnership for Rhino Conservation (PARC/Nepal), has been diligently working on an educational project that enables local communities around Chitwan National Park to share conservation messages and achievements. Much progress has been made, and we are excited to [...]

Teachers and Students in Nepal Celebrate World Environment Day with Rhino Conservation Event

Tweet 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 [...]

Rhino Conservation Awareness Event Reaches Over 5,000 People in Chitwan, Nepal

Tweet Local groups – Partnership for Rhino Conservation and Hands for Conservation – recently held a successful public awareness event in Chitwan, Nepal. March 27, 2010 was an exciting day for Chitwan’s local conservationists and communities, as multiple conservation groups joined forces in an awareness-raising event that took off with a cycle rally and featured [...]