Save The Frogs Day-2024

SAVE THE FROGS! Day was marked on 28 April in Madhesh Province; jointly by Nepal Conservation and Research Center and Biodiversity Research and Conservation Society in support of Save The Frogs-an amphibian conservation organization to Bishal Prasad Neupane and Katie Adamson Conservation Fund, USA.

Online Photo/Video Contest:- Prior to celebrate the day; photo and video competition was held on social media herpsNEPAL Facebook group. We received total 30 submissions (28 photos and 02 videos) from different parts of Nepal. The idea of photo/video contest is to conduct social media campaign for frog conservation. All the contestants who participated the competition will receive a recently published “Lowland Frogs of Nepal Poster”.

One of the photos submitted by photo contestants; Minervarya nepalensis by Kismat Neupane.

The Save The Frogs Day (28 April 2024):- The day was celebrated in Simara Public school and Thanimai Community Forest with activities such as frog conservation importance sessions; frog face painting; herping and nature walk at Thanimai Community Forest.

Dipendra Adhikari Memorial Conservation Grant Result Announcement

With Reference to notice (of the second announcement on 22 January, 2024) for the proposal for “Dipendra Adhikari Memorial Conservation Grant” announced by Nepal Conservation and Research Center; this is to notify that the following candidate has been selected for the grant:

S.N.Successful candidateAffiliationResearch TopicLevel
1.Anishka SahIOF, HetaudaStudy on Leopard occupancy and its relation to human-leopard conflict in Buffer Zone of Parsa National ParkM.Sc.
Candidate in waiting  
 Mamata SapkotaPatan CampusDynamics of Human-Tiger conflict in Buffer Zone Area: A study from Chitwan National Nark, NepalM.Sc.

The above successful candidate is requested to contact Nepal Conservation and Research Center (at ncrc.research@gmail.com) within 15 April 2024. If the successful candidate is not able to contact, then the candidate in waiting list will be awarded.

Declaration: This memorial grant was possible from generous support of Dipendra’s friends and conservationists from Nepal and abroad. NCRC would like acknowledge all the supporters to make this happen.