NTNC has been conducting a wildlife crime control project since 2021 with the support of the US.
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On Wednesday, Director General of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Department Ramchandra Kandel explained the contents in a program held at the auditorium of Biodiversity Conservation Center in Chitwan Sauraha of National Nature Conservation Fund (NTNC).
NTNC has been conducting a wildlife crime control project since 2021 with the support of the US. Under the same project, shoes, shorts, bags, pants and other tools and equipment have been made available for 1,468 field workers in parks and wildlife reserves across the country. In the event, Jason P., head of the American Embassy Mix was also present.
They will also be provided with a head lamp that can be lit on their head for easy walking when they are working in the forest or field at night. Eight hundred Swiss knives will also be distributed. Similarly, 50 medical supplies, 50 cameras, 50 large searchlights will be distributed collectively. Ambika Prasad Khatiwada, Senior Conservation Officer of NTNC informed that 40 binoculars and 30 GPS will also be distributed. The community will also get some content.
According to Khatiwada, Medical Kits, GPS, Binoculars, Cameras, Searchlights, Laptops and Walkie-Talkies will also be available to the Anti-Poaching Youth Vigilance Unit (CBAPU) under the Central Consumer Committee. 10 CBAPUs of the country will get such materials. One of them, the CBAPU of Mrigkunj Intermediate Consumer Committee in Ratnanagar of Chitwan Park, received the material on Wednesday itself. Director General Kandel said that the materials will be available to employees all over the country soon. Naresh Subedi, Member-Secretary of NTNC, said that through the
project, activities are being done to strengthen the aspects of law enforcement, including investigation against wildlife crime. He mentioned that support is also being given to increase the capacity of the structures set up at the provincial level to control such crimes. Similarly, he expects that the availability of tools and materials that will be convenient for the staff of the National Park Vivah working in the field will help in the conservation work.
