World’s highest number of wild cat species recorded in Eastern Himalayan rainforest
Remote cameras with motion sensors set in a little known rainforest of northeast India have captured seven species of wild cats, the highest number photo-documented so far anywhere in the world.
Butterfly species last seen a hundred years ago recorded in Assam, India
A team of entomologists has recently recorded the presence of a butterly last reported in Assam in 1907.
Little care for a rare hare
The tiny hispid hare, an elusive small mammal, dwells exclusively in grasslands. Naba K Nath, recipient of a CEPF small grant to study this species, reports on his efforts.
Plant studies in northeast India
In northeast India, six small grants have been given out to study key plant communities and species. Four of these are for action-oriented research and two for doctoral research studies in conservation science.
NGOs and forest officials from across the border meet on transboundary conservation
A transboundary meeting, the first of its kind, was organized by CEPF grant recipient Namsaling Community Development Center (NCDC), on 25 May 2009 in Tumling in Ilam district of eastern Nepal.
Small grants in the region
Sixteen small grants have been awarded in the Eastern Himalayas between January and March 2009 —7 in Bhutan, 6 in India and 3 in Nepal.
USD 308,000 awarded in grants in Bhutan
In the second round of CEPF core grants for Bhutan, three organizations have received grants.
Radio tagging to save the gharials
Fourteen gharials fitted with radio tags were released into the Rapti River today by the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation (DNPWC) in collaboration with WWF Nepal, to track the movement of this critically endangered species. The tracking is expected to help assess the reptile’s survival rate and the status of its preferred habitat in Nepal.
Flight of the Great Hornbill
CEPF grant recipient Rohit Naniwadekar shares his findings on hornbill hunting in Arunachal Pradesh, northeast India.
USD 219,000 awarded to five NGOs in Nepal
USD 219,000 was recently awarded to five NGOs working on conservation issues in eastern Nepal, for projects ranging from 3 months to 2 years’ duration.
