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| Date |
Activity |
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| April 2005 |
Produce final report and completion of project. |
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| April 2005 |
Report to ACAP on management guidelines. |
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| April 2005 |
Publish Guidelines with a workshop for key agencies in
Nepal with experiences in biodiversity assessment and monitoring. |
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| January 2005 |
Final review of Guidelines and monitoring protocols |
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| August 2004 |
Complete forest inventory. |
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| May 2004 |
Snow Leopard and Blue Sheep survey, Manang, and Cheer Pheasant
and Griffon Vulture survey. |
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| April 2004 |
Training and field testing of survey techniques to develop
monitoring protocols for snow leopard, blue sheep, grassland
habitats, forest quality and forest birds, by UNEP-WCMC and
KMTNC. Start participatory forest inventory. |
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| March 2004 |
Training in social survey techniques, including assessment
of biodiversity resources, of 25 ACAP staff by Nepalese consultants.
Training in participatory forest inventory techniques of 18
ACAP staff by senior KMTNC staff members. |
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| October 2003 |
Further training of fifteen KMTNC staff in Nepal by UNEP-WCMC
staff and consultants in biodiversity monitoring techniques
and the design of a monitoring programme, building on initial
field experiences. Scheduled field testing of survey techniques
to develop monitoring protocols for snow leopard, blue sheep,
grassland habitats, forest quality and forest birds. |
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| September 2003 |
First draft of Guidelines on biodiversity assessment and
monitoring in protected areas. |
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May 2003 |
Eleven KMTNC staff trained in biodiversity monitoring techniques
and the design of monitoring programme for ACAP. Training delivered
by staff trained at UNEP-WCMC. Start of field testing of survey
techniques for Cheer pheasant and vultures. |
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| March 2003 |
Training in scientific and participatory techniques for
biodiversity assessment and monitoring for six KMTNC staff
at UNEP-WCMC. This included training in relevant GIS techniques
at the University of Edinburgh for the KMTNC GIS officer. |
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| February 2003 |
Philip Bubb, UNEP-WCMC, visited Nepal to plan training and
a draft action plan for establishing biodiversity assessment
and monitoring in ACA. |
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| November 2002 |
Siddhartha Bajracharya received training at the University
of Edinburgh and UNEP-WCMC in techniques for biodiversity
assessment and monitoring and the analysis of the fieldwork
results. |
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| August 2002 |
Planning and technical support visit by Prof. Peter Furley
(University of Edinburgh) to Nepal. |
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July 2002 |
Project Launched and fieldwork started in Annapurna Conservation
Area - surveying forest quality and evidence of key wildlife
species in relation to distance from villages, as well as interviews
with villagers to assess their perceptions and the impact of
the ACA conservation measures. |
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