Wildlife Crime Database - a workshop

Wildlife Conservation Nepal conducted “Workshop on the Establishment of Wildlife Crime Database” from March 10 to March 11, 2008 at Thakurdwara, Bardia National Park.The workshop focused on the establishment of a Wildlife Crime Database and on limiting poaching inside national park. More than 50 participants representing Nepal Army, Nepal Ex-police, members of civil societies and National Park authorities participated in the workshop. There were five speakers and most dealt on controlling wildlife crime and poaching inside Bardia National park and its buffer zone areas. The main theme of this workshop was to develop a database, collect information and how it could be shared from national to district level to control wildlife crime. The database can bridge information gaps amongst different enforcement agencies to thwart organize wildlife crime syndicate and wildlife crime offenders.


 
Mr. Prasanna Yonzon, CEO, WCN during the workshop        Mr. Fanindra Kharel, chief warden of Bardia National Park addressing
                                                                                             the participants