KATHMANDU, Aug 23: The US government has donated equipment and tools worth more than 700,000 US dollars to Nepal's park rangers, anti-poaching activists and local communities.
The wildlife lesson
The equipment was received with collaboration between the US Department of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs and the National Nature Conservation Trust. Ram Chandra Kandel, Director General of the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation, received the equipment from handed over by Deputy Chief of Mission at the US Embassy in Kathmandu, Jason P. Meeks.
The assistance includes laptops, walkie-talkies, headlights, searchlights, binoculars, cameras, and medical treatment kits, the embassy said today. It is believed that such assistance will strengthen patrols within Nepal's national parks, discourage transnational wildlife crime, and contribute to the conservation of biodiversity.
