Abstract
The project was
able to collect some baseline information about bats of Panchase region and
able to raise conservation awareness about bats in the area. Trees roosting
bats were distributed in all VDCs of Panchase region, every village of Panchase
region has recorded bat in surrounding there house in late evening, especially
summer time. Total 5 caves were identified only three caves with bat were
recognized. Others caves didn’t have bat because of fire inside the cave by
livestock headers and MOIST (during political conflict time) for their shelter. Bats regularly come in villager’s home and livestock
shed, and they are regularly reported that bat always chewing the horn of young
buffalo and cow, that's only region why local people don’t like bats.
Panchase region provides important habitat of bat diversity. Because of
different microclimate in Panchase region there is high diversity of bat. On
the basis of field survey we found 8 species of bat in Panchase region, there
are more different types of bat are presence detail survey on species level
should be carried out in future.
‘Without the management of people, we can not conserve
natural resource’ this was main theme of conservation education programme. Bat Art and
Essay competition was carried out in Panchakhosi Higher Secondary schools,
Arther VDC in the period of March 2008. Altogether 49 (24 in Essay
competition+25 in Art competition) were participated in Art and Essay
competition.
The one day
participatory bat conservation action plan workshop in Panchse' conducted in
Arther VDC Panchase was as a whole successful. Many participants from different
VDCs, especially representatives from community forest took part in workshop.
36 participants from different VDCs discussed whole days on the bat related
topic.
A Bat
Conservation Eco Club was formed in Panchaskoshi Secondary School, including
the youth of surrounding villages.
Brochures with the title of ‘Bat Conservation of
Panchase’ had published under the project.
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