Conservation Expert Dr. Subedi Appointed NTNC Chief
- Nature Khabar
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Kathmandu - Dr. Naresh Subedi has been appointed as the member secretary of the Nepal Trust for Nature Conservation (NTNC) . Chairman of the NTNC Dr Krishna Prasad Oli appointed Dr. Subedi as member secretary.
He has already worked as a program director at the Nepal Trust for Nature Conservation (NTNC) . During his tenure there, he was active in research programs on snow leopards, elephants and tigers. Dr. Subedi, who has a PhD in rhinoceros from the University of Wildlife Science and Forest Research Institute, Dehradun, India, has been working for a long time with the Fund for Nature Conservation.
A continuous journey in conservation since 2001
Before that, from 2017 to 2023, he worked as a conservation program manager at the fund itself. At that time, he conducted the snow leopard and hunting base monitoring project in the central Himalayan region of Nepal (Annapurna-Manaslu). Tiger and hunting base monitoring projects in Banke-Bardia and Shuklaphanta national parks, rhino monitoring and monitoring in Nepal Terai, elephant conservation action plan for Nepal, and watch monitoring and development programs were conducted during his tenure as manager.
From 2013 to 2017, Subedi, who worked in various positions within the Nepal Trust for Nature Conservation (NTNC) ., conducted various projects and programs as a senior conservation officer and lowland program coordinator in the fund. At that time, he played a coordinating role in Parsa Conservation Program, Biodiversity Conservation Center, Bardia Conservation Program and Shuklaphanta Conservation Program from the central office. He worked on the design, supervision and monitoring of the project at that location and also led the scientific research activities of Terai environment.
From 2009 to 2013, he worked as a projector coordinator at the Biodiversity Conservation Center, Chitwan, designing, implementing and reporting various projects. He had to coordinate the projects of Chitwan and Parsa at that time. In his combination, the capacity of natural resource conservation and management, livelihood support activities, biodiversity research and monitoring, gender and social inclusion, conservation education, tourism management, climate change adaptation and community-based organizations were built in Chitwan and Parsa at that time. During that period, the UK government's Darwin Initiatives, the US Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Zoological Society of London's large-scale investment projects were in operation.
Before that, he worked as a project in-charge in the Bardia conservation program from 2003 to 2008. He got a chance to connect with nature in 2001. From 2001 to 2003, he gained experience as a Counterpart Officer in Terai Arch Landscape Program from Bardia National Park.
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