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WWF NEPAL ANNUAL REPORT

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Published by: WWF Nepal PO Box: 7660 Baluwatar, Kathmandu, Nepal T: +977 1 4434820, F: +977 1 4438458 info@wwfnepal.org, www.wwfnepal.org

Cover photo: © Samir Jung Thapa/WWF Nepal

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CONTENTsWE ARE WWF NEPAL 1WE WERE NEvER WEAkENEd 2This WAs OUR yEAR 4

WE dELivEREd REsULTs 6WE CONTiNUEd TO LEARN 14WE kEPT OUR FOCUs 20WE LEvERAGEd OUR RELATiONshiPs 28

WE WORkEd As A REGiON 34WE mANAGEd yOUR iNvEsTmENTs 38WE ThANk yOU 42

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WWF WORks TO CONsERvE NATURE ANd ECOLOGiCAL PROCEssEs ThROUGh A COmbiNATiON OF ACTiONs ON ThE GROUNd, NATiONAL ANd iNTERNATiONAL AdvOCACy WORk TO EsTAbLish APPROPRiATE POLiCiEs, ANd iNTERNATiONAL CAmPAiGNs TO hiGhLiGhT ANd dEmONsTRATE sOLUTiONs TO CRUCiAL ENviRONmENTAL PRObLEms. WE ARE

WWF NEPAL

WWF started working in Nepal from 1967 when it launched a rhino conservation program in Chitwan. To keep up with the evolving face of conservation and the environmental movement, WWF’s focus evolved from its localized efforts in conservation of single species in the 1960s/1970s, integrated conservation and development approach in the 1980s, to a new horizon of landscape level conservation encompassing national, regional and global scales of complexity in the early 2000s.

WWF’s work in Nepal is focused in the Terai Arc Landscape (TAL) and Sacred Himalayan Landscape (SHL), including Koshi River Basin, and Chiwan Annapurna Landscape (CHAL) under the USAID-funded Hariyo Ban Program. WWF Nepal works to conserve flagship and priority key species, forests, freshwater, and to mitigate the pervasive threat of climate change to communities, species and their habitats. The effective delivery of conservation results under the above four thematic areas are supported by crosscutting programs on policy and advocacy, curbing illegal wildlife trade, sustainable livelihoods, and communications.

In Nepal, WWF works closely with the Ministry of Forests and Soil Conservation through the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation and Department of Forests, Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment, Ministry of Agricultural Development, Ministry of Land Reform and Management, Water and Energy Commission Secretariat and National Trust for Nature Conservation. Besides the national priority areas, WWF Nepal also works in conservation issues of regional and trans-boundary importance.

MissionWWF Nepal’s mission is to stop the degradation of Nepal’s natural environment, and to build a future in which people live in harmony with nature by:

• Conserving biological diversity

• Ensuring the sustainable use of renewable natural resources

• Reducing pollution and wasteful consumption

• Securing sustainable livelihoods

VisionWWF Nepal envisions a prosperous Nepal with a society possessing an ethic of stewardship and responsibility towards nature.

By 2050 Nepal will have:

• Conserved biodiversity and the natural processes that sustain it in the Global 200 Ecoregions within Nepal

• Established social and economic development patterns that assure the sustainable and equitable provision of natural goods and services, improving livelihoods and quality of life for current and future generations

• Eliminated or mitigated critical threats to species, habitats, and ecological processes that derive from climate change, over exploitation of resources, unsustainable consumption, and pollution

GoalBy 2015 WWF Nepal shall conserve at least 3 priority landscapes within the Global 200 Ecoregions by:

• Reducing threats to species, habitat and ecological processes

• Improving the livelihoods of local people

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WE WERE NEvER WEAkENEd

WE WERE shAkEN,bUT NEvER WEAkENEd.

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Nepal witnessed a major turnaround in 2015 – a 7.8M earthquake on 25th April that left devastating effects on the country, its people and much of its cultural heritage. The months that followed were trying times for Nepal as people inched towards normalcy, gathering the pieces of yesterday while building back a tomorrow. The earthquake might have taken a lot; what it failed to take was the resilience of the people, a unified spirit and a common purpose of rising above adversity.

During these very initial months since the earthquake, Nepal announced some of its biggest conservation successes – an increase of 21% in rhino numbers from 534 in 2011 to 645 (the highest number recorded since the 1950s), the achievement of 365 days of zero poaching of rhinos for a third time since 2011, and the collaring of a second snow leopard with satellite-GPS technology in Kangchenjunga Conservation Area. With stories and images of destruction and loss grabbing the spotlight, this positive news from the conservation world helped shine a new light on the state of the nation.

WWF Nepal closed its fiscal year with these stories of hope, just as we began the year with fresh optimism and drive to deliver on our conservation promise. We made new headway in tiger conservation by working with the government to extend Parsa Wildlife Reserve, a potential TX2 site, providing expanded habitat for tigers. We helped successfully pilot a new patrolling technique that provides real-time information from patrol teams to the park headquarters to further strengthen wildlife protection efforts, while introducing such technologies and learning from others in the first-ever Symposium: Towards Zero Poaching in Asia hosted by the government. We are working with the government to bring new investments in conservation through engagements with the World Bank-Forest Carbon Partnership Facility in REDD+ and the Global

Environment Facility in sustainable land management. And we are further empowering local communities and youth, our key allies in conservation, through the far-reaching community forestry and climate adaptation programs, and the ambitious The Generation Green campaign.

What we have learned from these achievements and from a tragedy are two things – the power of resilience and the potential from working together. We are ever thankful to the government of Nepal, our conservation partners and the local communities for standing together in the good as well as trying times.

TOGEThER, WE hAvE ALL EmERGEd sTRONGER. TOGEThER, WE WiLL RisE FOR A PROmisE CALLEd NEPAL.

Here’s to new beginnings!

Anil Manandhar Country Representative

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645 rhinosNepal’s rhino population increased by an encouraging 21% based on the 2015 rhino count data. There are now presently 645 rhinos (the highest number recorded) as compared to the 2011 estimate of 534 rhinos in Nepal’s Terai Arc Landscape. The rhino count was conducted in Chitwan National Park (605 rhinos), Parsa Wildlife Reserve (3 rhinos), Bardia National Park (29 rhinos), Shuklaphanta Wildlife Reserve (8 rhinos) and their buffer zones in the Terai Arc Landscape from 11 April-2 May. An increasing trend in rhino populations was observed in Chitwan National Park, Bardia National Park and Shuklaphanta Wildife Reserve. The count was conducted using a sweep operation where approximately 700 km2 of rhino habitat was systematically surveyed by mobilizing 54 elephants and 267 trained observers.

The count was led by the government’s Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation and Department of Forests in collaboration with WWF Nepal, National Trust for Nature Conservation, buffer zone communities and other partners.

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365 days of zero poachinGNepal marked yet another 365 days of Zero Poaching of rhinos for the period ending 2 May 2015. This makes it the third time in a span of five years that the country has been able to repeat this success. A coordinated response right from the central to the grassroots level, heightened protection measures within Protected Areas by the Nepal Army and buffer zone and community forests, and a clamp down on illegal wildlife trade by the Nepal Police and Wildlife Crime Control Bureaus (WCCB) are the key contributors towards Nepal achieving the zero poaching success. Nepal was able to achieve 365 days of zero poaching first in 2011 for rhinos, and for 12 months ending February 2014, for rhinos, tigers and elephants.

147 arrests Made on wildlife criMes

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296personnel sensitized on wildlife crimes and enforcement

990 local yoUthMoBilized in anti-poaching operations

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syMposiUM on zero poachinGWith a view to building an Asia-wide response against poaching, a symposium, Towards Zero Poaching in Asia, was successfully organized for the first time on 2-6 February 2015 bringing together representatives from the governments of 13 tiger range countries. Hosted by the Government of Nepal’s Ministry of Forests and Soil Conservation with the technical and financial support from SAWEN, GTF, GTI, WWF’s Tigers Alive Initiative and the WWF Network, and NTNC, the symposium served to widen knowledge and learnings on different country-wide anti-poaching measures while developing a Zero Poaching Toolkit to serve as a benchmark for countries to assess their own positions and statuses towards achieving zero poaching. At the symposium, Chitwan National Park also became the first site to be accredited as Conservation Assured Tiger Standard (CA|TS), demonstrating its excellence in tiger conservation and protection.

Usd 7.5 Million for chUreNepal is on its way to receive additional funding from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) worth USD 7.5 million for the integrated conservation and management of the fragile Chure and associated ecosystems. The Ministry of Finance in the capacity of Operation Focal Point for GEF has committed to the GEF-6 project development which will be led by a consortium comprising the Ministry of Forests and Soil Conservation, Ministry of Agricultural Development, Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment, and WWF Nepal. The proposed GEF-6 project will focus on four focal areas in the Terai Arc Landscape: biodiversity conservation, land degradation, climate change mitigation, and sustainable forest management. In December 2013, WWF Inc. was formally accredited as the project implementing agency of GEF entrusted with the designing and implementing of GEF projects and funds. WWF Nepal became the first office in the WWF Network to pilot a three-year project under the GEF-5 replenishment from January 2014 focusing on sustainable forest management in Chure.

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positiVe siGn for redd+ The Government of Nepal’s Ministry of Finance signed a Letter of Intent with the World Bank-Forest Carbon Partnership Facility as a next step to develop the Emissions Reduction Project Document (ERPD) in the Terai Arc Landscape following the approval of Nepal’s Emissions Reduction Project Idea Note (ER-PIN) in 2014. WWF Nepal is part of the drafting committee and is provided technical input to develop the ERPD. The ERPD will be a means to access performance-based payments under the REDD+ mechanism for the Terai Arc Landscape leveraging additional funds for local communities to support forest conservation activities while addressing the drivers of deforestation and forest degradation. The Government of Nepal’s REDD Implementation Centre will also receive an additional USD 5 million to help close the gaps identified in the REDD Readiness-package and USD 650,000 for developing the ERPD.

sUstainaBle carBon financinGA total of 1,911 biogas plants were installed under the Phase-II Gold Standard Biogas Program (2013-2020) to contribute to the Phase II target of 20,000 biogas plants. The first phase of the biogas program which ended in 2012 helped bring biogas to 7,500 households in Nepal’s Terai Arc Landscape providing local communities an alternate fuel to firewood thereby helping protect forests which were the prime source of firewood for such households in the past. Additionally, the first phase brought in USD 2 million via the carbon financing modality of the program which will be channeled back to local communities to fund future biogas installations as well as community development programs.

128 sq.kM. of eXtended wildlife haBitatTo contribute to the TX2 goal of doubling tiger numbers by 2022 and manage and increase rhino populations, as well as to safeguard the overall integrity of the forest ecosystem, the government endorsed the extension of Parsa Wildlife Reserve (PWR) in the eastern part of TAL by an additional core area of 128 sq. km. WWF is working towards a bold vision of the government to double tiger numbers by the next Year of the Tiger, and PWR, which is a potential TX2 site currently harboring 7-8 tigers, and its extension will help support additional habitat for tigers. This will also facilitate the dispersal of tigers, rhinos, wild elephants and other endangered wildlife in the protected areas of Nepal (Chitwan-Parsa Complex) and India (Valmiki Tiger Reserve).

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trackinG the elUsiVe catA second snow leopard was successfully collared in Kangchenjunga Conservation Area (KCA). The snow leopard, an adult male approximately five years of age weighing 41 kg was captured near the village of Yangma (4,607 masl) in Kangchenjunga Conservation Area, fitted with a GPS-satellite collar and released back into the wild on 21 May 2015. Data received from the satellite collar will enable conservationists to identify critical habitats for the elusive species, including transboundary links across India and China. The first snow leopard was collared in KCA on 25 November 2013. Based on the post-release data received, this snow leopard covered an area of approximately 982 sq. km. between Nepal and India within a year of release, reaching a highest altitude of 5,858m – the highest documented so far for any species of cat around the globe.

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trackinG rhinosTwo rhinos – a sub-adult and adult female – were successfully collared in Khata Corridor on 27 November 2014 and 10 March 2015 respectively. Both the rhinos were fitted with a satellite-GPS collar, data from which will be key to providing conservationists with insights on habitat use and movement patterns of the rhinos in the trans-boundary corridor that links protected areas of Nepal and India and also help assess the thresholds of habitat

restoration necessary to maintain a functional corridor for rhinos and other wildlife. Based on the telemetric data received from the collared rhinos, the home range of the sub-adult female and adult female rhinos was found to span over Nepal and India, covering the floodplains of Khata Corridor, Bardia National Park and Katerniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary (India).

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real-tiMe sMart patrollinGNepal pioneered the use of Real-time SMART Patrols in 83 guard posts in all tiger-bearing protected areas of TAL except Parsa Wildlife Reserve. This new patrol technique developed by the Nepal Army in collaboration with WWF Nepal makes use of an android-based platform on mobile devices through which patrol teams record and update patrolling and locational data in real-time. The most productive outcomes of the implementation of Real-time SMART Patrol are that it has allowed for 24-hour monitoring of patrol teams together with providing immediate instructions on the ground, made the patrolling teams accountable, increased area coverage and frequency, and provided for paperless and prompt reporting to the headquarters. Real-time SMART Patrols are the latest addition in the use of technology to curb poaching and aid enforcement efforts within protected areas.

the hill that BreathesSomeshwor hill forest is a trans-boundary corridor that connects Nepal’s Chitwan National Park with India’s Valmiki Tiger Reserve. An ecological monitoring study undertaken in the area in April 2015 helped unearth valuable information on the status of wildlife, primarily tigers, in the area making it an important site in TAL for future conservation programming. Based on a camera trapping methodology covering a total area of 244 sq. km, the study identified 11 individual tigers and the presence of all three co-predators, the common leopard, sloth bear and Asiatic wild dog. Of the 26 mammalian species identified overall, twelve were of high global conservation significance categorized as Endangered, Vulnerable and Near Threatened under ‘IUCN’s Red List of Threatened Species’.

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Degradation of forests through slash-and-burn agriculture by poor families with no alternative is common in parts of Nepal. This practice disrupts biological corridors and causes soil erosion and landslides. Planting broom grass was the answer to rehabilitating degraded areas and improving livelihoods of local communities in Tanahun district, supported by the USAID-funded Hariyo Ban Program. From 2012 to 2014, local communities harvested approximately 110 metric tons of broom grass from 108 leasehold forests covering 226ha. Average annual household income increased by USD 66.25 for 782 poor families. At the same time soil erosion and stream sediment decreased and the forest started recovering, helping to restore the north-south corridor linking Chitwan National Park with Annapurna Conservation Area.

The Hariyo Ban Program is a five-year, USAID-funded program that aims to reduce the adverse impacts of climate change and threats to biodiversity in Nepal. It has three cross-cutting themes: livelihoods, governance, and gender and social inclusion. The program is being implemented by a consortium led by WWF in partnership with Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere (CARE), National Trust for Nature Conservation (NTNC), and the Federation of Community Forestry Users in Nepal (FECOFUN).

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coMMUnities in conserVationA total of 580ha of forests were handed over to local communities benefiting 2,000 households in the Terai Arc Landscape. The community forestry program is a key pillar in conservation that has helped provide management and usage rights to local people for the sustainable management of natural resources. Through this program, WWF Nepal has strengthened community ownership and participation in conservation over time thereby nurturing a key ally in building conservation impact that provides mutual benefits for people and the environment.

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towards resilient coMMUnitiesA total of 1,200 households in TAL, SHL and CHAL benefitted from the implementation of community and local adaptation plans of action. These adaptation plans are key guiding documents that enable communities strengthen their adaptive capacity while enhancing ecosystem and community resilience to climate change. This helped enhance water, energy and food security for local households through small-scale drinking water

and irrigation systems, improved cooking stoves, agro-forestry, and integrated pest management. Local households also benefited from the reduction of climate induced disasters through the construction of dykes and check dams, and bio-engineering while also engaging in forest and biodiversity conservation through nursery establishment, plantation and livestock grazing control.

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65 sprinG soUrces conserVed and Maintained

30 irriGation canals repaired and 105 conserVation ponds constrUcted to aid aGricUltUral prodUctiVity

79 drinkinG water tanks constrUcted and Maintained

15 farMers’ schools condUcted on inteGrated pest ManaGeMent

BUildinG water secUrityAbout 4,000 households in Indrawati and Dudhkoshi sub-basins benefitted from improved access to water under the Koshi River Basin Management program implemented by the government’s Water and Energy Commission Secretariat with the support of WWF Nepal. The program, which works on the principles of integrated water resource management, promotes wise use of available water resources with the primary aim of building water security for local communities. As the impacts of climate change create water stress in Nepal’s rural communities, WWF Nepal’s freshwater program seeks to build community resilience whereby they are better empowered to manage available water resources for drinking and agricultural purposes while maintaining the ecological integrity and benefiting from the ecological services of the region.

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strenGtheninG national policyWWF Nepal is working with the Ministry of Land Reform and Management to strengthen the National Land Use Policy incorporating the elements of hazards on land use planning. Critical engagements have also been initiated with stakeholders such as Nepal Electricity Authority, Department of Roads, Department of Railways, National Hydropower Association and the private sector on sustainable infrastructure development. As a key output, the Department of Railways is already examining the possibility of alternative alignments to change the proposed east-west railway that was planned through Chitwan National Park. The proposed railway cuts through prime wildlife habitat in Nepal’s oldest national park which is home to the highest population of tigers and rhinos.

Following the earthquake on April 25th, WWF Nepal supported the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment to conduct a Rapid Environmental Assessment (REA) of the immediate and post-impacts of the earthquake to the environment. A key outcome of the REA is a strategy for minimizing the impacts of recovery and reconstruction in order to build back better and greener and in a more environmentally sustainable manner across mulitple sectors.

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the Generation GreenA total of 50,000 youth signed up to WWF Nepal’s The Generation Green (TGG) campaign. The campaign, which seeks to build youth voice and action for the environment and Nepal’s sustainable development, has a target of creating 500,000 youth members within 2018. As one of the flagship projects of the campaign, a unique mentorship program was initiated bringing together 11 leading Nepali citizens from different sectors to mentor select TGG members. Under the mentorship program, TGG members conceptualized five projects focusing on environment sustainability, conservation education and waste management. Over the course of the campaign, youth will be provided opportunities to engage in various learning platforms, green projects and volunteering assignments with the end motive of building Nepal’s future leaders.

earth hoUrKathmandu Durbar Square, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, came alive as more than five thousand people, mostly youth, from different walks of life turned up to celebrate Earth Hour in Nepal. Celebrated with the theme, Change Climate Change, and using music as the centerpiece, Earth Hour appealed to the youth to use individual and collective action towards protecting the planet. The event featured 1974AD, Nepal’s leading rock ensemble, and tied in with WWF Nepal’s The Generation Green campaign that gives Nepal’s youth a collective platform in engaging in environmental preservation and sustainable development. As part of the celebrations beyond the hour, WWF Nepal also launched the Earth Hour selfie contest via social media for youth to personalize individual actions and pledge to protect the planet.

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international MoUntain dayWWF Nepal awarded three young filmmakers for their representation of ‘The Generation Green’ through a short film competition organized to mark International Mountain Day. The competition organized in partnership with the Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival used the medium of three-minute films to enable young people aged between 16 and 26 years to articulate their views on the environment and sustainable development of Nepal. The competition received entries from 83 budding filmmakers from various districts of Nepal. “Penguin Revolution”, an animated video by Mr. Ishan Bhusal, was awarded the first prize, “Ghiling’s Greenhouse”, directed by Amitabh Raj Joshi, came second, while “Nature Never Forgives”, directed by Shankar Dhital claimed third position.

national conserVation day

The 8th National Conservation Day organized under the leadership of the Government of Nepal was celebrated with the theme of Chure conservation and the need to take collective action to protect this fragile ecosystem. On this occasion, WWF Nepal felicitated two organizations and four individuals for their exemplary contribution to biodiversity conservation in Nepal through the Abraham Conservation Awards, Matthew Preece

& Yeshi Choden Lama Young Conservation Leader Award, and WWF Media in Conservation Award. WWF Nepal also provided scholarships to three students to pursue higher level studies in forestry under the Chandra Gurung, Jennifer Headley and Jill Bowling Schlaepfer Memorial Scholarships. A National Conservation Award was also instituted and awarded for the first time by the Ministry of Forests and Soil Conservation on this day.

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liVinG hiMalayas initiatiVeWWF’s work in Nepal is part of Living Himalayas – WWF’s global initiative, which aims to bring the three governments of Bhutan, India and Nepal together to effectively manage and conserve the natural resources in the face of climate change for the sake of their unique people, their exceptional wildlife and their breath-taking environment. Combining connectivity and regional solutions, the initiative views the eco-region as a single unit and not a series of fragmented landscapes in separate countries. Wildlife trade, landscape management and development issues will be treated regionally, bringing people, government and industry together in the three countries and developing plans that straddle borders and landscapes.

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tiGers aliVe initiatiVeThe tiger is iconic of Asia’s natural heritage and ecological integrity, and has wide cultural esteem. Unfortunately, due to extensive habitat loss and intensive poaching for their body parts, tiger populations across the range have shrunk alarmingly over the past five decades. Today tigers occupy a mere 7% of their historic range. WWF, recognizing that a wider paradigm shift is required if Asia’s top predator is to survive the next decade and beyond, is working to protect the tiger through its

ambitious network-wide Tigers Alive Initiative (TAI). The TAI team proposes a bold plan to galvanize political will and take action to double the number of wild tigers by the year 2022, focusing on 13 tiger landscapes in the 13 tiger range countries. The Government of Nepal has shown exceptional commitment to TX2 and is working with WWF Nepal and its conservation partners to achieve the same.

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asian rhino and elephant action strateGyAsian elephants and all four Asian rhino species are amongst the most endangered large mammals in the world and their numbers are falling at some of the critical biodiversity sites. WWF is doing its best to halt this trend and initiated a suite of conservation activities for these important species under a comprehensive program called AREAS (Asian Rhino and Elephant Action Strategy) and based the regional HQ in WWF Nepal Program since the year 2000. The overall objective is that the WWF AREAS program is instrumental in achieving conservation results through interventions by WWF and interventions of partner

organizations (governments, NGOs, and other stakeholders) so that Asian elephant and rhino populations are viable in adequate habitats in 2020. It will do so by enhancing institutional capacity of WWF and partners through technical and policy support to contribute to the survival of viable populations of Asian elephants, greater one-horned, Sumatran and Javan rhinos in the wild. The program will also monitor at the regional level to measure the impact of WWF investments for the conservation of these four species of Asian pachyderms. Nepal aims to establish two viable rhino populations in Chitwan and Western Complexes.

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FiNANCiAL OvERviEW Fy 2010/11 - 2014/15Financial Year 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15

1 Terai Arc Landscape Program 177,043,595 106,996,711 156,548,072 129,133,909 145,478,981

2 Sacred Himalayan Landscape Program 55,021,658 75,813,866 104,587,917 122,259,127 81,658,331

3 Other Priority Programs 107,826,219 282,256,987 441,150,941 659,155,467 897,425,878

4 Administrative Expenditure 9,075,579 16,689,465 17,129,622 8,540,378 7,633,621

Total Expenditure [1+2+3+4] 348,967,051 481,757,028 719,416,551 919,088,881 1,132,196,812

WWF’s fiscal year ends on 30th JuneFigures in NRs

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WWF Nepal acknowledges with gratitude the support received from the following partners, donors and supporters:

• Government of Nepal; National Planning Commission; Ministry of Finance; Ministry of Forests and Soil Conservation; Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment; Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation; Ministry of Agricultural Development; Ministry of Land Reform and Management; Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation; Department of Forests; Department of Plant Resources; Department of Forest Research and Survey; Department of

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Soil Conservation and Watershed Management; Water and Energy Commission Secretariat; Department of Hydrology and Meteorology; Nepal Tourism Board; Social Welfare Council; Alternative Energy Promotion Centre; Lumbini Development Trust.

• Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland; Embassy of the United States; Embassy of Finland; United States Agency for International Development; German Embassy; Department for International Development; Global Environment Facility; US Fish and Wildlife Service; Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation; MyClimate; The Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation; The Coca Cola Company; Google; Whiskas; Ms. Nancy Abraham; Trade Union Solidarity Centre of Finland; KfW Development Bank; International Union for Conservation of Nature; Intrepid Foundation; Hoffman La Roche; Sall Foundation.

• WWF US; WWF UK; WWF Finland; WWF International; WWF Netherlands; WWF Australia; WWF Canada; WWF Switzerland; WWF China; WWF Malaysia; WWF Singapore; WWF Austria; WWF Germany; WWF India; WWF Pakistan; WWF Bhutan; TRAFFIC; Asian Rhinos and Elephant Action Strategy; Living Himalayas Initiative; Tigers Alive Initiative.

• International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development; The World Conservation Union Nepal; CARE Nepal; International Water Management Institute; International Trust for Tiger Conservation.

• National Trust for Nature Conservation; Nepal Army; Nepal Police; Wildlife Conservation Nepal; Federation of Community Forestry Users, Nepal; Society of Hydrology and

Meteorology-Nepal; Family Planning Association of Nepal; Dolphin Conservation Society; Environmental Camps for Conservation Awareness; Youth Alliance for Environment; Green Youth Lumbini; Nepal Forum for Environmental Journalists; Society of Environmental Journalists; Clean Energy Nepal; Biogas Sector Partnership Nepal; Tribhuvan University; Kathmandu University; Institute of Forestry; Wildlife Watch Group; Bird Conservation Nepal; National Environmental Coalition of Indigenous Nationalities; Ethnobotanical Society of Nepal; Wildlife Conservation Nepal; National Foundation for the Development of Indigenous Nationalities; Building and Wood Workers’ International Nepal Affiliate Committee; Trade Union National Centres; School Environment Conservation Education Network Nepal; Nepal Foresters Association; Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities; Himalayan Grassroots Women’s Natural Resource Management Association; Dalit Alliance for Natural Resources, Nepal; Centre for Rural Technology; Community-Based Forestry Supporters’ Network, Nepal; Center for Molecular Dynamics.

WWF Nepal would like to express special thanks to: Community Based Organizations; Media; Community Forest Coordination Committees; Community Forest User Groups, Buffer Zone User Groups; Buffer Zone User Committees; Buffer Zone Management Committees; Community-Based Anti-Poaching Units; Eco Clubs; Ghodaghodi Area Conservation and Awareness Forum; Kangchenjunga Conservation Area Management Council and user committees; Integrated Resource Management Committees; Mothers’ Groups; Youth Clubs; District Development Committees; District Forest Offices; Village Development Committees; Women Awareness Groups and local communities.

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