Nature Conservation Foundation

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The Nature Conservation Foundation is a non-governmental wildlife conservation organization based in Mysore, India. They promote the use of science for wildlife conservation in India.[1]

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[edit] History

The organization was founded in 1996. Their mission is to carry out "science based conservation".

[edit] Activities

The organisation works in a variety of habitats. The high altitude program focuses on human wildlife conflicts and conservation of engandered species such as the snow leopard and the Tibetan gazelle. A livestock insurance program has been launched to prevent retaliatory killings of snow leopards by communities whose livestock were being preyed on.[2]. The organisation has partnered with the International Snow Leopard Trust and the Government of India to propose a Project Snow Leopard similar to Project Tiger for the protection of Himalayan landscapes.[3] In 2003, three wildlife biologists from the Foundation reported the Chinese Goral (Nemorhaedus caudata) from Arunachal Pradesh, the first record for India[4] In 2005, scientists from the Foundation described the Arunachal Macaque from western Arunachal Pradesh, India, a species new to science.[5]

[edit] Awards

Charudutt Mishra, a founder trustee received the Whitley award[6] for 2005 for the conservation efforts in the high altitude landscapes. In 2006, the organisation won the Distinguished service award from the Society of Conservation Biology.[7] for outstanding contributions to nature conservation.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Nature Conservation Foundation on the Open Directory Project
  2. ^ MISHRA, CHARUDUTT; ALLEN,P.,McCARTHY, T.,MADHUSUDAN, M.D., BAYARJARGAL, A., PRINS, H.H.T. (2003). "The Role of Incentive Programs in Conserving the Snow Leopard". Conservation Biology 17 (6): 1512–1520. doi:10.1111/j.1523-1739.2003.00092.x. 
  3. ^ Launch of Project Snow leopard: A report from Snowleopard Network. Retrieved on 2008-05-31.
  4. ^ Charudutt Mishra, Aparajita Datta and M.D. Madhusudan (2005) Record of the Chinese Goral Naemorhedus caudatus in Arunachal Pradesh. JBNHS Vol. 102(2)
  5. ^ Sinha, A.,Datta, A., Madhusudan, M. D. and Mishra, C. (2005). "Macaca munzala: a new species from western Arunachal Pradesh, northeastern India". International Journal of Primatology 26 (977): 989. doi:10.1007/s10764-005-5333-3. 
  6. ^ Profile from Whitley website
  7. ^ Society of Conservation Biolgy website with list of awardees

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