Kathmandu: 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.
According to National News Agency Nepal, the equipment was received through a 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, accepted the equipment from Jason P. Meeks, Deputy Chief of Mission at the US Embassy in Kathmandu.
The assistance package includes laptops, walkie-talkies, headlights, searchlights, binoculars, cameras, and medical treatment kits. The embassy stated that this support aims to strengthen patrols within Nepal’s national parks, discourage transnational wildlife crime, and contribute to the conservation of biodiversity.