2014

COMMON TREE SNAKE (Dendrelephis tristis) and GREEN KEELBACK/ GRASS SNAKE (Macropisthodon plumbicolor) SPOTTED IN DHANUSHA, NEPAL

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Recently, during free plant distribution by Department of Forest, Dhanusha at Dhanushadham Protected Forest, our chairman spotted a Common Tree Snake (Dendrelephis tristis) in the nursery. It is about 3.5 Ft. long. According to Indiansnakes.org and a book written by Herpetological Society of India, it is found only in Peninsular India. So, it’s quite exiting for our organization to find the snakes not to be the habitat in this area. This is the Second species of the snakes; first one was a pair of Forsten’s Cat Snake (Boiga forsteni) which was also spotted last time in the forest.   The rescue was assisted by Mr. Dhirendra Nepal, from Talk Nepal Pvt. Ltd. who is the project incharge for plantation of 33 Hectare forest land inside Dhanushadham Protected Forest, funded by NCell. He also mentioned that he had spotted a Green Keelback/ Grass Snake (Macropisthodon plumbicolor) inside the forest during plantation. Again, this is the species which is not to be native relatives of the area. As we have already mentioned in our previous posts, Dhanushadham Protected Forest is the only forest situated in Terai region of Dhanusha district. Due to our day and night service to the forest, the 95% problems to the forest (i.e. overgrazing, land encroachment, community made fire, illegal tree logging, wildlife poaching, and heavy trespassers) have been shorted out. Together Mithila Wildlife Trust and Department of Forest with help and participation of local community, the conservation programmes are being carried out successfully. We are in need of donors and supporters who can support us in measure developments for the sustainability of the conservation and restoration of the forest. Please contact info@mwt.org.np/index or dev@mwt.org.np/index if you are interested in the projects.

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RESCUE OF BANDED KRAIT SNAKE (Bungarus fasciatus)

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Mithila Wildlife Trust rescued a Banded Krait (Bungarus fasciatus) from Bhoyl village, Dhanusha. The snake was roaming nearby the Temple where Shivcharcha (a Special worship for Lord Shiva) was going on, so, people were misguided to superstitious beliefs. They hit the snake with a stick, the snake couldn’t move due to pain and they kept the snake in a steel drum. People coming to the temple were paying a minimum amount and they were praying the snake too. A gentle man from the village called Mr. Suresh Sharma, AFO, Dhanusha and Mr. Sharma had called our rescue team for the rescue and treatment of the snake. The call was attended by Mr. Dev Narayan Mandal, Chairman MWT and he with help of Mr. Santosh Rajak rescued the snake. The snake is under treatment inside Dhanushadham Protected Forest. MWT thanks all the gentle people supported us to give the snake a new life.

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MONOCLED/MONOCELLATE COBRA (Naja kaouthia) IN DHANUSHA

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  MWT team rescued a Monocled/Monocellate Cobra in Mithileshwar Mauwahi, Dhanusha. The snake was hiding under steel tank using as Rice storage tank inside living room. The house owner saw a snake entering inside the house at late evening but suddenly it was disappearing. It took around 2 hours to search the snake inside the living room. This is our first rescue of this particular species extra than Naja naja, the most common venomous snake rescued. As always, we had explained the importance of snake in environment and ecosystem and took it to Dhanushadham Protected Forest. The rescue of Monocled cobra in Dhanusha is a live evidence that it is found in Dhanusha district of Nepal. Moreover, it is a juvenile. Thanks to the community people supporting us to save the life of this speechless lovely creature of the nature.

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TWO DAYS AWARENESS TRAINING PROGRAMME ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND REDD+ TO THE MEMBERS OF DHANUSHADHAM PROTECTED FOREST MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

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Two days awareness training programme of “Climate Change and REDD+” to the members of Dhanushadham Protected Forest Management Committee was organized by Range Forest Office, Dhanushadham and facilitated by Mithila Wildlife Trust. The programme was divided in Two days and Eight session which was delivered by Assistant Forest Secretary, Mr. Ram Asheshwar Mandal and District Forest Officer, Mr. Birendra Sah. Around 30 participants were trained. Two days training on Climate Change and REDD+ is not enough but it added an extra spirit to the members to convince their own society with extra reason to protect Dhanushadham Protection Forest. The members are so enthusiastic that they were asking to organize such programme every month. Due to certain limitation we were unable to gather more participation but with help of recently trained members we are planning to organize such training programme in entire buffer zone communities. MWT along with DPF Management Committee members wish to thanks Mr. Ram Asheshwar Mandal and Mr. Birendra Sah for their valuable training and easy to understand training tools. It will definitely support us to reduce the Green House Gases Omissions and the negative impact of Climate Change.

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