2012 Future for Nature Award

To Protect Species of Wild Animals and Plants

Application form

Your application should be Word processed and must be submitted as email attachment to info@futurefornature.net. The subject of the email should read: Candidate FFN Award 2012 Please answer all the questions, in English, in the given order. Your application will only be assessed if your application form is submitted on or before August 31, 2011. Do not add additional documentation. This application will be used to select ten nominees for the 2012 Future for Nature Award. The nominees will be requested to provide further information, for selection of the three winners. For more information please look at www.futurefornature.net. Please note that the Future for Nature Award will be awarded to individuals, not to organisations.

Submission

Please check whether you have answered all questions. Send this form to info@futurefornature.net with subject: Candidate FFN Award 2012. August 31, 2011 latest.

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LOK RAJ JOSHI Name of candidate

Contact details Contact details of candidate : Rampur Campus, Rampur , Chitwan , Nepal Email address: Postal Address: Lokraj2003@hotmail.com Rampur Campus, Rampur ,Chitwan ,Nepal

Telephone number (please include country code)

+9779849141815

In case a third party proposes above candidate, contact details of third party Name Email address Postal address

Telephone number (please include country code) Personal Data of Candidate Nationality Nepalese Date of birth August 5th ,1989 Gender Male Ability to communicate Good/Moderate/non-existent (Good) in English Formal Education (max 200 words) I did my schooling from Galaxy Secondary School, Kailali Nepal. I passed my school leaving examination with distinction marks securing 82.3%. Then I completed my higher secondary education(class 11 and 12) from National School Of Sciences, Kathmandu in first division (74.4%). Now, I am doing my undergraduate in Veterinary Science at Institute of Agriculture and Animal Sciences, Chitwan. Till now I have an aggregate of 83%. Now I am in seventh semester.

Employment record (max 200 words)

So far I am not engaged in any type of formal employment. But I am working as volunteer in various social welfare, animal welfare and conservation related organizations.
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Have you been awarded any conservation prize in the past? If so, which?

No I havent received any conservation prize.

Performance by Candidate Why should you / the candidate receive the Future for Nature Award? Describe previous and current work and achievements regarding species protection. (maximum 300 words) Please look at selection criteria at http://www.futurefornature.net/applicationcriteria or at the end of this application form. I have very deep interest in amphibian conservation. When I first learned about SAVE THE FROGS campaign in USA then I thought the time has come to think about these little creatures. I started raising awareness about frog conservation in my college. Real work started when my proposal was accepted by Open Society Institute ,USA and I received YOUTH ACTION FUND to work for amphibian conservation in Far-Western region (least developed region with very low literacy rate in Nepal). Then I conducted multimedia classes in many schools in Kailali district to make school students aware of amphibian conservation. Then to provide sustainability to my work I started forming student groups in the school. They were named as BIODIVERSITY ACTION CIRCLE and have been doing good job at their school till now. I organized a grand interschool essay and art competition to mark environment day of 2011. The topics of both event were related to amphibian conservation. I collected signatures of hundreds of people from different background to make them aware about amphibian conservation. It was one year project and with a small budget it was able to make a large number of people aware about amphibian conservation. I used call newspaper and FM Radio reporters in all the events. So, amphibian conservation issues got good media coverage in Kailali district thus making people to think about their conservation. Similarly, I was co-ordinator of BIODIVERSIY INITIATIVE GROUP funded by SAVE THE FROGS, USA. We conducted amphibian conservation awareness marathon, documentary shows, art and essay competitions like programs to celebrate SAVE THE FROGS DAY 2011.

Project description Describe the species protection project for which the prize amount of 50.000 will be used for, in case you / the candidate become(s) one of the three Future for Nature winners. (maximum 300 words).

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Dissection in biology lab is posing threat to amphibians. In Nepal thousands of frogs are dissected in labs every year. And most of the colleges collect frog from nearby jungle or pond without caring whether the specific frog they are catching is endangered or not. The only genuine solution to this problem is the virtual learning. By using computer software student can learn more about frog biology than by killing them. So, I want to use the prize amount to conduct NO DISSECTION campaign in colleges of Nepal. I want to stimulate all the colleges to use computer based learning rather than killing frogs in the lab.

Referees Please provide the names of two referees (if you are among the ten nominees, we will ask for the referee statements): 1. Dr. I. P. Dhakal 2. Sanju Koirala

Application Criteria The following main criteria will be used in the Selection Process for the Future for Nature Award: The candidate should not be older than 35 years, i.e. born after 1977. The candidate has achieved substantial and long term benefit to the conservation status of one or more animal and/or plant species or that of a specific population of one or more animal and/or plant species. The candidate has demonstrated leadership and entrepreneurship in his/her conservation work. The candidate has been creative and innovative in his/her work. The main approaches in his / her work have proven to be cost-effective. Work related to the conservation and protection of endangered species (IUCN's Red List) is given priority.

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The candidate must be determined to continue her/his conservation work. The Award aims to stimulate the work of the winners. Hence it is not an "end of career" prize. Winners have to participate in the Future for Nature Award Conference, Sponsor Market and the Award event itself during spring 2012, at Burgers Zoo, Arnhem, The Netherlands. Travel and staying costs will be covered by the Future for Nature Foundation. The prize must be used for a conservation project (of the winners' own choice).

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