Two Nepali scholars, Chudamani Pandey and Ram Poudel, have been awarded Darwin Fellowship grants for 2007/08.

Darwin Fellowships are targeted at promising members of recent or current Darwin Initiative projects from countries rich in biodiversity but poor in financial resources.

Details of grant:

Chudamani Pandey
Related Project: Managing Wetlands for Sustainable Livelihoods at Koshi Tappu.
Project Leader: Anton Immink (Univ. of Stirling).
Grant Amount (2007/08): £26,790.00.

Ram Poudel
Related Project: Building Capacity for Plant Biodiversity, Inventory and Conservation.
Project Leader: Mark Watson (Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh)
Grant Amount (2007/08): £28,361.00