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On 18th March, we conducted an awareness workshop on one of the most threatened grassland birds in South Asia, the Bengal Florican, in the Koshi landscape. The event was organized in Shree Janta Belka Secondary School in Purandah, where around 60 students from Grades 11 and 12 participated actively. Why Awareness Matters Bengal Florican, which […]

One of the most significant contributions in conservation biology may not be in the field, but in the minds of people. A recent experience at the Reliance International Academy was a beautiful reinforcement of this fact. It was an honor and a privilege to share my experience in the Bengal Florican Project at the Science

By Aditya Pal | BengalFlorican.org In the grasslands of Eastern Nepal, where the elusive Bengal Florican defies all odds to survive, a remarkable conservation saga is unfolding, not in the corridors of science or policy-making, but in classrooms, playgrounds, and villages across the region. In May 2025, the very first Bengal Florican Festival was launched

The Bengal Florican (Houbaropsis bengalensis) is one of the world’s rarest bustard species. Classified as Critically Endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the global population is estimated at fewer than 1,000 individuals. In Nepal, it is one of nine protected species under clause 10 of the National Parks and Wildlife Conservation