Ecologist/ Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology, Nepal
Today's Date: 29 November 2006
1. What interaction with an animal and/or nature in your life has had the biggest impact on you?
As a child growing up in Nepal I played hide and seek with woodpeckers and I could gaze for hours at a pair of vultures building a nest.
I enjoyed the natural world around me when I was young. Yet as a boy I did not realise that this was slowly but surely disappearing due to population growth, landuse change and habitat loss. I witnessed this happening in my home country Nepal and decided to take action.
2. Did you have a favorite place in the great outdoors during your childhood?
An Adina cordifolia tree near my house having a whole in its huge trunk and appeared some short of cave was my favorite place when I was young.
Now? Almost none. In this busy and fast growing city, hardly anyplace left to go.
3. As a former zookeeper, I would love to know what your favorite animal is, and why?
Wild chicken, they are very colorful.
4. What do you think is the greatest environmental challenge facing us now, and what do you think will be the greatest challenge in the future?
Landuse change and global warming in future
5. If you could give everyone one piece of advice regarding the environment and our natural resources, what would it be?
Think globally, act locally
Thanks to my sister Michelle McIlroy for designing the logo!
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