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Presenters: Bhawani, kabita, Jyoti, Usha (Group -1)05/02/2023

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OVERVIEW

Acknowledgement Introduction Objectives of NHMSpecies found in NHM ImportanceReferences 05/02/2023

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Course facilitator Mr Amulya Ratna Tuladhar

Chief of Natural History Museum Keshab

Shrestha, Ph.D

Kathmandu University

EESD third semester students05/02/2023

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INTRODUCTION

Natural history museum is situated at the foothill of Swayambhu

World Heritage Site

This museum is under the Institute of Science and Technology

of TU and was established on July 17, 1975

It maintains a record of zoological and botanical species and

paleontological specimens.

Museum houses 55,000 biological specimens of house plants,

herbaria, animals, birds, butterfly, beetles, skeleton, fossils,

animals, rocks, minerals, plastic and clay models, trophies,

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Natural history collections together form a library of information about

what organisms have lived and are living in particular space and time.

A pharmacologist, paleontologist, ecologist, a molecular biologist,

agricultural scientist, conservationist etc can get detail information

related to their field from this museum

A labeled specimen is kept in the museum. (where it was collected,

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OBJECTIVES OF THE NHM

To collect and preserve floral, faunal, geological and other natural

specimens from different parts of Nepal.

To study and research or make provision for study and research on natural

resources, ecology, environment of Nepal.

To provide training on natural history of Nepal.

To prepare documents of natural history and related fields.

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To establish collaborations with the business community, as well as

other National and International natural history, educational, and

environmental institutions /organizations.

To create general interest on the conservation of natural heritages

and related fields and to arise general consciousness against polluted

environment and conserving natural resources.

To create general awareness among country people on preservation,

conservation and sustainable uses of the natural resources.

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SPECIES FOUND IN NHM

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Biodiversity Group

NHM Nepal World

Algae 106 687 > 40000Fungi 616 1670 > 70000Lichen 55 853 >12000Bryophytes 400 5175 >250000Flowering plants 1034

Birds 560 844 9040Butterflies 565 643 11000Reptiles 78 100 -

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SPECIES FOUND IN NHM

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Biodiversity Group

NHM Nepal World

Amphibians 26 43 8962

Fishes 100 185 19056

Invertebrates 3578 - 116873

Insects 500 5052 874161

Mammals 40 181 4000

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PICTORIALS

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PICTORIALS

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PICTORIALS

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PICTORIALS

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PICTORIAL GLIMPSE OF SPECIES PRESERVED IN NHM

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IMPORTANCE OF NHM AND PRESERVED SPECIES

It maintains a record of zoological and botanical species and

paleontological specimens and safeguards them

Specimens of the species provide clues to patterns of the past

and present and to predictions of future change.

Specimens collected before DNA was even known are now

able to provide information about how populations have

changed over time and how that might influence conservations

of threatened species.

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CONTINUE…

Collections play a vital role in our understanding of

biodiversity, evolution, population genetics and the

environmental impacts of climate change, pesticide use and so

on.

Every natural history specimen with good data provides a

physical snapshot of a species or community at a particular

point in time and space.

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Natural history collections are demonstrably important –-

not just for education and cultural reasons, but for wider

environmental reasons too. If we want to maintain our

biodiversity and understand changes in our environment we

need to sustain our natural history collections.

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REFERENCES

www.nhmnepal.org

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/punctuated-equilibrium/2011/apr/

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THANK YOU

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