Dr. Tirtha Man Maskey Wildlife Centre

On September 23, 2006, in an unfortunate and tragic helicopter crash in Gunsa, Taplejung, Nepal lost some of its most prominent figures in the field of conservation including the brilliant Dr Tirtha Man Maskey, an individual who was deeply immersed in conservation of flora and fauna of Nepal. To commemorate this tragic loss of a leading conservation hero and to honor his work and dedication to environment conservation WWG has established a Dr Tirtha Man Maskey Wildlife Centre at its premises. The objectives behind the establishment of Dr Tirtha Man Maskey Wildlife Centre are:

• Building a Resource centre for illegal wildlife trade and biodiversity conservation
• Recording history of conservation paradigm shift for future reference
• To continue the effort of Dr Maskey in conserving gharials in Nepal and region where these animals are found
• Giving Award and fellowships to conservationist and individual that have contributed remarkably for wildlife conservation and finally
• Publishing and popularizing Dr Maskey's works.
   

The centre comprises various range of books related to not just wildlife but overall environment conservation. Besides publications, articles, papers and research work of Dr. T.M Maskey, the library also comprises different research work, study report, thesis, papers, articles, and publications related to wildlife and environment conservation of various national and international conservationist and conservation organization around the world.