Volunteer with CSDN
Volunteer with CSDN
CSDN ( Centre for Sustainable Development Nepal) is a non-profit, non-political, non-religious organization registered with the Social Welfare Council of the Government of Nepal. CSDN, running volunteer programs in Nepal for community support and cultural exchanges. Programs are available year-round in the areas of English teaching, orphanage, conservation ...learn more
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Created: Apr 16, 2008
Updated: Nov 27, 2009
Membership: Open
Semi-Private
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We started in May 2007 as a group of graduated biologists from the Universidad del Valle in Cali. We have an enthusiastic group of staff and volunteers, and focus on environmental research, conservation, agroecology and ecotourism
So far, we have worked with the community of Potrero Grande in Cali to control ants - Atta cephalotes - that were destroying a dike protecting their houses from inundations from the river Cauca. We have also realized a research projects on another species of ants in the Universidad del Valle.
We prepared a project to mount a butterfly garden for a conserved area (Reserva Natural de la Sociedad Civil Los Chagualos) in Tuluá (Valle), and are waiting for financing to develop it. Complementary to this project we would like to sample the most beautiful butterflies - Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea - of the Valle del Cauca. We think that some of those species could be reproduced under controlled conditions to repopulate in areas where those populations are under stress, and eventually to be used in certified exportation to other laboratories and museums worldwide.
We have contacted several schools in and around Cali offering environmental education (composting, recycling, etc.).
We also offer guided tours to watch birds and butterflies in the mountains round Cali