Nepal - iNaturalist World Tour

Nepal is the 93rd stop on the iNaturalist World Tour. The top observer is @hari-b who works at the IUCN Nepal office focussing on mammals species. @sebastiandoak, the second top observer, also has observations scattered across the country. @bikinitrip has observations clustered near the 2nd most populous city of Pokhara. @suresh_ghimire and @manila_folder have observations clustered in the Everest Region of northeastern Nepal. Several top observers such as @arthurdemaeght and @wildchroma have observations clustered near the capital of Kathmandu and to Langtang National Park to the north. Other top observers include @trcarlisle, @qin_huang, and @subirshakya,

The number of observations per month has been steadily increasing since mid 2017. There are also 2 distinct peaks in November of 2017 and 2018 resulting from Western Washington University student expeditions to Langtang National Park organized by @abe. The 2019 expedition appears to be leaving in a few days - we'll look forward to the seeing what this expedition finds!

TThe top identifier is @sethmiller who also leads in birds. @abe leads in plant IDs and @anilamanalil leads in insect IDs. Other top identifiers include @subirshakya, @juhakinnunen, @rajibmaulick, and @elizabeth_byers. @elizabeth_byers is a vegetation ecologist focusing on subalpine and alpine ecosystems in eastern Nepal.

What can we do to get more people in Nepal using iNaturalist? Please share your thoughts below or on this forum thread.

@hari-b @sebastiandoak @bikinitrip @suresh_ghimire @manila_folder @sethmiller @subirshakya @juhakinnunen @rajibmaulick @elizabeth_byers

We’ll be back tomorrow in Morocco!

Posted on September 25, 2019 12:44 AM by loarie