Nepal : Nepal has celebrated another zero poaching year in 2015. This is the third time in the last five years that Nepal has been able to maintain zero poaching of rhino within the span of three separate 365 days. Nepal had already celebrated zero poaching year in 2011 and 2013. This is an incredible achievement in conserving the mega fauna while there is still a widespread poaching of these species elsewhere in the world. "Controlling poaching is a very tough job particularly in the current time when illegal demand for rhino is exceedingly high and when there is increasing involvement of well organized transnational criminal networks in poaching and illegal trade of wildlife" said Mr. Tika Ram Adhikari, Chief Enforcement Coordinator of South Asia Wildlife Enforcement Network (SAWEN) and Director General of Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation. Mr. Adhikari further added, "Reducing the poaching at zero level and maintaining it for such a long time is undeniably a huge achievement. This requires very committed, well coordinated and sustained efforts from the governments, conservation partners and the local people. I take this opportunity to recognize the hard work of all the protected area staff, forest officials, Nepal Army, Nepal Police, conservation partners and local communities and hope for the continued efforts in the future". The achievement is as a result of Nepal's firm commitment to biodiversity conservation with well coordinated institutional set up encompassing policy, management, implementation level and high community participation. Nepal has been a global leader in engaging communities in conservation and involving army and police in protection and effective wildlife law enforcement. SAWEN congratulates the Government of Nepal for this incredible achievement and wishes for the continuity of such exemplary initiatives in the coming days. SAWEN would like to request to replicate this best practice in the member countries.