Subject Files, 2005-2019
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This accession consists of the email account of Madendra Shrestha, program director at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, a branch of the National Zoological Park. Shrestha's professional focus is wildlife conservation, primarily tigers, for which he manages grants, fund raising, policy, strategic partnership with governments and wildlife organizations, educational outreach, and research. Earlier correspondence documents his activities as program director of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, where he managed the Save the Tiger Fund from 2005 to 2011. The account consists of approximately 160,039 messages covering the time periods January 2005 to August 2011 and November 2011 to April 2019. The correspondence pertains to strategic planning; meetings agendas and minutes; proposals; reports; contracts and agreements; budget process; publications; schedules; press releases; conferences, workshops, and special events; fieldwork; donations; litigation; personnel management; presentations; and surveys. Materials are in electronic format.
Subject
- Shrestha, Mahendra
- National Zoological Park (U.S.)
- National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (U.S.) Save the Tiger Fund
Notes
For a description of the record series of which these materials form a part, refer to the "Forms part of" above.
Organization
Chronologic
Repository Loc.
Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520
Date
- 2005
- 2005-2019
Restrictions & Rights
Restricted for 15 years. Records may contain personally identifiable information (PII) that is permanently restricted, until Jan-01-2035; Transferring office; 6/22/2023 memorandum, Johnstone to File; Contact reference staff for details
Topic
- Press releases
- Congresses and conventions
- Endangered ecosystems
- Meetings
- Litigation
- Strategic planning
- Workshops
- Professional associations
- Archaeology
- Budget process
- Zoos
- Scientific surveys
- Lectures and lecturing
- Education
- Habitat conservation
- Wildlife
- Personnel management
- Gifts
- Scholarly publishing
- Research grants
- Tigers
- Fund raising
- Contracts
- Special events
- Fieldwork
- Zoos--Educational aspects
- Endangered species
- Wildlife conservation
Form/Genre
- Electronic mail
- Collection descriptions
- Electronic records
Local number
SIA Acc. 23-139