The project will promote landscape level biodiversity conservation with strong community-based management links to conserve endangered species in and around the Royal Chitwan National Park. This will be achieved by conserving and rehabilitating the only existing corridor forest (Barandhbar forest) linking the Royal Chitwan National Park, a World Heritage site in the lowland of Nepal, to ecologically significant upland forests in the Mahabharat range. Rural communities in Nepal rely heavily on natural resrouces for their livelihoods, so a strong socio-economic component is proposed to reduce the human impact in addressing ecological problems. This project will concentrate on the grass root level activities that address the needs of local people by pomoting biodiversity oriented economic incentives and generating guardianship for the wildlife and their habitat preservation. This project will adapt the Baghmara and Kumrose models of community-managed forests, which have proven to be successful in neutralizing the dependency of local people on forest resources and preventing habitat loss resulting from excessive utilization of resources.

Project Details

GEF Project ID
906
Country
Nepal
Implementing Agencies
United Nations Development Programme
Approval FY
2000
Status
Completed
Region
Asia
Executing Agencies
KMTNC
GEF Period
GEF - 2
Project Type
Medium-size Project
Focal Areas
Funding Source
GEF Trust Fund

Financials

USD
Co-financing Total
978,015
GEF Project Grant
750,000
GEF Agency Fees
0

Timeline

Concept Approved
30 Nov 2000
Project Approved for Implementation
29 Nov 2000
Project Closed
14 Aug 2012