Project Title: Landscape level biodiversity conservation in Nepal’s Western Terai Landscape Complex

Goal :  To ensure the conservation and sustainable use of globally significant biodiversity in Nepal's  western Terai landscape complex.

Objective: To establish effective management system and build capacity for conservation and sustainable use of Nepal’s Western Terai Landscape Complex.

Major Activities:

Participants at seed production training

• Establishment of benchmark information (agro-biodiversity uses, landuse practices and socio-economic and cultural  setting).
• Awareness raising on biodiversity conservation and utilization.
• Formation of VDC level Biodiversity Conservation and Development Committee (BCDC) and strengthening their capacity for conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity.
• Initiation of community-based biodiversity management  activities (CBR, diversity fair, diversity block, community seed bank, PPB and grass roots breeding, diversity exchange, home garden improvement, nurseries, community-based seed production and marketing, value addition and marketing of local food products, PVS, CBM fund management, CPCP, etc).
• Mapping of globally important agrobiodiversity eg. rice, mango, sarpagandha, bael.

Geographical Location : Bardia, Kailali and Kanchanpur

Duration :  August  2005 to July 2012

Funding Support  :  UNDP-GEF

Project Team : Shree Kumar Maharjan, Ashok Gurung.