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Countries, Communities and Conservation: Building Cooperation in
Kanchenjunga
Goal
To conserve the biodiversity of the Kanchenjunga landscape and improve local livelihoods in the Kanchenjunga region.
Objectives 1) Conserving key habitat especially alpine and pasture areas
through improved livestock management, and reduced livestock herds,
2) Conserving wild stocks of medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPs) through on farm cultivation,
3) Reducing negative impacts and promoting improved eco-tourism management in biodiversity rich areas,
4) Improving capacities of local organizations to conduct conservation programs, and
5) Building on and sustaining cultural heritage and local traditional land management systems.
6) Strengthen transboundary cooperation for conservation of threatened habitat of the Kanchenjunga area
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Mt. Kanchenjunga (8585m)
Importance of the area
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• MOUNTAINS • STRONGHOLD OF
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE • MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC
PLANTS
• TOURISM • CULTURAL HERITAGE • FLORA AND FAUNA
THREATS
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• Community members are resource dependent and apply unsustainable practices to meet their subsistence needs.
• Livestock are often grazed in biodiversity rich forests converting biodiversity-rich forests into pastures
• Medicinal and aromatic plants are over harvested to supplement meager incomes
• Tourism management along trekking routes is weak, with resultant problems of waste disposal (human and solid), uncontrolled firewood use, and poorly situated campsites.
TMI’s Projects
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The Mountain Institute’s Approach
• Implementation through local partners
• Involvement of local people, community-based organizations
• Development and tested Innovative techniques (Appreciative Participatory Planning and Action (APPA)
• Formation and strengthening of local non-governmental organizations to create local capacity to conduct conservation programs after projects are completed
• Creation of conservation ‘contracts’ •
Contact Address
The Mountain Institute P.O. Box 2785
Baluwatar, Kathmandu Phone:
977-1-4414237 / 4419356
Fax: 977-1-4410073
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.mountain.org
Text and Concept
Ang Rita Sherpa Sara Subba
And Karma Bhutia (TMI)
PHOTOS:
Ang Rita Sherpa Karma Bhutia
TMI’s Partners: Deep Jyoti Youth Club (Panchthar)
Shree High Altitude Herbal Growers Group (Ilam) District Development Committees (DDC)
District Forest Offices (DFO)
Our endeavors in the region are
supported by:
Keidanren Nature Conservation Fund (KNCF) The McArthur Foundation
The Ford Foundation Global Green Fund
Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF)
