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The overall objective of the project is to ensure the sustainable management and conservation of nationally and globally important wetland biodiversity along with enhancing sustainability of environmental services. The project objectives are to be achieved through policy development and developing sustainable livelihood options for the local people. The project will ensure that national policies and planning frameworks identify and protect wetlands of global biodiversity significance and protect globally threatened species, including migratory species. Also support mechanisms for transboundary cooperation in wetland issues will be developed. Awareness on and capacity of Nepal to engage in and to promote international policies and collaborative efforts for wetlands conservation will be strengthened. The project has been designed to influence two cycles of national and local development plans and to allow adequate time to achieve visible results and proper stakeholder takeover of project activities. Partnerships and capacity will be developed at both national and local levels to effect long-term changes to the perception, value, and sustainable management of wetlands in Nepal to ensure sustainability and replication of project initiated actions even after the cessation of the project.
Project will work in close contact with local user groups, NGOs and government line agencies in the field, emphasizing the social inclusion in the decision making processes.
The five year project "Conservation and Sustainable Use of Wetlands in Nepal" (CSUWN) was officially signed in March 2007 between UNDP and Government of Nepal. The project is a unique collaboration of the GoN, GEF/UNDP and IUCN Nepal. The Ministry of Forest and Soil Conservation (MFSC) of the Government of Nepal (GoN) is the implementing agency of the project, where as the World Conservation Union (IUCN) will provide technical expertise and implement field activities. The Project is the result of an extensive GEF’s Project Development & formulation exercise (PDF-B) during the year 2000- 2004. The project came into effect in January 2008 and was officially launched with the conduction of inception workshop in March 2008.
The project has two major demonstration sites; both included in the Ramsar status, reflecting their unique importance among global wetlands. The Koshi Tappu area, situated in eastern Nepal, covers together with its buffer zones an area of 348,000 ha, whereas the Ghodaghodi Tal Complex in Kailali district in Far Western Nepal covers 2,563 ha. Approximately 150,000 people from over 25,000 households live in project demonstration areas.
The project outcomes are;
- Wetland biodiversity conservation values integrated into national policy and planning framework.
- Strengthened national institutional, technical and economic
capacity and awareness rising for wetland biodiversity conservation and
sustainable use - Enhanced collaborative management on wetland conservation and sustainable livelihoods.
IUCN Nepal
P.O.Box 3923
Kupondole, Lalitpur, Nepal
Tel: (977-1) 5526391
Fax (977-1) 5536786
Email: bhawani@iucn.org.np