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The goal of this integrated initiative is to bring about biodiversity
conservation with the support and participation of the local
communities living in the areas surrounding National Parks and Wildlife
Reserves (Buffer Zones) while simultaneously encouraging development
programmes for improving their livelihoods.
The overall objective of the PCP is to conserve biodiversity in and
around the targeted Parks/Reserves through community mobilization and
programmes that support community forestry, alternative fuel usage,
capacity building and institutionalization of the various community
based organizations. This is aimed at helping to reduce the dependency
of the BZ communities on the natural resources of the Parks/Reserves
and their Buffer Zones. Communities are also being trained in the
management of eco-tourism activities. The mitigation of the Park-people
conflict is, therefore, an integral part of the PCP programme design.
Although Nepal has met with a fair amount of success in conserving
biodiversity with the establishment of the Protected Area system (there
are 16 Protected Areas in total in the country), balancing conservation
and human needs still remains a major challenge. The Buffer Zone
programme was initiated to address this challenge. For this, the
Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation (DNPWC) under
the Ministry of Forests and Soil Conservation (MFSC) piloted the
programme through the Park People Programme (PPP) with the technical
and financial support of UNDP from 1995-2001. The Participatory
Conservation Programme (PCP), implemented since May 2002, is a
follow-up to PPP to institutionalize its achievements. The goal of this
integrated initiative is to bring about biodiversity conservation with
the active support and participation of the Buffer Zone communities
(people living in the areas surrounding with in 7- National Parks and
Wildlife Reserves) and, at the same time, bring about their
socio-economic development. The programme coverage presently
encompasses all the PCP working area VDCs (122) in all 20 programme
districts. PCP's intervention is benefiting more than 90,849 households
and a population of almost 600,000 people.
Mr. Top B. Khatri
National Programme Manager
Participatory Conservation Programme P.O. Box 15113 Babarmahal, Kathmandu Nepal
Tel: 977-1-422 2348, 424 7056
Fax: 977-1-424 7056
Email: pcp@mos.com.np