Panchase Protected Forest lies in the nine Village Development Committees of Kaski, Parbat and Syangja districts of Western development region. 'Panchase' which literally means 'Five Seats', is the meeting place of 5 peaks. The region has great biological, cultural, and religious diversities and natural beauty as well. It represents an important Middle Mountain’s ecological zone which is less addressed amongst the country's protected area system and is only one corridor linkage of Lowland (Chitwan–Nawalparasi) and of Annapurna Himalaya range.