1. Terai Arc Landscape

  • Terai Arc Landscape (TAL) program has been initiated from 2001 and jointly implemented by MOFSC and WWF Nepal.
  • It spreads over 49,500 sq km, from Bagmati river in Eastern Nepal to western Yamuna river in India linking 13 transboundary protected areas across Nepal and India.
  • It encompasses 23,129 sq km of 14 districts including 75 percent of the remaining forests of lowland Nepal including Churia hills and 6 protected areas.
  • TAL covers three Ramsar sites and two World Heritage Sites.  TAL was prioritized by HMG/N as a priority program in the 10th Plan (2002-2007).

(Source: http://www.forestrynepal.org/project/38)

2. Sacred Himalayan Landscape

  • It spreads from Langtang National Park of Nepal to Kangchenjunga region of Sikkim and Darjeeling, India to Tursa Strict Nature Reserve, Bhutan.
  • Total area: 39021 sq.km. and its area in Nepal is 28,680 sq.km that covers 18 districts of Nepal.

3. Northern Mountain Landscape

  • WWF Nepal launched the Northern Mountains Conservation Project (NMCP) in 1996 in Shey-Phoksundo National Park (SPNP) in collaboration with the Department of National Park and Wildlife Conservation (DNPWC)
  • It covers Shey-Phoksundo National Park (SPNP), located in remote Dolpa and Mugu districts of Nepal is the largest National Park of Nepal (3,555 km2).
 

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