WWF awarded $30 million to work in Nepal
Aug 22nd, 2011 by wwftravel
Red panda courtesy Nepal Tourism
WWF was awarded its largest-ever grant for work in one country — a $30 million grant from USAID for implementation of a conservation program in Nepal.
The overall goal of the program, which is titled “Hariyo Ban Nepal ko Dhan” (“Green forests; wealth of Nepal”) is to reduce adverse impacts of climate change and threats to biodiversity in the landlocked Asian nation. This will be achieved through three linked areas of work: biodiversity conservation, sustainable landscapes, and climate adaptation.
WWF will lead a consortium that consists of our close partner and collaborator, CARE, as well as two important local non-government organizations — the National Trust for Nature Conservation (NTNC) and the Federation of Community Forest Users Group Nepal (FECOFUN). The program will last 5 years and will be focused on two landscapes in Nepal – the low-lying east-west Terai Arc Landscape (TAL) in southern Nepal and the north-south Chitwan-Annapurna Landscape (CHAL), running from the high Himalayas to the Terai.
This award is yet another testimony to our strong conservation leadership in Nepal and recognition of the results we have delivered there since 1967.
WWF Travel will offer a tour to Bhutan and Nepal in spring 2013. Email us and we’ll send you more information as soon as it’s available. Learn more about our work in the Himalayas (including Bhutan and Nepal).