conservation
Autumn of 2009 has been a busy and productive time for The Mountain Institute’s Asia Regional Office. Their work in mid West Nepal continues to keep them busy, distributing rice and building mountain enterprises. Programmes in eastern Nepal continue to move forward quickly, with the registration of newly formed trans-boundary conservation working groups. TMI's many other new developments...
Ang Nima Sherpa, chairman of Khumbu Alpine Conservation and Restoration Program in the Khumbu region, celebrates a successful year and a time of new beginnings for Khumbu Alpine Conservation Council (KACC). The KACC has continued its commitment to conserving and restoring the fragile mountain ecosystems of the Sagarmatha National Park and Buffer Zone with financial support from The Mountain...
The Mountain Institute (TMI) received a one-year grant from the Tourism Cares for Tomorrow to partially support specific activities of the “Sacred Sites in the Khumbu Region of Nepal” Project in and around Mount Everest (Sagarmatha in local language) which started in September 2007. This final report covers the accomplishment of project activities, covering the period from March...
The Gokyo valley is uninhabited except for the summer transhumance grazing and is noted for its religious significance and sacred pilgrimage sites for centuries. The holy lake known as Gokyo Lake is located in Khumjung VDC-2 of Sagarmatha National Park and Buffer Zone to the north west of Everest. Surveys and reports of occasional trekkers and park people revealed that over the years the Gokyo...
This flyer describes The Mountain Fund's conservation project in the Mera Alpine Zone in Nepal.
The poster is about conserving the biodiversity of the Kanchenjunga landscape and improve local livelihoods in the Kanchenjunga region.
The Upper Arun valley lies on the eastern edge of the Makalu-Barun National Park and Buffer Zone in north east Nepal (Sankhuwasabha District). Locally known as the Bhotkhola, this region was closed to foreign visitors until 2003 and still remains one of the most remote and least visited areas. Travel here is exclusively on foot and involves 6-8 days of strenuous trekking from the...
Alpine zones, or the area between the upper treeline and permanent snowline, are distributed globally and are among the most diverse habitats in the world per unit area. Alpine zones are important as highland water catchments for lowlands, as sources of natural products (e.g.edible and medicinal plants), as pastureland for animal husbandry, and as attractions for ecotourism trade (...
The effective integration of responsible environmental, social and socio-economic practices and principles into the day-to-day operations of a tourism company is a challenge that needs to be addressed with a coherent and integrated approach. The sustainability issues are many, and solutions can be very different depending on the situation.
This manual aims at providing an overview...
Many tourism companies include visits to protected areas, including World Heritage sites, as part of their tourism excursions. These visits could also benefit conservation and site protection, but this requires forging links between parks managers and the tourism industry.
This manual, based on interviews with tourism companies, provides practical guidance on...
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