A Registered Charity (No. 818/056/57) with Government of Nepal

Raptors at Risk

A recent status assessment has shown 18% of raptor species in the world are on the verge of extinction and additional 52% species are declining.
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Climate Change

The Himalaya is one of the world’s most sensitive hotspots to global climate change with impacts manifesting at a particularly rapid rate. Climate change is now emerging as the biggest threat to biodiversity loss.
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Biodiversity Conservation

Natural ecosystem is facing immense pressure due to human activities that results biodiversity loss. Loss of biodiversity resulting scarcity of resources, therefore it is important to save all forms of life on the Earth and their well-being.
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Livelihood Support

Community livelihood is deeply connected with the nature. Education and awareness alone are not sufficient if a community is struggling to survive. Therefore, conservation of nature and biodiversity can be achieved more easily through the sharing of conservation benefits to the impoverished community.
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Fresh Water Ecosystem

Freshwater ecosystems have suffered catastrophic declines in biodiversity. Habitat loss, overexploitation and infectious diseases are recognized drivers of aquatic biodiversity decline.
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Green Economy

We are supporting to conserve the important wildlife species and their natural habitat through engaging the communities, supporting the livelihood of indigenous and marginalised communities. Among several methods of livelihood improvement of communities, support to establish or run a homestay business is a major one.
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Welcome to
Himalayan Nature

Founded in 2000, Himalayan Nature is a development and conservation research institute, working for sustainable livelihoods of Himalayan communities as well as initiating scientific research on Himalayan biodiversity and the broader environment. It is an independent, not-for-profit organization actively working on emerging issues related to the development and conservation of natural resources, and sustainable livelihoods of people in the Himalayan region. Himalayan Nature is a science-based organization and takes an independent view of livelihood options provided to local communities and biodiversity conservation issues. We provide sound advice on aspects of social development and environmental management to government authorities and other concerned agencies. Periodically, we release statements to help improve awareness among the public and policy makers on the sustainable livelihood issues and environmental challenges.

WORKING WITH US BY HELPING & DONATION

Himalayan Nature fosters young volunteers from all over the world to work on various projects in the region. If you are interested to work under the programme areas we have set or if you have expertise to share, please write to us in our normal email address with your cv. Depending upon your interest and field of expertise we may be able to help you on this. Should you wish to support us by giving donations please write us or send cheque payable to Himalayan Nature.

Nepal Raptor Conservation Program

Raptors are an effective indicator of ecosystem health, >50% raptor species in Nepal are nationally threatened - mainly due to anthropogenic activities.

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Sustainable Tourism - Green Economy for Livelihood

Himalayan Nature and ZSL-Nepal Program has been supporting the government of Nepal to conserve the important wildlife species and their natural habitat through engaging the communities, supporting livelihood of indigenous and marginalised communities

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