To improve Park-People relationship and foster a strong and lasting partnership between the two to work for sustainable biodiversity conservation and socio-economic development

• Institutionalize Buffer Zone management at the center and field level
• Support Buffer Zone communities in contributing to the conservation of Protected Area resources in partnership with the Park/Reserve staff
• Enhance the capacity of Protected Area staff to work in partnership with the Buffer Zone communities for improved management of Protected Area and Buffer Zone resources
• Mainstream gender, Special Target Groups and the poor
• Support the Ministry of Forests and Soil Conservation in strengthening its institutional capacity for implementing the Nepal Biodiversity Strategy and Nepal Biodiversity Implementation Plan

• Buffer Zone development
• Park management
• Institutional support

• Support the formulation of forward-looking policies and regulatory frameworks
• Institutional development
• Capacity building
• Community capital generation
• Natural resource management
• Livelihood improvement
• Conservation education and outreach
• Park management
• Mainstreaming women, Special Target Groups and the poor