"To promote, conserve and manage nature in all its diversity balancing human needs with the environment on a sustainable basis for posterity - ensuring maximum community participation with due cognizance of the linkages between economics, environment and ethics through a process in which people are both the principal actors and beneficiaries."
About NTNC
The National Trust for Nature Conservation (NTNC), previously known as the King Mahendra Trust for Nature
Conservation was established in 1982 by a Legislative Act
as an autonomous, not-for-profit and non-¬government
organization, mandated to work in the field of nature
conservation in Nepal. For over two decades, the Trust has
successfully undertaken over 200 small and large projects on
nature conservation, biodiversity as well as cultural heritage
protection, ecotourism, and sustainable development. The
Trust’s experience over the years has shown that conservation
efforts in low income economies, such as Nepal, cannot be
successful, much less sustainable, unless the needs and welfare
of the local people are addressed. Holistic and integrated
conservation and development programme with active people’s
participation aimed at promoting local guardianship, have
been the focus of all the Trust activities.
Geographically, the Trust’s activities have spread from the
sub-tropical plains of Chitwan, Bardia and Kanchanpur in
the lowlands to the Annapurna and Manaslu regions of the
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high Himalayas, including the Trans-Himalayan regions of
Upper Mustang and Manang. Currently, the projects of the
Trust are divided into three geographical areas - the lowlands,
the mid-hills (Kathmandu valley) and high mountains. The
Trust’s activities in the lowlands are based in and around
the Chitwan National Park, the Bardia National Park and
Suklaphanta Wildlife Reserve located in the central, western
and far-western development regions of Nepal, through
the Biodiversity Conservation Centre (BCC) in Chitwan,
the Bardia Conservation Programme (BCP) in Bardia and
Suklaphanta Conservation Programme (SCP) in Kanchanpur.
Similarly, the Annapurna Conservation Area Project (ACAP)
and the Manaslu Conservation Area Project (MCAP) are two
major protected areas managed by the Trust in the mountain
region. The Central Zoo is the only project of the Trust
in Kathmandu Valley. As a new initiative, the Trust has
established an Energy and Climate Change unit to address
the emerging issues of climate change and renewable energy
technologies.
The National Trust for Nature Conservation (NTNC), previously known as the King Mahendra Trust for Nature
Conservation was established in 1982 by a Legislative Act
as an autonomous, not-for-profit and non-¬government
organization, mandated to work in the field of nature
conservation in Nepal. For over two decades, the Trust has
successfully undertaken over 200 small and large projects on
nature conservation, biodiversity as well as cultural heritage
protection, ecotourism, and sustainable development. The
Trust’s experience over the years has shown that conservation
efforts in low income economies, such as Nepal, cannot be
successful, much less sustainable, unless the needs and welfare
of the local people are addressed. Holistic and integrated
conservation and development programme with active people’s
participation aimed at promoting local guardianship, have
been the focus of all the Trust activities. 
