Biodiversity Conservation Centre (BCC), previously known as Nepal Conservation Research and Training Centre (NCRTC) was established in 1989, on the fringes of the Chitwan National Park at Sauraha to assist the biological research and monitoring functions of the Trust. BCC is one of the flagship programme of the National Trust for Nature Conservation.

The main objective of BCC is to aid in conservation and management of the natural resources with the active participation of the stakeholders of the community. Centre is involved in wildlife research and monitoring together with developing trained manpower for the natural resource management sector. Since, most of the community residents rely on the forest for income and energy, BCC has been working towards reducing the community's dependency on natural resources by providing alternative source of energy and providing various training on income generating activities and promoting local guardianship towards endangered species and their habitats. This has helped in minimizing the existing conflicts between the park and the local people. BCC has also been developed as a centre for providing various types of training to enhance the managerial capacity of staff involved in protected area management of the country.