Bardia National Park (BNP) is located 400 km west of Kathmandu Valley. Although, NTNC was involved in a number of conservation activities at Bardia since the translocation of rhinos in 1986, the Bardia Conservation Programme (BCP) was launched in 1994 as a regular project. BCP has been focusing its efforts on community plantation, school support, health care, women development, skill enhancement and crop depredation control programme. Working in the buffer zone area of BNP to minimize crop damage by wildlife, for the first time in the country, BCP is experiencing with electric fencing technology in the areas of high impact.

With technical support from the Agriculture University of Norway and in close association with the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation, BCP developed wildlife research projects in BNP, which started from December 1997. The main objective of this research project was to conduct scientific research on prey and predators in BNP. The Norwegian Agency for Development (NORAD) was the major donor for BCP.

The Trust has also undertaken the implementation of five components of the Bardia Integrated Conservation Project (BICP) in 1996 with funding support of the Government of Netherlands through the World Wildlife Fund - Nepal Programme. The five components include sustainable agriculture and forestry, animal husbandry and livestock management, natural forest regeneration, alternative income generation schemes and nature-based tourism. BICP has complemented BCP objectives in many