The natural environment and landscape we live today have been constantly impacted by both climatic and anthropogenic threats. Over the past 60 years, humans have changed the ecosystems more rapidly and extensively than in any comparable period of time in the human history, largely to meet growing demands of food, fuel and fibers and further aggravating the extinction rate of rare and high value biodiversity.
In the context of Nepal, the Government of Nepal has taken a number of conservation initiatives such as managing Protected Areas, Landscape Level Conservation, Restoration of corridor and connectivity, Community Forests, Integrated Water Resources and conserving wetlands across the physiographic zones. Similarly, Nepal is a home to a number of rare, endangered and iconic species including Tiger, Rhino, Wild Elephant, Snow Leopard, and Red Panda, has become a popular tourism destinations of the world. With the view to achieve the prosperity, Nepal has been committed to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and status of a middle income country by 2030.
Conservation objectives cannot be achieved without the meaningful participation and involvement of women, Dalit, Madeshi, Indigenous and forest dependent communities as their reliance on the natural resources are high. It is therefore inclusion issue of these marginalized segments of the society is of utmost importance. In addition, natural resources and rich biodiversity are equally under the threats of drivers of deforestation and forest degradations.
In light of addressing these challenges and issues, Worldwide Nature Conservation Nepal (WWN) was established in 2015 by some conservation professionals. The WWN is a conservation initiative of a multidisciplinary team of professionals with over two decades of experience in respective fields. The WWN aims to address above mentioned challenges by building the capacity of local institutions and civil society organization, promoting local and indigenous knowledge systems, provide skill straining, initiate policy dialogue and carry out the research studies on relevant fields.