Ghodaghodi’s Guardians: Communities restoring a Ramsar wetland at watershed scale
Ghodaghodi Lake Area’s (GLA’s) globally-significant wetland-biodiversity and its critical connectivity in the Western Terai Complex (WTC) constitutes local communities’ natural capital.This project will develop and implement community-led natural capital-based management plans, which benefit livelihoods; secure and prioritise GLA’s upstream watershed and conservation; implement sustainable tourism management; and conduct biological monitoring. This will protect GLA and provide a model for expansion.
USD 0 budget·USD 439K disbursed·Zoological Society of London implementer·Nepal location·Apr 1, 2019 – Mar 31, 2022 timeline
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About this project
Ghodaghodi Lake Area’s (GLA’s) globally-significant wetland-biodiversity and its critical connectivity in the Western Terai Complex (WTC) constitutes local communities’ natural capital.This project will develop and implement community-led natural capital-based management plans, which benefit livelihoods; secure and prioritise GLA’s upstream watershed and conservation; implement sustainable tourism management; and conduct biological monitoring. This will protect GLA and provide a model for expansion.