Ghodaghodi’s Guardians: Communities restoring a Ramsar wetland at watershed scale
Key Facts
FUNDING SCHEME Main Project
VALUE £320,931
WHERE Nepal
Summary
This project will begin restoring the ecological integrity of a globally-significant Ramsar wetland – the Ghodaghodi Lake Area in Nepal - to increase well-being and water security whilst protecting biodiversity. Ghodaghodi Lake Area (GLA) is a globally-significant Ramsar wetland with high natural capital and biodiversity, playing a crucial role in enabling conflict-free species movement through the transboundary Western Terai Complex. However, fast-growing tourism, agro-pollution, over-grazing and over-fishing threaten this critical ecosystem. This project will begin restoring GLA’s ecological integrity through community-led, natural capital-based sustainable management. This will increase well-being and water security, while protecting biodiversity and connectivity through sustainable tourism, women-led cooperatives, land-use planning, biological monitoring and Bird Sanctuary declaration.
Comprehensive Ghodaghodi Lake and Tourism Development Board(CGLTDB), Ghodaghodi Municipality (GM), Department of Forests and Soil Conservation, Himalayan Nature
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