Arun Valley Sustainable Resource Use and Management Pilot Demonstration Project

Arun Valley being one of the most important mountains areas embodying rich fauna and flora of global significance, can contribute a lot if the natural resources are managed with the proper understanding of social and environmental sustainablility. The proposed project aims to mitigate the major threats to natural resources, especially the forest and water from anthropogenic activities, and design and evolve a pilot management project with locally tested and proven solutions for integrating local community participation in the management of natural resources ( forest, soil and water). The findings will be integrated into the national forest mangement policy for undertaking people's participatory process involving government, local communities and the related NGOs/private sectors with the intent of disseminating this approach to similar areas in the sub-region.