Banke's Eco-tourism Plan

Nepal is blessed to have a significant portion of its land covered with forests – at 44 per cent and counting. That we've succeeded in significantly growing this green cover amid alarming levels of deforestation in many parts of the world has brought an abiding sense of pride to all Nepalis. In a rapidly warming world where extreme weather events – like heat waves – have become increasingly common and dangerously frequent, forests are hailed as one of the most effective solutions to stop climate change and one of the best defenses against its devastating impacts. And without our protected areas in the forms of national parks and wildlife reserves, which house a variety of forests alongside untold number of wildlife and birds, this wouldn't have happened.