Strategy and Action Plan 2015-2025, Terai Arc Landscape, Nepal.

The overall goal of the Strategy and Action Plan 2015-2025 for Terai Arc Landscape (TAL) is to conserve the ecosystems of the Terai and Churia hills in order to ensure integrity of ecological, economic, and sociocultural systems and communities.
To achieve the TAL goal and its outcomes, 16 strategies—each with specific strategic actions—have been identified. These strategies fall under three thematic areas based on species and ecosystem conservation, forests and land management, and the socio-economic well-being of the TAL communities.
Species and ecosystem targets for 2025 are: 1. management and conservation of at least two meta-populations of each focal species (tiger, rhinoceros, swamp deer, wild water buffalo, gharial) and restoration of the historical large mammal assemblage in Chitwan National Park (NP); 2. conservation of ecologically and demographically viable populations of the focal bird species (vultures, hornbills, floricans, cranes, and lesser adjutant stork); 3. promotion and establishment of community based species conservation areas; 4. conservation of viable populations of gharial, mugger, and Gangetic river dolphins; 5. conservation of rare plant and tree species, especially bijaysal and satisal in their original ranges; 6. conservation of: critical ecosystems including: grasslands and wetlands in and around core areas; climate refugia; and critical corridors. Forest and other land use management targets for 2025 are: 1. conservation of representative forests of the Terai Duar Savanna and Grasslands in critical corridors and buffer zones; 2. reduction in forest loss and enhancement of forest productivity; 3. restoration and conservation of forests, including climate refugia in Churia watersheds; 4. institutionalization of forest based entrepreneurship; 5. sustainable management of agricultural lands. Socio economic targets for 2025 are: 1. functioning mechanism to benefit buffer zone and corridor communities through access to essential forest and river resources; 2. benefits to communities from sustained water availability for their socio-economic well-being, within the constraints of climate change; 3. sustainable and climate-smart economic development.