Banke National Park and its Buffer Zone Management Plan 2075/76-2079/80 (2018/19-2022/23).

The specific objectives of the Banke National Park and its Buffer Zone Management Plan 2075/76-2079/80 (2018/19-2022/23) are: 1. To protect and conserve biological diversity of the Park with special focus on protected wildlife species; 2. To manage and enhance habitat of both predator and prey base species thereby maintaining healthy ecosystem of terai and churia region; 3. To promote tourism in the Park and Buffer Zoon through tourism infrastructure development and local culture conservation; 4. To intensify local communities’ engagement in biodiversity conservation through conservation awareness raising, climate adaptation, minimizing human-wildlife conflict and improving social and economic well-being of local people; and 5. To strengthen institutional capacity to carry out integrated conservation and development activities through research, training and cooperation among stakeholders.
The Park will emphasize on conservation of biological diversity through improvement and management of wildlife habitat involving local communities in participatory manner. The Plan seeks to achieve the above-mentioned objectives through specific interventions in park protection, habitat management, species conservation, fire control, encroachment control, research-monitoring and capacity building, climate change adaptation and buffer zoon management.