Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve and It’s Buffer Zone Management Plan (2074/75 – 2078/79).

This Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve and It’s Buffer Zone Management Plan (2074/75 – 2078/79) is a sectoral policy document at the regional level, covering the period of 2018/19-202/23. The specific objectives are: 1. To safeguard and restore the unique and characteristic wildlife species and habitats of the reserve; 2. To conserve the rare, threatened, endemic and common wildlife species of the reserve; 3. To build and strengthen the capacity of the reserve and buffer zone institutions; 4. To improve livelihood of local communities and enhance their ownership of reserve and buffer zone; 5. To enhance climate resilience of the area with specific focus on local communities and species of significance; 6. To develop biological corridor for wildlife movement; 7. To develop nature based tourism with focused on avitourism.
Management intervention for the core area has been framed on six broad thematic areas: Protection, Habitat Management, Fire Management, Wildlife Health Management, Encroachment Management, and Climate Change Adaptation. Species conservation program particularly focuses on the following species: Wild Water Buffaloes, Dolphin, Fishing Cat, Bengal Florican, Swamp Francolin, Turtle and Crocodile.