Our strategy for the Eastern Himalayas

Boosting civil society

Government institutions and civil society are active in conservation in the Eastern Himalayas, but often lack coordination in their efforts and capacity to effectively preserve biodiversity.

Given this context, our programme aims to strengthen the role of nongovernmental groups and local communities in biodiversity conservation and landscape restoration in this region by using traditional and contemporary land management to link existing protected areas and create reserve networks.

A key approach is to build alliances and coalitions among civil society groups to increase their clout in addressing landscape conservation issues and in influencing national policies in favor of biodiversity conservation.

Measurable targets

Our strategy is underpinned by conservation outcomes—targets against which the success of investments can be measured. These targets are defined at three levels:

• species extinctions avoided,
• areas protected, and
• biodiversity conservation corridors created at the landscape level.