Empowering Communities, Sustaining Nature, Transforming Livelihoods.
NGO Network Tanahun connects community institutions, local governments, and development partners to lead sustainable natural resource management, climate resilience, and inclusive development across Nepal.
Chitwan-Annapurna Landscape (CHAL) Conservation
29 Active CBAPU Units • 26 km Firelines
Years of Service
Est. 1996 / 2053 B.S.
Community Forests
CFUGs Mobilized
Clean Cookstoves
Smoke-Free Homes
Trail Bridges
Critical Access Built
Eco Clubs & CBAPUs
Youth Guardians
Rooted in Community Forestry, Driven by Grassroots Action
NGO Network Tanahun is a registered, non-profit, rights-based non-governmental organization rooted in Damauli, Tanahun. We serve as a vital bridge between civil society, community forest user groups (CFUGs), grassroots cooperatives, local authorities, and international conservation agencies.
By combining practical social mobilization with sustainable natural resource management, we turn shared conservation and development priorities into community-owned action across the Gandaki River Basin and the Chitwan-Annapurna Landscape (CHAL).
Integrated Approaches to Landscape & Human Well-being
Our strategic interventions are anchored across four core pillars designed to withstand climate shocks and empower marginalized mountain families.
Climate Adaptation & Biodiversity Conservation
Mobilizing community forest user groups for watershed restoration, anti-poaching patrolling, traditional pond revival, and mitigating human-wildlife encounters.
29 CBAPUs • 26 km Firelines • 50+ ha Reclaimed
Sustainable Livelihoods & Green Enterprise
Fostering economic self-reliance through smallholder dairy chilling centers, low-interest cooperative revolving funds, and women-led cottage industries.
NPR 3.8M+ Revolving Fund • 3 Chilling Centers
Child Rights & Environmental Education
Nurturing young changemakers through student-led school Eco Clubs, participatory group learning, non-formal education, and regional radio advocacy.
19 School Eco Clubs • 18 Radio Broadcasts
Rural Access & Trail Bridge Infrastructure
Bridging physical barriers with 38 pedestrian suspension trail bridges, drinking water cisterns, gravity ropeways, and protective river embankment spurs.
38 Trail Bridges • 43 Check-Dykes • 4200+ Daily Users
Impact on the Ground in Tanahun
Biodiversity Conservation & Watershed Restoration (Hariyo Ban I)
Integrated watershed management, anti-poaching team formation, water catchment restoration, and household smoke eradication across Sukaura.
Community-Based Anti-Poaching & Wildlife Protection (CBAPU)
Youth and grassroots-led patrolling teams eradicating transit poaching, pangolin trafficking, illegal electro-fishing, and forest wildfires.
Rural Access, Trail Bridges & Soil Conservation
Constructed 38 pedestrian suspension trail bridges across turbulent mountain river ravines and stone-gabion check walls along flood plains.
Lives Transformed Across Tanahun
First-person accounts from community forest leaders, smallholder farmers, and women entrepreneurs who turn conservation investments into lasting household resilience.
Surendra Giri
Returnee Migrant & Commercial Livestock Farmer
“After receiving seed capital from the revolving fund and training in commercial livestock, I left my foreign employment in the Gulf to return to Tanahun. Today, my commercial goat and pig farm generates more than NPR 80,000 every month. Our community forest sustains our livelihoods—we now protect it like our own family.”
Past & Present Development Partners
Collaborating with national and global development champions to deliver measurable impact.