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CAMPAIGNS
- Campaign Against Tiger Trafficking (CATT)
- Mongoose
- Save Taudaha

AWARDS
- Conservation awards
- Promising student scholarship

PROTECTED AREA

STATUS IN NEPAL

SN	Protected Area	Established Date	Area sq.km	IUCN Category	Remarks
1	Royal Chitwan National Park	1973	932	II	WHS
2	Rara National Park	1976	106	II
3	Sagarmatha National Park	1976	1148	II	WHS
4	Langtang National Park	1976	1710	II
5	Royal Suklaphanta Wildlife Reserve	1976	305	IV
6	Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve	1976	175	IV	Ramsar site
7	Royal Bardia National Park	1984	968	II
8	Shey Phoksundo National Park	1984	3555	II	Proposed WHS
9	Khaptad National Park	1984	225	II
10	Makalu Barun National Park	1991	1500	II
11	Parsa Wildlife Reserve	1984	499	IV
12	Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve	1987	1325	IV
13	Kanchanjungha Conservation Area	1997	2035	VI
14	Annapurna Conservation Area	1992	7629	VI
15	Manaslu Conservation Area	1998	1663	VI
16	Shivpuri National Park	2002	144	II
Total Area			23919

Buffer Zone status

Buffer Zone	Declared Year	Area (sq km)	No. of districts	No. of VDCs	Households
RCNP	1996	750	4	37	36,193
RBNP	1996	328	2	17	11,504
LNP	1998	420	3	34	12,509
Shey-Phok NP	1998	1352	2	11	2,263
MBNP	1999	830	2	12	6,000
SNP	2002	275	1	3	1,288
Total		3955	14	114	69,757