KTK-BELT Project

The nbsp;KTK-BELT project  (www belt-project.org) was formally launched in 2015 as a collaborative platform for farmers, teachers, and youth in eastern Nepal to carry out community-based biodiversity conservation. KTK-BELT, a non-profit organization registered in New York and Nepal, operates from an assumption that local farmers possess deeply embedded place-based knowledge of their environments and, therefore, are in the best position to steward local biodiversity and habitats. To implement, we work through Nepali partners called 'Learning Grounds,' which are non-profit cooperative associations, led by women and minority groups.