Kangchenjunga Conservation Area Project (KCAP) was launched as a joint initiative of Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation (DNPWC) and WWF Nepal in March 1998. After 9 years’ of work ...

Kangchenjunga (8,586m) is the third-highest mountain in the world. Located on the border between Nepal and India, the name means "the five treasures of the great snows," and it has several subpeaks.

WWF Nepal’s engagement in the KCA dates back to 1995, when it first conducted a feasibility study followed by the inception of the Kangchenjunga Conservation Area Project (KCAP) in 1998. It was rolled ...

On Kangchenjunga in 2025, more than half of the permits (15 of 26) went to women, whose presence on the 8,000'ers has vastly increased. However, on Makalu this year, there are 43 men and 11 women.

Mingma Norbu Sherpa, 50, who grew up in the Himalayas near Mount Everest and became a leading voice for conservation in Nepal and Bhutan as an official with the World Wildlife Fund, died Sept. 23 ...

Minister of State for Forests and Soil Conservation, Gopal Rai, handed over the management of the Kangchenjunga Conservation Area (KCA) to the Kangchenjunga Conservation Area Management Council at ...

Kangchenjunga Conservation Area Project (KCAP) was launched as a joint initiative of Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation (DNPWC) and WWF Nepal in March 1998. After 9 years’ of work ...

WWF Nepal’s engagement in the KCA dates back to 1995, when it first conducted a feasibility study followed by the inception of the Kangchenjunga Conservation Area Project (KCAP) in 1998. It was rolled ...