Chitwan - Buffer Zone

303694 WDPA ID
750.0 km² Reported Area

Type Terrestrial and Inland Waters Protected Areas

Location Nepal

Attributes

  • Original Name चितवन मध्यवर्ती क्षेत्र
  • English Designation National Park - Buffer Zone
  • IUCN Management Category VI
  • Status Designated
  • Type of Designation National
  • Status Year 1996
  • Sublocation
  • Governance Type Federal or national ministry or agency
  • Management Authority Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation (DNPWC)
  • Management Plan Not Reported
  • International Criteria Not Applicable

Management Effectiveness Evaluations

  • Enhancing Our Heritage 2007, 2003
  • RAPPAM 2002

Affiliations

No information available

Sources (1)

  1. Protected Areas of Nepal Updated: 2014 Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation (DNPCWC), Ministry of Forests and Soil Conservation, Nepal

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citation

UNEP-WCMC (2024). Protected Area Profile for Chitwan - Buffer Zone from the World Database on Protected Areas, December 2024. Available at: www.protectedplanet.net