Recreation planning framework for the Annapurna conservation area : dissertation [Diploma in Parks and Recreation Management, Lincoln College]
1989
Thakali, Shailendra
Since the 1950’s, the Annapurna Area in central Nepal has been the focus of international mountain land recreation. This area is the most popular trekking and mountaineering destination in Nepal. Lack if stringent planning procedures and management actions over four decades has seen no limit to the enormous pressures being placed on local resources. Consequently there has been growth of undesirable social and environmental problems, with subsequent loss of quality of life and recreation experience for local residents and mountain recreationists, respectively. To cope with these problems, His Majesty the King Birendra of Nepal issued directives to the King Mahendra Trust for Nature Conservation (KMTNC) for the harmonious development of tourism and rural development. As a result of these directives, in 1986 the KMTNC, a non-governmental organisation solely committed to conservation in Nepal, joined the government of Nepal to declare conservation status for the Annapurna Area. The idea behind the Annapurna Conservation Area embraces “multiple land” use principles and attempts to encourage maximum local involvement in the decision making process. My dissertation examines a planning framework to integrated mountain land recreation and other non-recreation uses. I discuss the Recreation Opportunity Spectrum (ROS) and Limits of Acceptable Change (LAC) to develop an integrated planning framework for the Annapurna Conservation Area.
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