environment in nepal

The desire to invigorate Nepal’s rural economy through tourism and sustain its lifeline – a pristine, vibrant natural environment – gave rise to NETIF, Nepal Environment and Tourism Initiative Foundation. Founded as a non-governmental organization in 2006, and registered in 2008.

With bases in Kathmandu and Dhulikhel, Nepal, NETIF works with local communities and international specialists to develop and sustain the environment and rural tourism enterprises that will attract tourists to the project area; to develop products that meet the needs of the present tourist market and the people living in the project regions while protecting the environment and enhancing the rural villages and trekking trails which will create unlimited opportunities for the future of rural tourism in Nepal.
NETIF believes that networking and local community involvement is the key to the success of our projects and we facilitate it through all levels of the community, right from the humble villager up to the top of the government ladder and everything in-between, from the National Parks and I/NGO’s to tourism enterprises. By doing this we aim to build a solid infrastructure that can be used as a platform to develop our ideas and as a model that can be used in other regions throughout Nepal as well.