Sustainable land management

As part of our sustainable land management practices, we are currently planning a forestry campaign called “Grow Green”.

Its aim is to control soil erosion and natural disasters. We will work with new and existing coffee farmers to plant trees, particularly sandalwood.

High value, dense timber like sandalwood is well adapted to our cool climate, rainfall, and sunshine. The campaign will also give farmers additional income.

Himshikhar Homestay

Sandalwood, or agarwood, has been used for centuries in Nepal and India, with many cultural, religious, and medicinal values. The oil has a sweet, woody scent and is used in cosmetics, perfumes, and religious ceremonies.

Grow Green will bring shade to the coffee fields, support carbon sequestration, help prevent erosion, improve pollination, and provide a very important habitat for our many wonderful native animals and birds. This is all critical as the much of the world’s treasured forests are at risk.

We want to be part of protecting our forests and giving homes to threatened or nearly threatened birds and animals, including bees. We value species richness and diversity.

Our area used to have soil erosion issues until we started planting more trees and developing a forest. This prompted our campaign to plan for the future and minimise erosion risk.

We are also investing in our local community with the Himshikhar Homestay. This is an authentic accommodation for tourists in a local house for a quick taste of Nepali life and culture. Our homestay will bring jobs and hope to people and their families.

Tourists can visit Shivapuri national park, Okhreni and Chiseni waterfalls, and temples and monasteries like Bishnudwar temple, Bagdwar and Nagi Gumba.

Chisapani and mini-Ilam (Bhotechour) are also popular and short destinations for national and international tourists. On a clear day, they can see Ganesh Himal, a sub-range of the Himalayas on the border with Tibet, and Gangchenpo Himal.