LACCoS's functioning sectors are guided by its preamble, but it is flexible to extend its operational area to incorporate issue-based interventions for addressing current changing scenarios as well as conservation needs. The spatial focus or scope falls within but is not limited to Langtang National Park and its periphery. LACCoS has adopted multidisciplinary approaches in addressing the research and developmental needs of the region.
Here are the specific sectors and their activities:
Sustainable Conservation Programmes
- Establishment and Management of Langtang Region Tourism Information Centre.
- Safe drinking water and sanitation programs in remote villages of Rasuwa.
- Organization and management of regional level Red Panda Trophy- a sports event every wildlife week.
- Solar light distribution in the nomadic/yak herders’ community and promote alternative engery.
- Gosainkunda Lake waste management activities during the religious fair
Issue-based Awareness
- Celebration of significant events and occasions such as World Environment Day, Biodiversity Day, Wetland Day, and AIDS Day involving local stakeholders at the community level.
- Establishment of different Message Boards related to species conservation and biodiversity management.
- Annual publication and distribution of the Red Panda calendar.
- Biodiversity Information Board establishment in different places.
- Gosainkunda Corner - a small information centre established in the Lake Gosainkunda region.
- Conducting school-based environment awareness programmes.
Capacity Building:
- Hazard management training for the locals.
- Climate change mitigation and adaptation training.
- Sustainable forest management training, workshops and skill development training for the local marginalized/labourers.
- Counselling and advocacy at the community level.
- Construction of a Temporary Learning Centre (TLC) and upgrading for supporting the education sector.
Livelihood Supporting Programs:
- Swertia chiraita (Chiraito) and other NTFP promotion activities.
- Multipurpose nursery management and promotion.
- Emergency response and relief materials distribution (food, medicine, clothes, tents).
- Promoting Red Panda Trail, Eco-tourism, Eco-farming and many nature-based activities.
Research and Development:
- Climate change, disaster risks and vulnerability analysis at the micro-watershed level.
- Forest inventory and status study.
- Developed cityzen scientist for Red Panda and willife conservation.
- Solid waste management study
Working Approach
LACCoS works with a multi-stakeholder partnership approach, with financial and technical support from its partner organizations. The organization works as a facilitator to promote good governance, advocacy, health and sanitation, climate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction, and biodiversity conservation among community groups. LACCoS also supports building leadership capacity in women, and socially underprivileged and vulnerable groups, including the poor, Dalit, and janjati.
Specifically, LACCoS:
- Works with a multi-stakeholder partnership approach: This means that LACCoS works with a variety of partners, including government agencies, local communities, and international organizations. This approach allows LACCoS to leverage the strengths of each partner and to achieve its goals more effectively.
- Works as a facilitator: LACCoS does not simply implement projects on its own. Instead, the organization works to facilitate the participation of community groups in the planning, implementation, and monitoring of projects. This approach helps to ensure that projects are relevant to the needs of the community and that they are sustainable.
- Promotes good governance, advocacy, health and sanitation, climate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction, and biodiversity conservation: LACCoS works to promote these issues through a variety of activities, including training, workshops, and advocacy campaigns. The organization also works to build the capacity of community groups to address these issues themselves.
- Supports building leadership capacity in women, and socially underprivileged and vulnerable groups: LACCoS believes that it is important to empower women and other marginalized groups. The organization does this by providing training, opportunities for leadership, and support for advocacy.
