Pipar Pheasant Conservation Landscape (PPCL) is a community-centered conservation landscape in the mid-hills of Nepal, established to conserve globally important pheasant species and their habitats while strengthening local stewardship, livelihoods, and nature-based tourism. Rather than functioning as a governing body or protected area, PPCL provides a collaborative conservation framework that brings together local communities, conservation organizations, researchers, and government stakeholders.

The landscape supports several iconic Himalayan pheasants, including the Himalayan Monal, Satyr Tragopan, Blood Pheasant, Kalij, Koklass Pheasant, and Hill Partridge, along with more than 200 recorded bird species. Its forests and surrounding habitats also provide refuge for mammals such as Clouded Leopard, Common Leopard, Himalayan Black Bear, Himalayan Tahr, Serow, Goral, and Barking Deer.

BIOCOS-Nepal works in PPCL through research, biodiversity monitoring, community engagement, conservation education, patrols, and ecotourism initiatives. Activities such as the Pipar Bird Trail, conservation workshops, school and teachers programs, and community-based monitoring help connect biodiversity conservation with local knowledge and economic opportunities.

At its core, PPCL follows a “species-to-landscape” conservation approach: using pheasants as flagship species to generate conservation interest and resources while protecting the broader forest ecosystem and the many species and communities that depend on it.