Padampur Resettlement, Chitwan (2003)

As part of an aggressive conservation paradigm, the administration of Royal Chitwan National Park executed a resettlement program to move people from villages inside the park boundaries. This drive displaced over 4,800 households—primarily from the indigenous Tharu and Bote communities—to buffer zones outside their ancestral lands. Studies later confirmed that this relocation resulted in long-term negative socioeconomic consequences, including the loss of traditional livelihoods and cultural erosion.

Joanne Mclean and Steffen Stræde, “Conservation, Relocation, and the Paradigms of Park and People Management--A Case Study of Padampur Villages and the Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal,” Society & Natural Resources 16(6) (July 2003), pp. 509-526, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/249015638_Conservation_Relocation_and_the_Paradigms_of_Park_and_People_Management--A_Case_Study_of_Padampur_Villages_and_the_Royal_Chitwan_National_Park_Nepal

https://ekantipur.com/opinion/2025/01/08/en/park-policy-and-the-agony-of-tribal-displacement-38-04.html

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