The Kanchanjunga Conservation Area (KCA) with a zone of 1,650 km settle outstanding balances for about 65 percent of the whole land region of Taplejung District. Kanchenjunga is the third most elevated mountain on the planet, circumscribing Sikkim in India, the Tibetan Autonomous Region of China and east Nepal. Since KCA is situate due north of Bay of Bangal , KCA gets more precipitation from the late spring storm than different pieces of Nepal. These climatic conditions, joined with steep rise angles, bolster high biodiversity. Studies demonstrate that there are in any event 2,500 types of blossoming plants, and a few jeopardized natural life species.

The social decent variety inside Kanchanjunga Conservation Area is similarly noteworthy as it contains various socially huge milestones, including hundreds of years old religious communities (gompa) and destinations of Hindu journey. Limbu, the biggest ethnic populace along with the Gurung, Rai, Brahmins and Chhetris just as Tibetan displaced people, occupy the three waterway valleys – Tamur, Ghunsa and Sibuwa. A greater part of the populace are subject to farming and animals. Reaping of woodland assets contribute a lot to their means. It is assess that practically 75% of the family units in the Conservation Area face food shortage consistently.