Some of the Themes to be covered during our 19-day Gokyo/Everest trek include:

• Buffer Zone Management
• Community based inventorying and resource mapping
• Managing Community and Private Forest
• Managing Human Populations
• Managing Livestock Populations
• Improving Education
• Improving Health and Sanitation
• Promoting Alternative Energy
• Ensuring Gender Equity and Equality
• Sagarmatha NP Management
• The Management Plan and the Planning Process
• World Heritage
• Visitor Services Park Interpretation Visitor Centre
• Reforestation Program
• Alternative Energy and Hydro Development
• Sacred Sites (Thame Gompa and other local religious and cultural sites)
• Himalayan Trust - Education, health and village / local infrastructure
• Tourism
• Tourism Management: Issues, Strategies and Activities
• Cultural Heritage Conservation: Issues, Strategies and Activities
• Conserving Architecture and Cultural Sites
• Encouraging Conservation of Tangible and Intangible Cultures
• Scientific Research: Ev-K²-CNR Lobuche Research Station - Stan Stevens Long Term SNP Researcher