Yangshila Permaculture Learning Grounds was registered in 2014 as a non-profit organization tasked with protecting the biodiversity and indigenous knowledge of the Chure region of eastern Nepal. YPLG is one of the main local implementing partners of KTK-BELT (www.belt-project.org). KTK-BELT and YPLG are working closely with teachers, farmers, youth, and women to create a ‘Vertical University’ that will span from Koshi Tappu Wildlife Sanctuary (67 m.) to Kanchenjunga (8,586 m.), the third tallest peak in the world. The core objective is to give a framework to local farmers to become ‘professors’ of the Vertical University in order to teach their vast indigenous knowledge to the new generation while conserving threatened species and landscapes.