The project, implemented under The Himalaya Initiative, aims to study the prospective biodiversity corridors between four protected areas in the districts of Darjeeling and Kalimpong, part of the Eastern Himalaya biodiversity hotspot. It involves assessing the diversity of mammals, birds, butterflies, amphibians, reptiles and trees in the areas falling between these PAs. These areas are heterogeneous in their land use and land cover patterns, with tea and cinchona plantations, rural subsistence farming communities, tourist hotspots and reserve forests being the primary categories.