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The MTR rates the project's relevance as Highly Satisfactory and its overall effectiveness and efficiency as Moderately Satisfactory. While the project has successfully engaged local communities and established strong biodiversity baselines, it has faced significant delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic, government restructuring, and legislative bottlenecks regarding the disbursement of grants and revolving funds. Financial disbursement is low, with only 48% of expected costs for the first two years spent. However, the project is rated as 'Likely' for sustainability due to its integration with the broader Terai Arc Landscape (TAL) Program and strong country ownership.

The project aims to promote integrated landscape management (ILM) to conserve globally significant forests and wildlife in Nepal's Terai Arc Landscape (TAL). It addresses barriers such as inadequate cross-sectoral coordination, lack of technical capacity for forest and land management, and increasing human-wildlife conflict. The strategy involves four components: strengthening national and state-level coordination, improving participatory planning for buffer zones and corridors, implementing sustainable forest management and HWC mitigation in the Banke-Bardia complex, and establishing knowledge management and monitoring systems. The project targets the restoration of 4,050 hectares of land and the mitigation of 1,270,919 metric tons of CO2e.

WWF-Nepal and the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation translocated 10 adult gharials from Chitwan National Park to a 17.4-mile stretch of the West Rapti River in Banke National Park. The site was selected for its stable temperatures, sandy banks, and low human activity. The project included an acclimatization period, community awareness campaigns involving 122 participants, and the training of four citizen scientists. Monitoring indicates that at least 5 of the translocated crocodiles have been sighted, aligning with a typical 50% survival rate for such releases in Nepal.