Himalayan Bio Trade Pvt. Ltd (HBTL) founded in 2000, is a natural products processing and marketing company, owned by a consortium of community-based forest enterprises of Nepal. These communities have gained tenure over forest habitat and work to conserve the ecosystem’s unique biodiversity and protect the wildlife, while promoting income-generating initiatives such as HBTL's projects. Thus, HBTL's shareholders are the community members who sustainably manage the Himalayan forests.
HBTL's mission is to produce and market the highest quality natural products ensuring benefits to the rural community groups of Nepal Himalaya. HBTL has been creating employment and income generating opportunities at a local level, while monitoring forest sustainability and addressing social and economical issues. These efforts are helping create reliable supply chains that will benefit local communities for years, while giving customers high quality unique natural products.