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.