in total, 47.8% were found strongly agree that lopping of trees was one cause of park-people conflict followed by 23.4% agreed on the same issue. around 30% respondents disagreed on this issue because cutting of trees from reservation area is illegal activity so in some cases, some of the respondents hesitated to disclose such activities also. this issue was also different in district wise. this problem was found high in saptari district than sunsari and udayapur.