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Chapter 5

Stories

 

Incentives for ecosystem services

Incentives for ecosystem services

Nepal’s Forest Act (2019) now integrates payment for ecosystem services through a special provision

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Supporting sustainable hydropower development in Nepal

Supporting sustainable hydropower development in Nepal

Complex environmental and social impacts must be researched and understood for sustainability

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Supporting best practices in environmental journalism

Supporting best practices in environmental journalism

Harnessing the power to amplify understanding and promote climate action

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Better prepared for floods

Better prepared for floods

Web-based flood forecasting tool scaled up in Bangladesh

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Climate Services Initiative takes shape

Climate Services Initiative takes shape

Expanding knowledge on and access to climate and weather services

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India’s first State REDD+ Action Plan launched

India’s first State REDD+ Action Plan launched

Mizoram paves the way for strategic forest conservation across the HKH

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Regional Drought Monitoring Outlook System for South Asia launched

Regional Drought Monitoring Outlook System for South Asia launched

Near-real time monitoring of droughts through reliable indicators

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Pakistan’s brick kiln makeover

Pakistan’s brick kiln makeover

A cleaner brick industry brings multiple benefits and helps the country meet its climate targets

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Annual report 2019

Contents

Reflecting together over
the past decade

The strategic focus of our work as an institution over the past ten years has been on increasing impact in the areas of poverty reduction, in resilience building and in enhanced ecosystems services.


CHAPTER 1

Mountain innovations and community practices

Promoting and supporting innovative approaches to address change and build resilience

CHAPTER 2

Knowledge generation and use

Filling knowledge gaps and ensuring communities, government agencies, practitioners, and scientists use new data to drive positive change

CHAPTER 3

Gender and social inclusion

Ensuring that transformative change benefits the most marginalized people

CHAPTER 4

Building the capacity for sustainable mountain development

Amplifying positive change through improved human and institutional capacity

CHAPTER 5

Engaging policy makers

Enhancing the science-policy interface for evidence-based decision making

CHAPTER 6

Facilitating regional cooperation

Bringing countries together to address shared challenges as a platform for knowledge exchange and collaboration

CHAPTER 7

Regional and global outreach

Drawing global attention to the HKH to place mountains on regional and international agenda