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Communities in the Himalaya are frontline to climate, environmental, and other shocks: extreme weather, floods, avalanches, landslides, droughts, biodiversity loss, and air pollution.
These risks are already compounding into very serious existing socio-economic vulnerabilities, especially food and water insecurity and high levels of outmigration, and exacerbating gender and social inequalities.
HI-REAP is a nine-year programme, funded by the UK’s Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office, to transform the lives and livelihoods, and reduce exposure to risks, of millions in the region.
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year programme (2022–2031)
Million pound FCDO-funded programme
The programme focusses on supporting locally led action in six key areas to power change:
improve health outcomes and reduce black carbon deposits on cryosphereby scaling solutions to air pollution, including harmonizing regional data
conserve ecosystems and biodiversityby promoting nature-based solutions, especially in the management of rangelands, and promoting bioprospecting businesses
strengthen water securitythrough scaling the nature-based management of mountain fresh-water sources
protect vulnerable communitiesthrough the nature-based reduction of disaster risk
accelerate the meeting of urgent adaptation needsby mobilising climate finance
support policymakers and communities to prepare and adaptby strengthening regional cooperation
The project, which runs from 2022 to 2031, exists as part of a £274 million FCDO-funded programme to reduce exposure to risks and protect the environment across the Indo-Pacific, called Climate Action for a Resilient Asia (CARA). CARA partners include the Asian Development Bank (ADB), World Bank (WB), Met Office, and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
The HI-REAP programme will be implemented in five of the eight Hindu Kush Himalayan countries – Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, and Nepal, with scope for South-South and North-South knowledge exchange and dissemination of learnings.
Springs play a vital role in sustaining mountain communities. This poster presents the findings from a collaborative survey conducted by Roshi Rural Municipality and ICIMOD, with the assistance of community resource persons, aimed at establishing a comprehensive database of springs in the region.
Springs play a vital role in sustaining mountain communities. This poster presents the findings from a collaborative survey conducted by Bethanchowk Rural Municipality and ICIMOD, with the assistance of community resource persons, aimed at establishing a comprehensive database of springs in the region.
The poster talks about our plan on scaling springshed management as a Nature-based Solution in Kavre district, Nepal.
Springs are a lifeline for mountain communities. This poster showcases a map resulting from a collaborative survey conducted by Namobuddha Municipality and ICIMOD to establish a springs database for Namobuddha.
Springshed management is an integrated approach to protect and maintain the hydrogeological system that sustains springs. It addresses water security in the mountains along with multiple benefits and cobenefits for biodiversity and climate change.
Reviving springs and managing springsheds – the areas of land that contribute groundwater to spring – is vital to ensure present and future water security in the HKH. At ICIMOD, we ran a four-day training course in April 2023 on spring revival and springshed management, which brought together local governments and institutions from India and Nepal. In this publication, we present key messages and recommendations from the event for future action.
Springs serve as a vital lifeline for millions of people residing in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH), including the Indian Himalayan region. Spring revival and springshed management are therefore essential to ensure present and future water security in the region. This publication is a compilation of seven success stories on springshed revival shared by paraworkers from Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh.
Surendra Raj Joshi
HI-REAP Coordinator
Sabina Uprety
Programme Officer
Sushmita Kunwar
Communications Officer
For more information, please contact hireap@icimod.org
The Himalayan Resilience Enabling Action Programme (HI-REAP) is funded by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), Government of the United Kingdom under the Climate Action for a Resilient Asia (CARA) programme.
