Addressing the inaugural session of the workshop, Peter Shadie, Program Coordinator, IUCN, Asia Regional Office, said, “The need for a whole of landscape approach in managing fragile mountain ecosystems has never been greater. The delicate balance between nature and humans in the HKKH region is under increasing pressure from land use change, fragmentation, development and climate change.”
A press release issued by IUCN Nepal quoted him as saying that in spite of these threats there are solutions at hand. The HKKH partnership project has illustrated how these complex systems interact and what tools we can use to make better choices for a more sustainable future.
Experts and practitioners from government agencies, academia, INGOs/NGOs engaged in the management of mountain ecosystem or natural resources management from Nepal, India, Pakistan, Bhutan, China, Afghanistan, Burma and Bangladesh are participating in the workshop.
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