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Kailash Sacred Landscape Conservation and

Development Initiative (2012–2017)

Annual Progress Report 2016

Submitted to Programme Steering Committee Kailash Sacred Landscape Conservation and Development Initiative

Department for International Development (DFID) UK Aid and German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)

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The contents, views, and interpretations in this publication are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of ICIMOD and do not imply the expression of any opinion concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries, or the endorsement of any product. The report builds on the progress reports submitted by direct partners of KSLCDI from China, India and Nepal.

ICIMOD gratefully acknowledges the support of its core donors: the Governments of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India,

Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Australia, Austria, Norway, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.

Lead AuthorsRajan Kotru, Swapnil Chaudhari

Coordinating Lead Authors Eileen Lemke, Martin Müeller, Rachana Chettri, Sunayana Basnet, Serena Amatya

Contributing Authors Abhimanyu Pandey, Anu Joshi Shrestha, Binaya Pasakhala, Corinna Wallrapp, Fu Yao, Janita Gurung, Kamal Aryal, Kamala Gurung, Laxmi Dutt Bhatta, Nawraj Pradhan, Neha Bisht, Srijana Joshi, Tashi Dorji, Ujala Rajbhandari, Vishwas Chitale, Yi Shoaliang

ReviewFarid Ahmad

Editor Christopher Butler Rachana Chettri

Design and LayoutPunam Pradhan

Photos Abhimanyu Pandey, Eileen Lemke, Jitendra Bajracharya and Kunming Institute of Botany (KIB)

www.icimod.org/ksl

CitationKotru, R., Chaudhari, S., Lemke, E., Mueller, M., Chettri, R., Basnet, S., … Shaoliang, Y. (2017). Kailash Sacred Landscape conservation and Development Initiative (2012–2017) Annual Progress Report 2016 (p. 101). Kathmandu: ICIMOD.

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Contents

Acronyms and Abbreviations iii

Executive Summary v

1. Introduction 1

2. Key Achievements and Programme Progress 3

Progress Towards Impact Indicators 3

3. Key Achievements and Overall Progress against Outcome 7

Progress towards Outcome Indicators 7

Programme Reach 8

Policy Influencing 9

4. Key Achievements and Overall Progress against Output 11

4.1. Component 1: Innovative Livelihoods and Adaptation to Change 11 Overall Progress 11 Value Chain Activities 13 Water and Energy Resources 14 Heritage Protection and Tourism 15 Component-specific Lessons Learnt 16

4.2. Component 2: Ecosystem Management for Sustaining Services 17 Overall Progress 17 Action Research Plans 17 Community-based Resource Management Plans Developed and Implementation Supported 19 Component-specific Lessons Learnt 21

4.3. Component 3: Access and Benefit (ABS) Sharing of Bio-resources 23 Traditional Knowledge System on Biodiversity Resources 23 Documentation of Community Rights and Benefit Sharing from Biological Resources and Institutional Capacities on the ABS Mechanism 24 Component-specific Lessons Learnt 24

4.4. Component 4: Long-term Environmental and Socio-ecological Monitoring 27

Overall Progress 27

Conservation Strategy Plans Operationalized, and Implementation in Each Pilot Site Supported 27

Long-term Environmental and Socio-ecological Monitoring 29

Capacity of Institutions built for CEMP Implementation and Information Management 29

Component-specific Lessons Learnt 30

4.5. Regional Cooperation and Enabling policies, Knowledge Management 31

National and Local Policy Forums made Functional 31

Regional Platform and Exchange Facilitated 31

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Knowledge Management and Communication Facilitated 33

Work on Sacredness in KSLCDI in 2016 33

Progress of nominating KSL as a UNESCO World Heritage Site 34

Gender and Governance 34

Strengthening ICIMOD and Partner Capacities 34

Exposure visit to KSL India 35

Entrepreneurship Training 35

Others 35

5. Private Sector Engagement 36

6. Regional Knowledge Management and Communication Strategy 37

Awareness Raising and Capacity Building for Community Members 37

7. Evaluation and impact orientation 40

8. Partnership Management 41

9. Programme Management Unit (PMU) at ICIMOD 43

Lessons learnt 44

10. Key Challenges, Risk Assessment and Mitigation Measures 45

Key Challenges 45

Risk and Mitigation Measures 45

11. Major Deviations from the 2016 Plan 47

12. Overview of Finance 48

Fund Utilization 48

Strategy Incorporated for Better Financial Management 49

13. Lessons Contributed at the Programme Level 50

Annexes

Annex I: Kailash Sacred Landscape Information System (Geoportal Status) 51

Annex II: GIZ Log frame Indicator Status as of December 2016 53

Annex III: Action Matrix on the Status of GIZ mid Term Review Recommendations 66

Annex IV: KSLCDI ICIMOD Event Lists 2016 71

Annex V: ICIMOD Publications Statistics 83

Annex VI: KSLCDI Media Coverage for the year 2016 87

Annex VII: DFID-SAWG Log frame Progress (October-December 2016) 91

Annex VIII: Reach from Partner Events in China, India, Nepal 99

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Acronyms and Abbreviations

ABS: Access and Benefit Sharing ACAP: Annapurna Conservation Area Project ACWADAM: Advanced Centre for Water Resources Development and ManagementANCA: Api Nampa Conservation Area BCP: Biocultural Community ProtocolBGS: British Geological SocietyBMC: Biodiversity Management Committee BMZ: Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and DevelopmentBPL: Below Poverty Level CBD: Convention on Biological Diversity CoP: Conference of the PartiesCBR: Community Biodiversity Register CDI: Centre for Development InnovationCDO: Chief Development Officer CEMP: Comprehensive Environmental Monitoring PlanCES: Cultural Ecosystem Services CF: Community Forest CFUG: Community Forest User Group CHEA: Central Himalayan Environment AssociationCIB: Chengdu Institute of Biology CITES: The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and FaunaCLTS: Community Led Total Sanitation CS: Conservation Strategy DFID: The Department for International DevelopmentDFO: District Forest Officer EM: Environment Management ES: Ecosystem Services FECOFUN: The Federation of Community Forestry Users NepalFYP: Five Year Plan GBPNIHESD: G.B. Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment & Sustainable DevelopmentGDP: Gross Domestic Product GIS: Geographic Information System GIZ: Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale ZusammenarbeitGLORIA: Global Observation Research Initiative in Alpine environmentsHKH: Hindu Kush HimalayaIAH: International Association of HydrogeologyICI: India China Institute ICIMOD: International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development IGSNRR: The Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research IHR: Indian Himalayan Region IUCN: International Union for Conservation of NatureJICA: Japan International Cooperation AgencyKIB: Kunming Institute of Botany KL: Kangchenjunga Landscape KMC: Knowledge Management and CommunicationKSL: Kailash Sacred Landscape

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KSLCDI: Kailash Sacred Landscape Conservation and Development Initiative KSLIS: Kailash Sacred Landscape Information SystemLTESM: Long-Term Environmental and Socio-ecological MonitoringLULC: Land Use Land Cover MAP: Medicinal and Aromatic Plants MEA: Millennium Ecosystem Assessment MGNREGA Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee ActMTR: Mid-term Review NABARD: National Bank for Agriculture & Rural Development NBSAP: National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan NCC: National Coordination Committee NDVI: Normalised Difference Vegetation Index NGO: Non-government Organisation NITI: National Institution for Transforming India NM-SHE: National Mission for Sustaining the Himalayan Ecosystems NPP: Net Primary Productivity NRMP: Natural Resources Management PlanNSFC: National Science Foundation China PBR: People’s Biodiversity Register PES: Payment for Ecosystem Services PMU: Programme Management Unit PNRM: Participatory Natural Resources Management PSC: Programme Steering Committee RCF: Regional Cooperation Framework RCKM: Regional Cooperation and Knowledge Management RECAST: Research Centre for Applied Science and Technology RET: Rare endangered and Threatened species RML: Reuters Market Lights SAARC: South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation SABHA: SAARC Business Association for Home Based WorkersSANDEE: The South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics SAWG: South-Asia Water Governance SDG’s: sustainable Development Goals SSM: Springshed Management SWOT: Strength, Weakness, Opportunities and Threats TAAAS: Tibet Academy of Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Sciences TAR: Tibetan Autonomous Region of China TIST: Tibet International Sports Travel TK: Traditional Knowledge TUM: Technical University of Munich UK: United Kingdom UN: United Nations UNEP-WCMC: United Nation Environment Programme- World Conservation Monitoring CentreUNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural OrganizationUNFCCC-GLF: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change- Global Landscapes Forum USA: United States of America VDC: Village Development Committee VIPKAS: Vivekananda Parvatiya Krishi Anusandhan SansthanWHS: World Heritage Site WII: Wildlife Institute of India WL: Wildlife YG: Yarsagumba

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Executive Summary

Context of Kailash Sacred Landscape Conservation and Development Initiative

Global Landscapes Forum (2016) at UNFCCC deliberates annually on the learning from successful models of sustainable landscapes and refers to the tested solutions to achieve international commitments such as set in Paris Agreement, SDG’s 2030 and CBD — from climate projects that deliver co-benefits for communities, or safeguard ecosystem services through regional commitments to large-scale restoration of degraded lands at scale. Therefore, in today’s context, “Landscape approach” seek to provide tools and concepts for allocating and managing land to achieve social, economic, and environmental objectives in areas where productive multiple land uses compete with environmental and biodiversity goals. With the implementation of Transboundary Landscapes concept at ICIMOD, inter alia, through Kailash Sacred Landscape Conservation and Development Initiative (KSLCDI) in the long term it is aimed that Kailash Sacred Landscape (KSL) is established, protected and its sustainable use and management is ensured through local communities. In turn, the achievement of the above long term goal rests on the outcome that livelihoods and ecosystems management are improved in a sustainable and equitable manner in selected areas of the KSL Region. As a collaborative initiative Kailash Sacred Landscape (KSL), represents a unique ‘transboundary cooperation’ that applies a ‘Framework for Trans-Himalayan Transect and Landscape Approach’ and lends importance to sacred sites and preservation and management of bio-cultural diversity. It is implemented in China, India, and Nepal, and is facilitated by ICIMOD (funded by DFID-UKaid and BMZ through GIZ). The programme is now in the last year of its first implementation phase (2012-2017) and in advanced stage of concluding its learning.

Overall progress:

Since the signing of Regional Cooperation Framework (RCF) in 2012, and installing of a regionally functional overarching governance mechanism through a Programme Steering Committee (PSC) ownership by participating countries is manifested with the designated focal ministries. The overall focus in 2016 centered on consolidation of datasets and applied knowledge in to learning, making partners engage with existing planning and delivery systems, and finally explore and connect local set of interventions based on community priorities and scientific knowledge, to public and private investments wherever applicable. The progress in 2016 can be gauzed by the fact that KSL has now second time featured in the UN Secretary General’s SMD report for its focus in bringing Regional Cooperation and building partnerships through transboundary Cooperation between China, India and Nepal. The Centrepiece to this overarching global attention has been the convergence of achieved outputs across three countries bringing a “Sense of Transboundaryness at Policy, Practice and Science Domains”.

Contribution to Policy Influencing:

In this context, a targeted local stakeholder analysis in KSL India and Nepal and identification of strategic institutions in China, has triggered a Consultative Dialogue to discuss the different dimensions of nominating serial sites in Kailash Sacred Landscape as a proposed transnational “Mixed World Heritage Sites” or country level nomination. The engagement with and inputs to High-Segment level related CBD Focal Points (Bhutan, India and Nepal) and joint organisation of several targeted side events on mountains with Carpathian, Alpine and Andes Focal institutions at CBD-CoP, UNFCCC-GLF and World Mountain Forum have shown new ways of influencing global landscapes and biodiversity conservation agenda through focused regional cooperation. Nepal Government acknowledged KSLCDI in CITES event at CBD as a best example of transboundary cooperation clearly showing the national ownership. As a result, KSLCDI was invited by Nepal Government during Ministerial quarterly meeting among all programmes in Nepal to highlight process, approach and success stories of the KSLCDI programme. The proactive way of influencing policy and practice is achieved by contributing to strategic forums/documents at country levels (e.g. National Wildlife Action Plan and New Forest Policy Stakeholder Discussion, Interface of learning with Niti Ayog in India).

KSL learning has been contributed for improving national guidelines for Yarsagumba management across Nepal and for sustainable harvesting in KSL India, Uttarakhand State. The advanced implementation of CBD Agenda

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(e.g. Nagoya protocol) in KSL India and adopted capacity building packages and tools for capturing traditional knowledge have found uptake in KSL China and Nepal through cross-exchange of learning between KSL countries. A major decision was taken in the annual meeting on bilateral cooperation (Agenda Point 3) between Government of Nepal and TAR-China providing KSLCDI a clear space to support transboundary tourism.

Sharpening Practices

A wide range of transboundary scale adoption of common frameworks, methodologies, on-demand-manuals and outputs achieved so far have provided a solid evidence that there are win-wins in transboundary cooperation, which can be uptaken to regional scale of HKH. The output of Kailash Regional Brand “Kailash Truly sacred“ shared among China, India and Nepal partners is now being jointly owned by private entities (SABHA, Nepal and Riva Organic Ltd. India) with expectation that range of products will diversify and quality of products could be subjected through a common code of conduct. This regional brand is a way by which private sector across KSL countries are cooperating, and additionally providing a platform for private sector to engage with the national governments. The Kailash “Truly Sacred brand” received the first prize in Nepal trade fair and, ministerial recognition at the international herbal fair in Bhopal India for its innovation in harmonising the regional brand.

The ecosystem management framework prepared with UNEP-World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) is being tested by partners in KSL India and now has been delivered under a ToT conducted for all RMCs. This ToT was also joined by the GIZ-India Team showing the strategic out-scaling of programme findings and methods. In TAR-China, investments in the ‘eco-village’ concept that contributes to local eco-consciousness and landscape restoration have started. Similarly, follow-up special trainings conducted by KSL India partners, the eco-task force (Government of India) brought 200 ha of barren land under ecological restoration in Pithoragarh district costing approximately USD 149,000. The ANCA Council through the Government of Nepal received USD 185,000 to initiate the implementation of a sanctioned ANCA Management Plan to which KSLCDI contributed. In all the three countries, there are government public schemes and private sector investment flowing into pilot areas, which so far have not been calculated as these cannot be fully subscribed to the project’s influence. This is especially valid for KSL India and KSL Nepal since subsequent investments are being made by other agencies to upscale pilot value chain approaches. Thus, in KSL India, through leveraging from NABARD, NMSHE, JICA, and Eco-Task Force; in KSL Nepal through MoFSC, and SABAH; and in KSL China, through the private tourism companies, national funds totalling up to USD 421,000 have been invested in the landscape alongside direct investment through KSLCDI funds.

As of December 2016, 41,373 people of whom 22,301 are female, have been reached through KSLCDI activities in China, India, and Nepal. 8,332 people – of whom 3,900 were women (47%), have participated so far in various capacity-building development events organized by the initiative. These events have focused on value chain development, community-led total sanitation, springshed management, the use and management of invasive alien plant species, etc.

Against the backdrop of the initiative’s transboundaryness, the first ever cross-border meeting in KSL between India and Nepal dealt with issues related to illegal wildlife trade, and sought to seek solutions jointly. One of the outputs from the meeting was the decision to sustain issue-based discussions between cross-border institutions which include security and conservation agencies on both sides. Discussions on poaching and the illegal trade of non-timber forest products (NTFPs), and the recommendations made have set the basis for delivering evidence to national policymakers that the bottom-up approach works.

KSLCDI’s major findings and their collaboration with in-pipeline transboundary landscape initiatives at ICIMOD have contributed to the design and delivery of a landscape governance ToT curriculum with CDI University of Wageningen. This has enabled the contribution of real-time knowledge from KSLCDI to all participating regional country institutions on mainstreaming Trainings of Trainers in their respective countries.

In order to complement the long-term heritage tourism strategy of KSLCDI, and Pulan County’s decision to designate a Kailash tourism cooperation zone, a set of trainings such as on improved hygiene and sanitation as well as on the sensitization of yak herder’s on tourism and corresponding issues have been conducted in pilots first time ever.

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Bringing evidence from Science:

As a major achievement for this output, a landmark transboundary knowledge product was developed. All participating countries contributed their vegetation datasets to develop a harmonized vegetation map of the Kailash Sacred Landscape. This map lays the basis for monitoring land use and land cover changes at the landscape level in the long term. Furthermore, this map now is combined with several other datasets to plan conservation and development initiatives for sustaining ecosystem services. During the World Conservation Congress in Hawaii, USA, IUCN launched a book chapter titled Kailash Sacred Landscape: Bridging Cultural Heritage. It is expected that this will boost regional cooperation among South Asian countries in the HKH. This was backed up by an invitation from International Association of Hydrogeology Congress in France to present on the initial work on springshed management in KSLCDI.

The partnership with the India China Institute broadly to understand the intermeshed dynamics of landscape, livelihoods, religion, cultural practices, and transborder linkages has produced targeted stories on the links of sacred sites in KSL to the region’s rich cultural heritage. Various knowledge products and research papers are being developed on the basis of the vast collection of data, insights, and images collected over this trek. Based on the mainstreaming of Long-Term Environment and Socio-ecological Framework, all KSL countries have established landscape-specific long term monitoring sites which are functional and providing valuable datasets. The knowledge generated through the 17 permanent monitoring plots across KSL is yielding information that provides insights into trends related to climate change, and the response of natural systems, as well as changes in demography. In KSL China, the permanent sample plots are focusing on biodiversity, wetland, and rangeland changes. For the better utility of datasets, these sites will be connected to the national grid of sampling plots in China. Both KSL India and KSL Nepal have now fully established GLORIA sites, and a wide range of monitoring sites in relation to changes in forest ecosystems, springshed, agro-biodiversity and socio-demographic status. Apart from this, and based on the cryosphere inventory of KSL, Api Glacier is selected to be permanently monitored in the years to come. The analysis and uptake of datasets at practice, and several levels of policy-influencing is ongoing. In KSL China, partners have successfully received financial support from the Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), the Government of China, addressing for long term scientific monitoring. This achieved two objectives: financial sustainability, and the convergence of a monitoring methodology and data sharing for national rangeland monitoring (led by the Government of China), and KSLCDI partners.

As the result of a collaboration with the South Asian Association of Development and Environmental Economics (SANDEE) to valuate ecosystem services in KSL pilots of India and Nepal, KSL’s TAR China pilots will see the implementation of methodologies. For outside landscape visitors the value of cultural service is INR 13750 (USD 215) per visit/person and for inhabitants of the landscape it is INR 1115 or USD 17 per visit/person. Transboundary cooperation in the fields of conservation, ecology, the environment and natural resources has increased.

Cross cutting achievements

Country events and several ICIMOD-supported events have had an overall 49 % participation from women (a total of 5,771 women). As mere numbers don’t directly answer the gender question, the focus lies on qualitative changes within institutions. Gender and other aspects of inclusiveness are fully mainstreamed in the planning, implementation and M&E mechanisms.

Knowledge sharing through KSLCDI products has increased consistently. In 2016, technical publications have been downloaded 6,012 times, general publications 2,348 times, communication materials 2,371 times, and audio-visuals viewed 5,976 times.

Based on OECD Aid Effectiveness Criteria the GIZ Mid-term Review ranked KSLCDI as a “successful programme”. The review however also provided corrective strategic recommendations so that KSLCDI has impact-orientation and reaches set outputs and outcomes. These recommendations based on an action plan are being implemented. In 2016, the SAWG Programme Annual Review, to which KSLCDI has contributed, received an “A” programme scoring, with a moderate level of risk. KSLCDI in 2016 has set the basis for consolidating transboundary knowledge, converged set of partners for efficient and effective service delivery for conservation and development using community priorities and science, and finally prepared the pilots areas for leveraging public and private investments.

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1. Introduction

Mountain and upland areas are universally important. They provide water and other global goods and services to human beings. International policy dialogues such as the operational Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and outcomes of a new global climate agreement have highlighted the need for sustainable landscapes as a source of multiple social, economic, and environmental benefits. An integrated landscape approach is the most promising tool for realizing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) as outlined under the Paris Agreement 2015. The Global Landscapes Forum (2016) at the UNFCCC deliberates annually on successful models of sustainable landscapes, and shares good news about the solutions to achieving international targets that already exist – from climate projects that deliver co-benefits for communities, to affordable credit for smallholders, and regional commitments, to large-scale restoration of degraded lands. Therefore, in today’s context, “landscape approaches” seek to provide tools and concepts for allocating and managing land to achieve social, economic, and environmental objectives in areas where agriculture, mining, and other productive land uses compete with environmental and biodiversity goals. With the implementation of the transboundary concept at the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), it has been realized that sustainable management of ecosystems in a fast changing climate can only be achieved by following an integrated approach that recognizes the transboundary nature of ecosystems, and the flow of services beyond administrative boundaries. As a future conservation and development paradigm, there is a clear opportunity for scaled-up effective regional cooperation for attaining milestones in the global agenda such as the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Paris Agreement-UNFCCC 2015, and SDGs 2030. Thus, the transboundary landscape concept of ICIMOD is based on a ‘Framework for Trans-Himalayan Transect and Landscape Approach’ for the four north-south transects and seven identified transboundary landscapes in the region, recognized by several global conservation and environmental organizations such as the CBD and UNESCO. The aim of the Transboundary Landscapes Regional Programme is to address the conservation and sustainable use of natural resources at the scale of larger landscapes defined by ecosystems and the interfaces between them.

The Kailash Sacred Landscape Conservation and Development Initiative (KSLCDI) is a collaborative transboundary initiative that aims to promote conservation and development. The Kailash Sacred Landscape (KSL), represents a unique ‘transboundary cooperation’ that acknowledges the importance of sacred sites, and the preservation and management of bio-cultural diversity. It is implemented in China, India, and Nepal, and is facilitated by ICIMOD (funded by DFID and BMZ-GIZ). The programme is now in the last year of its first implementation phase (2012-2017), and at an advanced stage of concluding its learning. The present report gives detailed insight into the progress made in the implementing year 2016.

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2. Key Achievements and Programme Progress

Progress Towards Impact Indicators

Indicator 1: Inter-Ministerial Meeting on Kailash between the three participating countries

After the signing of a Regional Cooperation Framework (RCF) in 2012, a functional overarching governance mechanism has been put in place with the secretaries of the focal ministries of the participating countries as members of the Programme Steering Committee (PSC). In 2016, for the inter-ministerial meeting, advocacy was ongoing for obtaining ownership of countries regarding the process of nominating KSL as a UNESCO world heritage site (WHS). A targeted local stakeholder analysis in KSL India and Nepal, and the identification of strategic institutions in China, has triggered a consultative dialogue to discuss the different dimensions of the Kailash Sacred Landscape as a proposed transnational ‘mixed world heritage site’. Thus the frame has been set for the inter-ministerial meeting in 2017 to agree on and endorse a road map for the inscription of KSL as a WHS. A partnership with the India China Institute has produced targeted stories on the links between sacred sites in KSL, and the region’s rich cultural heritage. This knowledge will complement the agenda for the inter-ministerial meeting. Similarly, KSL is receiving recognition on several national and global forums without ICIMOD’s direct efforts. KSL was featured in UN Sustainable General Assembly SMD Reports in 2013 and in 2016, and referred to as a ‘South Asian landmark initiative between China, India, and Nepal for conservation and development in the Himalayas through transboundary cooperation. The Salzburg Challenge on transboundary Cooperation for Biodiversity and Peace, a very influential consortium of globally renowned dignitaries, also gave KSLCDI special session for recognising cultural services and sacredness as innovative carriers for transboundary cooperation.

Engagement with and inputs to high segment level related CBD focal points (Bhutan, India and Nepal), and the joint organization of several targeted side events on mountains with the Carpathian, Alpine, and Andes Focal institutions at CBD-CoP and UNFCCC-GLF have shown new ways of influencing global landscapes, and the biodiversity conservation agenda through focused regional cooperation.

A proactive way of influencing policy and practice has been achieved by contributing to strategic forums/documents at country levels (National Wildlife Action Plan and New Forest Policy Stakeholder Discussion, interface of learning with Niti Ayog in India). Furthermore, the Government of Nepal has acknowledged KSLCDI in CITES event at CBD as the best example of transboundary cooperation, clearly showing its national ownership of KSLCDI. As a result, KSLCDI was invited by the Government of Nepal to one of its ministerial quarterly meetings among all programmes being implemented in Nepal to highlight the processes, approaches, and success stories of KSLCDI. On the policy influencing front, KSL learning has contributed for improving national guidelines for Yarsagumba

Strategy Objectively Verifiable Indicators

Impact

The transboundary Kailash Sacred Land-scape is established. Its protection, and the sustainable use and development of its resources is ensured by local communities

1. Inter-Ministerial Meeting on Kailash between the three participating countries

2. At least three Long-Term Environmental Monitoring Sites have been established and are functional

3. National programmes on Ecosystem Restoration have been initiated in each site of the Kailash region by the three national governments

4. At least one major investment project for poverty reduction – taking lessons from the initiative’s work on value chains

5. Baseline data for sectors established for site-specific GDP

*(1 to 5 = proxy-indicators defined for the 20 year-goal of KSLCDI)

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management across Nepal, and to its sustainable harvesting in the state of Uttarakhand in KSL India. The advanced implementation of the CBD Agenda (e.g., the Nagoya protocol) in KSL India, and adopted capacity building packages and tools for documenting and conserving traditional knowledge have found uptake in KSL China and Nepal through cross-exchanges of learning between the three KSL countries.

The output of the Kailash regional brand, Kailash–Truly Sacred, has been shared among China, India, and Nepal. The brand is now jointly owned by private entities (SABAH Nepal, and Reva Organic Ltd, India) with the expectation that the range of products available will be diversified, and the quality of products sold subjected to a common standard. This regional brand is a way by which private sectors across KSL countries can cooperate. Additionally, the brand provides a platform for the private sector to engage with respective national governments. This cross-border value addition was recognized when the Kailash–Truly Sacred brand received first prize at the Nepal trade fair, and ministerial recognition at the international herbal fair in Bhopal, India, for the innovation it has shown in harmonizing the regional brand.

A range of frameworks, methodologies, and outcomes achieved so far have been adopted at a transboundary level, providing solid evidence that transboundary cooperation is a win-win, and that it can be taken up to the regional HKH scale. The synthesis of national level learning will lead to a major regional synthesis among participating countries, providing key recommendations and agenda points for inter-ministerial meetings for the next module of KSLCDI, beyond 2017.

During the World Conservation Congress in Hawaii, USA, IUCN launched a book chapter titled Kailash Sacred Landscape: Bridging Cultural Heritage. It is expected that this will boost regional cooperation among South Asian countries in the HKH.

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Indicator 2: At least three long-term environmental monitoring sites have been established, and are functional

Based on the Long-Term Environment and Socio-ecological Framework, all KSL countries have established landscape-specific long term monitoring sites which are functional and providing valuable datasets. The knowledge generated through 17 permanent monitoring plots across KSL is yielding information that provides insights into trends related to climate change, and the response of natural systems, as well as changes in demography. In KSL China, the permanent sample plots are focusing on biodiversity, wetland, and rangeland changes. For the better utility of datasets, these sites will be connected to the national grid of sampling plots in China. Both KSL’s India and Nepal have now fully established GLORIA sites, and a wide range of monitoring sites in relation to changes in forest ecosystems, springsheds, agro-biodiversity and socio-demographic status. Apart from this, and based on the cryosphere inventory of KSL, Api Glacier is selected to be permanently monitored in the years to come. The analysis and uptake of datasets at practice, and several levels of policy-influencing is ongoing.

Indicator 3: National programmes on ecosystem restoration have been initiated in each site of the Kailash region by the three national governments

In KSL China, partners have successfully received financial support from the Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), the Government of China, addressing for scientific monitoring. This achieved two objectives: financial sustainability, and the convergence of a monitoring methodology and data sharing for national rangeland monitoring (led by the Government of China), and KSLCDI partners. In TAR-China, investments in the ‘eco-village’ concept that contributes to local eco-consciousness and landscape restoration have started. Similarly, following special trainings conducted by KSL India partners, the eco-task force (Government of India) brought 200 ha of barren land under ecological restoration in Pithoragarh district amounting to USD 149,000. Similarly, the ANCA Council through the Government of Nepal received USD 185,000 to initiate the implementation of a ANCA Management Plan. In all the three countries, there are government public schemes and private sector investments flowing into pilot areas, which so far have not been calculated as these cannot be fully subscribed to the project’s influence.

Indicator 4: At least one major investment project for poverty reduction taking lessons from work on value chains

This is especially valid for KSL’s India and Nepal since subsequent investments are being made by other agencies to upscale pilot value chain approaches. Thus, in KSL India, through leveraging from NABARD, NMSHE, JICA, and Eco-Task Force; in KSL Nepal through MoFSC, and SABAH; and in KSL China, through the private sector, national funds totalling up to USD 421,000 have been invested in the landscape alongside direct investment through KSLCDI funds.

In KSL China, yak management and vegetable promotion are still providing subsidies to farmers. Project learning is being utilized to promote such value chains despite the fact that the project does not directly support any of the value chains (except tourism and its links to local products).

Indicator 5: Baseline data for sectors established for site specific GDP

Baseline data and its harmonized format, especially for socio-economic and value chain work has been focused from the start. Hence datasets are available. However, a concept and methodology to assess locally specific GDP has not yet been developed.

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3. Key Achievements and Overall Progress against OutcomeStrategy Objectively Verifi able Indicators

Outcome

Livelihoods and ecosystem management are improved in a sustainable and equitable manner in selected areas of the Kailash Sacred Landscape

1. Income of target communities increased by 20% from overall value chains, and at least 5% additional income from heritage tourism

2. Fifty percent of the Comprehensive Ecosystem Plans are implemented by the local level institutions according to planning

3. Eighty percent of the communities involved in the whole process of the implementation in each site of the plan show satisfaction in each site

4. A survey has shown the systems meet all the criteria of equitable benefi t sharing, and 80% of the involved community members show satisfaction regarding the performance of the system

5. Institutions (national line departments and research institutions, local community/communities, and interest groups) monitor according to a regional common methodology

6. Protocols and designs – like GLORIA, CBD, UNFCCC and Millennium Ecosystem Assessment(MEA) frameworks – from monitoring at different levels used in each pilot site

7. Information/data sharing mechanism used by partners at local, national and regional levels

Progress towards Outcome Indicators

In terms of income generation, preliminary findings suggest that in KSL India, through Chyura (Indian butter tree) value added products – seed oils for developing organic soap, lip balm, honey etc. – local stakeholders earned approximately USD 5,374. This income is significant in pilots where the daily per capita income is less than USD 1.5. That the income is supplemented entirely by the use of natural resources which were never used to their full potential before this is significant. However, at the same time, the sustainable growth of the forest/Chyura trees is ensured through a community-based protection and promotion of Chyura trees. This ongoing effort is an illustration of how nature conservation and local economy development can go hand in hand.

Local and district level government meetings between KSL India and KSL Nepal are taking place through KSLCDI facilitation. As the result of a collaboration with the South Asian Association of Development and Environmental Economics (SANDEE) to valuate ecosystem services in KSL pilots in India and Nepal, KSL’s TAR China pilots will also see the implementation of methodologies that have a transboundary connection. Transboundary cooperation in the fields of ecology, the environment and natural resources has increased as evident from several regional activities conducted in the year (see Component 5 for details). The valuation of ecosystems in Nepal has already led to the formulation of the concept of an upstream-downstream water-users group linked to incentives payments for ecosystem services which is based on collected valuation data and its discussion with a wide range of stakeholders, and has already achieved consensus on participation.

In Pulan County, TAR China, six ecosystem management plans have been elaborated, out of which five are in an implementation stage with various local and national government support (details in Annexure III). In KSL India, four plans have been elaborated and all are being implemented from shared KSLCDI and government scheme funds. In KSL Nepal, four plans have been developed including the ANCA Management Plan with implementation being supported by the Government of Nepal. The next step would be to leverage more national funds and assess community satisfaction with the methodological survey.

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The Access and Benefit sharing protocols under the Nagoya protocol are in an advanced stage of application with the formation of several biodiversity management committees. In 2017, a functional transfer of benefits is expected to kick start since the system has not been endorsed by the state government in KSL India. The respective national implementation partners have been monitoring the progress of KSLCDI’s implementation. At the same time, the involvement of direct line agencies at the district levels has provided a greater advantage not only to profiling KSLCDI, but also ensuring long-term support for the programme beyond 2017. This is evidenced, for example, by the high-level delegation monitoring visits conducted by central ministries in Nepal to KSL sites, and local CDO visits to local VDCs.

In 2016, a total of seven protocols and documentations, have been used in pilots, thus converting outputs to local outcomes such as:

1. Storage of three local varieties of barley in a seed bank in KIB for registration after China starts implementing the ABS mechanism

2. Documentation in existing GLORIA sites

3. Report on landslide vulnerability in Uttarakhand using space application

4. The documentation of RET (rare, endangered, and threatened) species according to their botanical nomenclature, importance, and economic benefits

5. Bio-corridor mapping using satellite image processing and ground data cross-breeding has been presented at the state department meeting of Uttarakhand accompanied by several state departments

6. Process documentation of allo development following a standard procedure

7. Hydro-met stations in ANCA and Humla have been established, and data generated and used

The transfer of knowledge and information from India to China and Nepal has been achieved through official translations of key ABS documents (ABS manual, seed diversity book, etc.) that were published by the State Government of Uttarakhand were complimented with the high level delegation visit to India for understanding the ABS mechanism and implementation standards. This provides an advantage to KSL since China recently ratified the Nagoya protocol, and Nepal is in the final stages of passing a national ABS bill in the parliament, supported by KSLCDI.

On the technical front, the Kailash Sacred Landscape information system (KSLIS) data portal is now laden with updated regional datasets that allow for better, and more seamless data sharing of scientific outputs to the public at large (Annexure 1).

KSLCDI has provided a basic testing and learning platform for all other transboundary landscape initiatives at ICIMOD, which are benefitting from and using its learning in sharpening their planning and programme implementation and steering aspects thus becoming more efficient.

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Male Female Total Direct Reach Indirect Grand total

China 8,081 8,243 16,324 6 32,654

India 13,357 10,351 23,690 31,982 79,380

Nepal* 337 291 628 82,279 83,535

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Total 22,543 19,461 41,806 114,267 198,077

*Nepal data is under-represented due to less reporting of numbers

Programme Reach

As of December 2016, 41,373 people of whom 22,301 are female, have been reached through KSLCDI activities in China, India, and Nepal. 8,332 people – of whom 3,900 were women (47%), have participated so far in various capacity-building development events organized by the initiative. These events have focused on value chain development, community-led total sanitation, springshed management, the use and management of invasive alien plant species, etc. The programme’s online reporting system – which takes an analytical approach to systematically understanding beneficiary profile, age group, thematic activities, etc. – has been useful in classifying the information outreach to beneficiaries with respect to households, individuals, and institutions.

Policy Influencing

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Against the backdrop of the initiative’s transboundaryness, the first ever cross-border meeting in KSL between India and Nepal dealt with issues related to illegal wildlife trade, and sought to seek solutions jointly. One of the outputs from the meeting was the decision to sustain issue-based discussions between cross-border institutions which include security and conservation agencies on both sides. Discussions on poaching and the illegal trade of non-timber forest products (NTFPs), and the recommendations made have set the basis for delivering evidence to national policymakers for bottom-up approach as a way forward for effecting cooperation across borders and helping deal with other issues affecting the sustenance of ecosystem services at the transboundary landscape level. As the result of a resolution made to meet quarterly to discuss the subject, the next cross-border meeting will be hosted by KSL India.

While implementing the rangeland policy of Nepal in one of the KSL districts in the country, stakeholder dialogues between herders, DFO staff, and community forest user groups were organized. Here, community members were able to talk to government representatives and influence changes in policy by providing suggestive solutions for avoiding long-term conflicts between CFUGs and herders.

China’s Pulan County Government has supported pilot plans for the management of community garbage, and local toilets. Value chain work in KSL India and KSL Nepal has been strengthened with support from an enterprise development plan (India), and a business leadership and skill development plan for the Allo Group (Nepal). KSLCDI partner, the SAARC Business Association of Home-based Workers (SABAH), along with the Allo Women’s Group, recorded the highest number of visitors at an international trade fair and also won first prize for their Kailash brand of products.

A training of trainers (ToT) and selection of rural resource persons (RRPs) took place in India as part of efforts to strengthen its Chyura honey and Chyura product value chain. Local and master bee keepers were chosen as resource persons from the region. Value addition activities, and the marketing and sale of products (Chyura honey, soap, and bamboo products) are ongoing. KSL Nepal partners also conducted a ToT on community-led total sanitation (CLTS) along with providing training to Rittha collectors in Gokuleshwor, Baitadi.

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National and Regional

In an act of concrete transboundary cooperation, under the Sino-Nepal Government negotiations, as a case for KSL transboundary tourism is being discussed between the Tourism Bureau of TAR, China, and the Tourism Department, the Government of Nepal (GoN). The Kailash initiative, under Agenda Point 3 of the agreement reached by two governments, is to support inputs to transboundary tourism development between Pulan County and Humla District, Nepal.

KSLCDI’s research and their collaboration with other in-pipeline transboundary landscape initiatives at ICIMOD have contributed to the design and delivery of a landscape governance curriculum with CDI University of Wageningen. This has enabled the contribution of real-time knowledge from KSLCDI to all participating RMC’s institutions which will mainstream the ToT in their respective countries.

KSL LTESM and Ecosystem Management frameworks are being used by partners in India and Nepal, springshed management methodology has been mainstreamed by partners in India and Nepal, and tourism related inputs for the yak and horse herders illustrative book is being used by Chinese partners. Policy forums in India (Niti Ayog – Planning Commission) have taken up recommendations and inputs from ICIMOD for transboundary collaboration within the Indian Himalaya, and within the HKH.

The development of a Yarsagumba Management Guideline through a series of bottom-up consultation processes, and the facilitation of an exposure visit and expertise-sharing event between KSL India and KSL Nepal provided another basis for regional cooperation through the exchange of knowledge and experience at the local level.

KSLCDI supported a Nepali taskforce on the National ABS bill in interacting with and learning from the Uttarakhand State Biodiversity Board which is drawing a on-the-ground model in KSL India.

As the result of a collaboration with the South Asian Association of Development and Environmental Economics (SANDEE) to valuate ecosystem services in KSL pilots of India and Nepal, KSL’s TAR China pilots will see the implementation of methodologies that have a transboundary connection. Transboundary cooperation in the fields of ecology, the environment and natural resources has increased.

ICIMOD is making efforts to push its strategies beyond immediate partners in a number of landscape initiatives. In KSLCDI, GBPNIHESD, the focal institution for Kailash Sacred Landscape (KSL) India, has been nominated by the Government of India as the organizer of the National Mission for Sustaining Himalayan Ecosystems (NM-SHE). The learning from landscape approach based implementation analyses and inputs from KSLCDI are fed to GBPNIHESD, which in turn contributes at national forums.

Similarly, in KSL China, the local government of Pulan County is implementing livelihood activities using the programme’s approach and strategies. Responsible tourism guidelines are being implemented by several tour operators in the Himalaya, specifically for the Kailash region. The ecosystem management framework prepared with the UNEP-World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) is being tested by partners in KSL India and has been delivered under a ToT conducted for all RMCs. Members of the GIZ-India team joined the ToT leading to strategic outscaling of programme findings and methods.

Similarly, a Long Term Environmental and Social Monitoring workshop was held in Nepal where participants from all transboundary landscape programmes finalized various thematic areas to consider when employing a landscape approach.

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4. Key Achievements and Overall Progress Against Output

4.1. Component 1: Innovative Livelihoods and Adaptation to Change


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1.1 Pro poor and inclusive value chains addressing income improvement, climate change adaptation and water, energy management strengthened

1.1.1. Value chains for five niche products strengthened (intervention points, upgrading strategies including the base line)

Value chains strengthened for at least five niche products

Value chains strengthened for at least five niche products

1.2 Heritage tourism plan addressing income improvement, climate change adaptation and water, energy management developed, and implementation supported

1.2.1. Two training courses and two workshops for key stakeholders (organized communities, landscape institutions, heritage tourism stakeholders)

1.2.2. Natural and cultural aspects integrated into existing heritage tourism management plan for both Bagar and Hor township of Burang Country

1.2.3. Socio-economic vulnerability and climate change adaptation capacity assessment report

1.2.1. One model heritage tourism management plan developed and Implementation capacity of key stakeholders of Heritage Tourism Management Plan built

1.2.1. One model heritage tourism management plan developed, and implementation capacity of key stakeholders of heritage tourism management plan built

Overall Progress

Building on value chain analyses, the identification of potential products, and the strengthening of producer group organizations, 2016 has seen huge progress in terms of outputs achieved in KSL India and KSL Nepal. Besides improvements in quality and the diversification of the product range related to the allo value chain (KSL Nepal), and value added products such as Chyura honey and butter (KSL India), marketing has also begun for the same. The output of the Kailash–Truly Sacred brand shared by China, India, and Nepal is now jointly owned by private entities (SABAH, Nepal, and Reva Organic Ltd, India) with the expectation that the range of products available will be diversified. The quality of products could be subject to a common code of conduct. This regional brand is a way by which private sectors across KSL countries are cooperating. Additionally, the brand provides a platform for the private sector to engage with the national governments in each country, aiding cross-border value addition. Upon conducting a market survey, the yak dairy and vegetable value chains in KSL China have been dropped. KSL China is now focusing only on sustainable fodder production to address winter feed shortage for livestock.

Capacity building events have been conducted for key stakeholders in the landscape. Besides awareness raising on hygiene and sanitation across transboundary pilots, tourism related activities in the landscape complemented the efforts of Pulan County to establish a Kailash tourism cooperation zone. KSLCDI also played an instrumental role in the passing of a resolution between the two government entities, the Tibet Tourism Bureau, TAR, China, and the Department of Tourism, KSL Nepal. Both sides agreed to promote transboundary tourism cooperation through KSLCDI along the pilgrimage route between the Humla district of Nepal and Pulan County in TAR, China, with regards to the Kailash Sacred Landscape Programme.

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Value Chain Activities

Collaborative value chain work between KSL India and KSL Nepal has been strengthened. In KSL India, local institutions such as co-operatives for Chyura honey, Chyura ghee, off-season vegetables, kidney beans, and bamboo handicraft production have been formed. These co-operatives are further linked to public and private investments such as through NABARD, CAMPA, MNREGA and JICA, among others, thus leveraging other funds. Additionally, Reva Organic Farms Private Limited, has been involved in the Chyura value chain for further enterprise development, and the strengthening of market linkages. A soap-making training for four individuals was conducted in New Delhi, India, in February 2016. The transfer of lessons learnt and strategies from KSL India to KSL Nepal with regard to the promotion of Chyura honey was also accomplished. Chyura honey producer groups have been formed, and trainings on bee-keeping and the process of providing organic certification have begun. Additionally, a Chyura nursery with about 7,000 plants has been set up, and 175 bee colonies have been transferred into movable hives. As a result, 566 kg of honey has been produced, of which 200 kg was sold by beekeepers and 150 kg by the cooperative. The estimated total turnover amounts to USD 2,791. Around 200 kg of Chyura butter has been sold to Pancheshwar Ghati, a self-reliant cooperative.

The production of Chyura soaps with new recipes is ongoing for better quality soaps. As part of a trial exercise, 1,200 organic soaps were produced by the cooperative in 2016. Around 200 organic soaps were sold to local markets in Haldwani, Nainital, and Pithoragarh despite there being no market for organic products in these areas. Around 800 soaps were sold in national and international trade fairs and exhibitions. A total turnover of USD 734 has been generated by the cooperative, and higher market potential has led to the initiation of a marketing license.

A total of 200 households (SHGs, JLGs and individual groups) are benefiting from the off-season vegetable value chain in pilots in KSL India. Through project support and facilitation by line agencies, this is largely also supporting BPL farmers. Twenty-one JLGs (five in Bans and 16 in Jajurali) are involved in the production and trade of off-season vegetables. A total of 155 individuals – 32 men and 123 women, an overwhelming female majority – are directly benefiting from this intervention. Additionally, 1,200 kg of kidney beans were produced by 120 former forest dweller indigenous groups. Close to 200 kg have been consumed by the communities and 800 kg, worth USD 1,527 have been sold at markets, trade fairs and exhibitions bringing extra incomes to the poorest.

In KSL Nepal, the allo value chain has received a huge boost, particularly due to the committed performance of the private sector entity SABAH Nepal. Besides strengthening local women’s cooperatives, various trainings concerning leadership, co-operative management, entrepreneurship and processing skill building have been conducted. For example, during the weaving training, 45 kg of yarns, 150 meters of allo fabric and 500 meters of woollen fabric were produced. A detailed report on the production change over the last three years of implementation is in progress.

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The marketing of allo products is assured through a buy-back agreement with SABAH. The refined products are being sold under the Kailash–Truly Sacred brand in local, regional, and international markets through SABAH networks and linkages. Reva Organic Farms Private Limited, and SABAH Nepal together sold products such as allo bags and Chyura honey under the Kailash–Truly Sacred brand at various handicraft trade fairs. A code of conduct which will set standards for the brand is being considered by partners in KSL India and KSL Nepal. In addition, significant progress was made in bamboo and Rittha (soapnut) value chains: the upscaling of bamboo nurseries, plantations on private and community lands, product diversification and sustenance, and marketing support were accomplished. The grading of Rittha into different quality categories has attracted private sector entities such as Discover Nepal which markets Rittha produced in the landscape. Value addition to Rittha products through the extraction of powder and oil from unsold lower quality Rittha is being attempted in order to optimize the use of local resources while the sustainability of the source is maintained. Additionally, quality-improvement related inputs have been provided on the honey and Chyura value chains in KSL Nepal. This is also based on a cross-border interface on sharing experiences between farmers. Thus, in Nepal, following the KSL India model, 25 participants from Darchula and Baitadi districts received a training in beekeeping management as well as in the production of Chyura herbal soap.

Overall, value chain work between KSL India and KSL Nepal is becoming increasingly cross-border through a community-to-community exchange of skills, processes and products. Pilot farmers from Nepal and India exchanged ideas and experiences about the Chyura value chain, and resource persons from the Van Raji community in KSL India supported improved development of bamboo products in KSL Nepal. The two-day training workshop helped create awareness amongst local communities regarding the impacts of climate change on the series of steps that are part of the allo value chain. The group exercises were also helpful in pinpointing those adaptation strategies that can be adopted to make the value chain more resilient to climate change, particularly at the production, collection and processing levels. The same methodology was used by the KSLCDI team to make the Rittha and Nigalo value chains climate resilient in Gokuleshwor (Baitadi District), and Ranishikar (Darchula District), respectively. A picture series manual and methodology document have been published in 2016, and is being used by partners in India.

An entrepreneurship training for women also targeted 26 potential entrepreneurs, including 14 women and 12 men from pilots in KSL India and Nepal. Significant progress was achieved in the implementation of sustainable harvesting practices of Yarsagumba in KSL Nepal, which is now under consideration for replication in KSL India. Local festivals such as the Jeoljibi Mela in KSL India and the Gokuleshwor Mela in KSL Nepal continue to foster cross-border people to people, and market to market contacts which are crucial for innovating upon the existing transboundary cooperation in the landscape.

In KSL China, value chain activities could not make progress as planned. The local government decided to stop the initiative on yak dairy (cheese/yogurt value chain) in the beginning of 2016 as the estimated costs were considered to be too high, and markets unreliable. In addition, during the KSLCDI Annual Review and Planning Meeting 2016, the KSL China vegetable value chain was also dropped due to a lack of clarity on the links between TAAAS, which is the lead implementation partner, and the government of Pulan County. Partners have now decided to focus on ongoing fodder plantations as a major activity in KSL China. The fodder promotion initiative will be linked with activities related to the yak transportation team which is part of the tourism value chain. Hence, activities in KSL China will be largely focusing on promoting responsible tourism.

Water and Energy Resources

Local line agencies in KSL India have distributed movable storage water tanks to support the vegetable value chain. All 160 water tanks are used and maintained by beneficiaries. As a result of the increased availability of water, the beneficiaries now have water for domestic use for around 10 months in a year. Time saved in one year for each of the beneficiary household amounts to approximately 300 hours. Also, the promotion of parabolic solar cooking units, biogas units, and support for the construction of low cost poly-houses from public schemes are part of climate change adaptation. The distribution of solar cooking units reduces the dependency on fuelwood by 50%. In order to increase and revive the water discharge of springs –key to local water security–10 ha of the pilot area have been covered with micro reservoirs and trenches as a model. A spring inventory has been developed, and water discharge as well as water quality are being measured regularly. The work on springsheds, their hydrogeology and

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governance, has gained attention across KSL India and KSL Nepal as the local monitoring of spring flows is carried out on a participatory basis. It is organized according to the local community’s natural resource management plans.

In KSL Nepal, the solar dryer manufactured by RECAST has been installed in Kanda VDC of Bajhang and handed over to the local user committee. Likewise, 100 rocket stoves were delivered to Baitadi and distributed to the households of Gwallek-Kedar. For allo farmers in the region, the use of the rocket stove has reduced the overall energy consumption within the allo value chain.

Heritage Protection and Tourism

In KSL China, Sichuan University and ICIMOD together have mapped 208 sacred sites along the Kailash kora route. This has been achieved through an extensive literature review, and consultations with local monks. The collected data has been categorized emphasizing on threatened sites which need protection. A concept note for the conservation of these sites is being worked out in cooperation with the Pulan County government, and the tourism company (TIST) that maintains the Kora route. The activity was supported and appreciated by the Pulan County government, which committed itself to mainstreaming the protection measures of heritage sites into its upcoming master development plan.

In order to complement the long-term heritage tourism strategy of KSLCDI, and Pulan County’s decision to designate a Kailash tourism cooperation zone, a set of trainings such as on improved hygiene and sanitation as well as on the sensitization of yak herder’s on tourism and corresponding issues have been conducted. A chef’s training, particularly involving female entrepreneurs from the landscape, on the preparation of South Asian and other local vegetarian food has been well appreciated by local communities. In addition, the KSLCDI communication booklet has been used effectively, and awareness on waste management and the protection of sacred sites around Mount Kailash has improved. Monitoring of waste along the kora route is now regular. These efforts have led to the mainstreaming of waste and sanitation management in the local development plan of Pulan County.

Also, a community led total sanitation (CLTS) approach has been successfully implemented in KSL India. A total of 165 households in nine Van Raji villages are now ready to declare their villages open defecation free. Around 60% of Van Raji villagers have constructed pit toilets or a stone separations around pits. The participants now also wash their hands with soap before eating and after using the toilet. Similarly, the CLTS exercise in Simikot, Humla district, KSL Nepal, has motivated the local government to re-activate its local waste management committee and work towards becoming an open defecation free district in 2017. This activity is part of the long term tourism concept for Humla.

Following the GIZ Mid Term Review, the focus on tourism activities in KSL India has been shifted from the Patal Bhuvaneshwar cave temple towards the development of different heritage activities such as ‘discovering Vridh Bhuvaneshwar heritage with the community’, ‘Tiger Top natural trail (Bhuwneshwar village)’, ‘The Mahakali Temple heritage walk (the Gangolihat tourism experience)’, and ‘Feel Uprada and Jajoot (a village tourism experience)’. Baseline information on the households involved has been collected. In addition, CHEA has organized multiple trainings for communities in the area: trainings on housekeeping, bird watching, rock climbing, and kitting, among others. A local level festival, ‘our heritage, our identity’, a three-day event held in December 2016 in KSL India, saw participation from 11 line departments, over 200 villagers, 100 students from 21 schools, and all KSL India partners. This culminated in a tourism strategy for the Hatkalika tourism complex, and the festival was featured in eight provincial newspapers. A local level dialogue took place between the line departments and local champions with the support of scientists from KSL India. The dialogue helped add key strategic priorities of the people and

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those of conservation to the KSL synthesis document which will be an important contribution to future regional policy dialogue meetings which are to be conducted in August 2017.

Heritage tourism promotion in KSL Nepal has been delayed considerably due to capacity gaps among partner organizations. Together with the MoFSC, KSLCDI attempts to bring a private sector entity on board, though very limited progress has been made so far on this front. However, sanitation and waste management activities were conducted in 2016. Also, tourism cooperation between KSL Nepal and KSL China is making good progress at the policy level.

Component-specific Lessons Learnt

• Facilitatingpeople-to-peopleconnectionsacrossbordershelpspromoteregionalcooperationontheground.Traditional transboundary festivals and fairs (e.g., the Jeoljibi and Gokule fairs) can be leveraged for this purpose which include networking and marketing connection

• Theuseofexistinggovernment-to-governmentmechanisms(e.g.,ASKOT-ANCAinterface),andPulancountyand Humla tourism cooperation) are innovative ways to foster transboundary cooperation in the landscape

• AsevidentfromtheprogressmadeinthealloandChyuravaluechains,earlyandconstantengagementsfromthe private sector and relevant civil society groups are crucial for sustainability in the use of value chain outputs delivered in the landscape

• Aselectionoftherightmixofimplementingpartnersatthecountrylevelwithagoodunderstandingoftransboundary cooperation on conservation and development will be key to the further success of the transboundary landscape programme in the next implementation phase

Raising standards in sanitation and waste management in Pulan County, China

Pulan County is feeling the growing impact of tourism. While tourism is a reliable source of income, it is also rapidly changing the landscape by contributing substantially to the rising amount of waste produced in the area. Additionally, it makes the absence of functional sanitation systems more apparent and harmful for humans and the environment.

KSLCDI has implemented different measures in Pulan Country over the past year. As a result, sanitation standards have been enhanced. As Soma, a tea-house owner from Hoer Township, proudly says, “I saw how much room there was for improvement. I worked on general cleanliness and built my own toilet, using what I had learned in the workshop.” Furthermore, the government also took action. “From the perspective of facilities, we now have 15 public toilets and an open dam ditch built by the government,” Soma adds. The community maintains these toilets and has also come up with codes of conduct regarding their use.

Beyond that, changes are also apparent in waste management. In different townships, waste management groups and garbage treatment companies have been set up. As with sanitation, the communities now take up responsibilities themselves: “The village leaders are responsible. But we, the villagers, decide on the new rules” says a resident from Xiongba village.

While measures to improve conditions have already been initiated, passing on gained knowledge as well as maintaining new structures will also be important. The commitment of local communities plays an important role. As a villager states, “When we came back from our training, we organized a meeting to share with our entire community all that we had seen and learnt, to encourage them to learn and improve.”

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2.1 Action research plans implemented according to the established standard

2.1.1. Assessment report on ecological vulnerability at the landscape level prepared

2.2.1 & 2.3.1. At least five capacity building events (exposure, trainings, learning visits) organized

2.1.1. Landscape level vulnerability assessment conducted

2.1.2. Important ecosystem services identified and valuated in three pilot sites

2.1.1. Seven action research plans implemented according to the established standard

2.2 Community-based local ecosystem management plans developed and implementation supported

2.2.1. ES integrity and services of critical habitats monitored and valuated (complete valuation of all services)

2.2.1 Trainings and awareness campaigns conducted for target groups

2.2.1. Four District Development Committees, 16 Village Development Committees, and four District Chapters of FECOFUN have developed standardized local ecosystem plans

2.3 Community-based resources management plans developed and implementation supported

2.3.1. Up to five community based resource plans based on ecosystem management principles developed and implemented

2.3.1. Participatory NRMP prepared for three sites

2.3.1. Four community-based resource management plans implemented according to the established standard

4.2. Component 2: Ecosystem Management for Sustaining Services

Overall Progress

Overall progress is seen in KSL sites where environmental management plans and associated actions have been developed through a participatory approach, and are demand driven. For instance, ecosystem issues such as invasive species, springs, the drying of water resources, human wildlife conflict, indicators for loss of biodiversity, waste disposal and its impacts on ecosystems, and land-use changes have all come from participatory processes through community consultations. These community management plans have been developed through action research and are now being prepared to link local knowledge to more holistic multifunctional ecosystems from pilots to a landscape approach. Selected activities from locally developed plans are already being integrated into landscape level action plans. Studies on invasive species and the drying of springs in KSL India, or instance, are aligned by the uprooting of Eupatorium along the catchment or recharge areas of springs sources. Linking livelihoods with ecosystems services is another aspect that is being taken up by partners. An assessment of the Chyura region provided locations for growing Chyura trees which would indirectly support Chyura value chains in the region. These landscape level ecosystem plans are in alignment with developing action plans for the sustainability of production while maintaining ecosystem services. In KSL China there has been progress on community consultations and the development of actions plans and their recognition by the Pulan County Government. A KSL pilot area has qualified for direct funding from the Chinese Government in building a model village around this region.

Action Research Plans

There are several action research plans that have been prepared based on the ecosystem management framework converging at the landscape level. Since intervention areas are commonly linked to conservation and development (Output 2.2 and 2.3) this helps streamline investments through one plan integrating action research as well as prioritized conservation and development activities. In KSL Nepal the ANCA Council has raised awareness on the importance of preserving local traditional knowledge on biodiversity, and promoting strategies that conserve biodiversity while also allowing locals to use resources sustainably. Agro-biodiversity has also been given due importance. An agro-biodiversity fair was organized with support from a local line agency. In terms of managing invasive alien plant species in the ANCA region, demonstration sites now display how bio-briquettes and bio-compost can be made by harvesting and processing such plants. Community members have been trained on the same. The training in Khar VDC was attended by 118 individuals and well received by the local community. Some communities have already replicated the technologies displayed in these sites.

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There is still the need for a consolidation of specific exit strategy plans for pilots in all sites, especially in KSL Nepal. This also means that country pilots need to align with priorities and drive local line agencies to cooperate in terms of technical support. On the other hand, ecosystem management related plans are yet to be extrapolated, collated and analysed as bases for a long-term landscape approach that involves an intervention and investment package based on trade-offs on conservation and development.

In KSL India, eco-restoration work in 2016 was carried out keeping invasive species, human-wildlife conflict, landslide hazards, livelihood value chains and water security in view. The ecosystem services valuation analysis and draft document for the Bans-Maitoli/Chandak-Aulaghat pilot is now ready. Apart from existing local institutions, the newly constituted biodiversity management committee (BMC) is being used to mitigate wildlife damage through measures such as by planting 2,000 saplings of Rambans (Agave wightii) as a bio-fence in Bans-Maitoli with the help of local communities. This type of biophysical measure is replicable in other areas in the KSL.

In China’s Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), a pilot has helped identify Bangren Village as a wildlife habitat. Preliminary action was taken to this end in 2016. This includes the plantation of forage grass for livestock, and the removal of fences at Gongzhu Lake to allow wildlife access to drinking water.

In China, village communities from Xiongba and Gangsha have been backed up, and the implementation of community-based environment and natural resource management plans have been assessed. KSLCDI impacts on the ground have also been documented. Selected villagers were part of the yak herders training conducted in Darchen. Necessary data from the field, which included documentation of hotspots of wildlife and human conflicts, was collected and the ecosystem service valuation framework has been set up. All the data for the assessment has been gathered. The originally planned 2016 training workshop on rangeland monitoring methods has been replaced by community-level training on basic tourism languages – English and Chinese – with some courses on environment and natural resource management. Training sessions were conducted for Gangsha and Xiongba Villagers in Darchen, and lectures given in Baga Township to primary school students.

Ecosystem services valuations in two pilot sites in India and Nepal have been completed, based on which information generated from 664 households on the cost of coping with water stress has been measured. Also, the value of cultural services in Patal Bhuwneshwar (KSL India) has been evaluated. For visitors from outside landscape, the local authorities charge USD 215 per visit per person for the cultural services provided. For inhabitants of the landscape, the charge is USD 17 per visit per person. At the same time, valuation data from Nepal is being analysed. These results will be further strengthened through a published work. A state policy dialogue for responsible tourism promotion and addition to reversing stress-induced migration in the landscape will also be conducted.

Community-based Resource Management Plans Developed and Implementation Supported

In KSL China, environmental management actions have been officially adopted in the revised rules and regulations of two of the three pilot villages (Xiongba and Bangren) in a participatory manner. Each of the PNRM draft plans completed for the three demonstration villages are demand-driven. Only entry point activities use project funds. Funds for supporting the community based plans are generated through local public schemes. Overall, specific activities in all community based resource management plans are being supported by local public schemes in all three countries. With the involvement of the respective governments, local ownership has been strengthened.

In KSL India, springshed management related hydrogeological mapping of two water tower sites (spread across the villages of Nakina, Talli and Malli Seem, Digtoli, Bhurmuni, Chhanapandey, Dhrapani, Dharigaon, and Chheda) with vulnerable springs, was conducted in a campaign mode. The event focused on (i) plantation methods (depth of pit, handling of planting material, spacing etc.), (ii) techniques of constructing trenches and rainwater harvesting ponds. This was followed by participatory plantation work, and the construction of trenches and a water harvesting tank along the sloping hills.

After ANCA Council exposure visit to KSL India, a Chyura resource assessment is being conducted in Darchula, Nepal. Two groups related to existing formal institutions have been formed with 30 members in the Dethala group and 35 members in the Topovan group (a Latinath Chyura Honey Production and Promotion Group joint training was conducted in early November for these groups).

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KSL China partners have implemented activities under existing microplans. Garbage management has been given priority. However, there is still scope for holistic integration with tourism development, based on the attraction that the 208 sacred sites identified around the Kailash circumambulation route offer. Landscape level vegetation and land-use mapping has been completed. This includes analyses of area changes of Lake Manasarovar and Raksas Tal over the past five decades. To validate changes in climate at the local level, a documentation of local people’s perception of climate change and impacts has been completed.

A series of focused group discussions, group talks with local communities, and marginalized groups in KSL India have been complemented by the completion of ecosystem assessment (type of wild animals, birds, insects, human-wildlife conflict) in the upper watershed (Himkhola) of KSL India. The landscape has greater scope for forging cross-border cooperation at the ground level than the horizontal level.

A Community Member’s take on Spring Management for Potable Water

A year and a half ago, 16 people in my village got sick with diarrhea. A member of the Kailash team was in Khar at the time. He told me that dirty drinking water had caused the outbreak. After I expressed an interest in working on improving drinking water conditions in our village, I was sent to India to attend a week-long training on springs. Since August 2015, I have assessed drinking water quality in my village every two weeks. I have heard that the Kailash project will help us dig a small pond just above our main source of drinking water, the village spring. During the rainy season, this pond will collect water. It will supply water to the spring at other times. This way, the community will have enough for the whole year.

Unfortunately, people in my village still drink dirty water. Although they know that they must only drink pure water, there are myths and traditions regarding the water purity here. When people go to the forests to collect grass and firewood, they drink water that’s collected in tree holes and branches as these are regarded to be sources of pure water. When I try to convince them not to drink from these sources, they refuse to believe that the water is impure. I think we need more awareness and training programmes for the general public to convince them that they need to get their water from reliable sources or boil it before drinking.

-- Gor Singh, Ward 8, Khar Village Development Committee, Darchula, far western Nepal

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Selected activities from locally developed plans are being conducted at the landscape level (water security through springs, the establishment of 500 sapling broom grass nursery in the Bans-Maitoli pilot site, the mapping of alien invasive species distribution, and the uprooting of Eupatorium along water resources, among others). On International Biodiversity Day, students were sensitized on biodiversity conservation, and on monitoring the same in their locality. The preparation of development plans has been initiated for the rehabilitation of degraded hill ecosystems. In KSL Nepal, three experimental plots of eight local varieties of beans have been planted in three sites in Khar district. Local communities have been sensitized on the value of the diversity of beans, and the development of ownership has been focused on to allow them to manage and conserve the same in the future.

In the last week of November a barefoot hydrogeological (groundwater) training was conducted in Khar VDC, Darchula (KSL Nepal) with the aim of making communities aware of the basic hydrogeology and governance of springsheds. There were a total of 18 participants which included 10 men and 8 women mainly from Sunda Munda. The training was successful as participants appreciated the effort made by the team, and were anxious to get started by cleaning up areas around the springs.

ACWADAM conducted field visits to a KSL pilot location in Khar VDC in Nepal for detailed hydrogeological mapping of springsheds. Data monitoring systems for spring discharge and rainfall have been established in Diktoli and some villages in Pithoragarh, India. Key resource persons for collecting data for the same have been identified. Similar work was carried out in Bans-Maitoli village viz. Kafaldhungri and Pabhe (identified as a springshed) along with hydrogeological mapping. Spring inventory and focus group discussions were also conducted (see annex) for springshed management. A valuation of the use values of cultural ecosystem services provided by three popular sacred sites in KSL India and KSL Nepal was conducted by SANDEE amidst a larger valuation exercise covering other ecosystem services. Field data was collected over the first two quarters of 2016. The three sites were Chandak-Haat-Kalika (India), Patal Bhuvaneshwar (India), and Gwallek Kedar (Nepal). The approach used to study these sites was the revealed preference approach. A final draft of the study report was submitted to the ICIMOD KSLCDI team on 28 December 2016.


• Experience from comprehensive conservation, development and monitoring plan for village cluster (Gorang Valley) has helped reorient project strategies related to large scale implementation, and reaching impact level. An effective articulation of scientific data and findings in the plan has generated: (i) willingness in line departments to converge and adopt the plan, (ii) engagement of communities in the implementation of activities. This is an important learning on convergence towards bringing transformational change in the landscape

• Improved evidence based understanding of hydro-geological aspects for springshed management has helped convince communities and concerned departments to take up localized interventions that do not harm percolation zones. This concept could help change conventional approaches towards the development/improvement of water recharge zones

• Ecosystem management related plans are yet to be extrapolated, collated, and analysed as bases for a long term landscape approach that matches trade-off interventions and investment packages for conservation and development Indian partners have initiated participatory data collection and analysis for designing an integrated ecosystem management package for the KSL India which is being replicated in KSL Nepal, leading to transboundaryness through mainstreaming across borders

• Environmental issues such as invasive alien plant species, degradation of biodiversity, drinking water insecurity due to drying springs and human-wildlife conflict pose huge challenges to the project. These need holistic solutions and interdisciplinary cooperation

• Solutions lie in reaching out to a landscape approach that provides a holistic planning anchor while using traditional knowledge and applied science data, and syncs with public agency expertise, plans and resources

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3.1 Traditional knowledge system on biodiversity resources available

3.1.1. Traditional knowledge on biodiversity documented in pilot sites

3.1.2. Community biodiversity registers (CBRs) prepared and maintained by BMCs in pilots

3.1.1. TK on biodiversity including agro-biodiversity documented in two pilot sites (vertical and horizontal transects)

3.1.2. Notification of BMCs which facilitated in two pilot sites, and preparation of bio diversity registers and community biodiversity protocols for three sites (e.g., developmental blocks)

3.1.1. Four community biodiversity registers maintained and up-dated by BMC

3.2 Documentation of community rights and benefit sharing from biological resources available

3.2.1. One policy brief on a context relevant and applicable ABS mechanism in China has been prepared and shared with key stakeholders

3.2.1. Study reports on rights and benefit sharing mechanisms related to biological resources for communities in two pilot sites made available

3.2.1. One document on RBS from biological sources by 12/2014

3.3 Institutional capacities regarding the ABS mechanism has been strengthened

3.3.1. Trainings cum workshops on community based ABS implementation (two local, one national, one international)

3.3.1 Capacity of BMCs and other relevant institutions built for two pilot sites

3.3.1. Presentations ina) One forum per year at the national levelb) Four forums per year at the local levelc) One ToT on ABS per District

4.3. Component 3: Access and Benefit (ABS) Sharing of Bio-resources

Traditional Knowledge System on Biodiversity Resources

In KSL China, traditional knowledge data sets have been updated and maintained. A Tibetan medicine book has been drafted in Chinese together with the Kailash Vocational School of Tibetan Medicine in Pulan County, KSL China, which puts emphasis on important and vulnerable medicinal plants and associated knowledge for their conservation and sustainable use.

At the same time, 50 medicinal floral species have been identified as locally important and vulnerable to climate or human disturbance. This data will serve as a baseline for future value chain development on medicinal plants in China. Likewise, training materials were produced and disseminated in local ABS trainings focusing on wildlife resources and domesticated agricultural resources respectively. Around 100 people have been trained, of whom 80% are traditional healers or amchi doctors from Ngari prefecture, and the rest are government officials and villagers from Pulan town. As a part of the preservation of local genetic resources, three different types of local barley land races (white, purple and blue in colour) have been collected and stored in KIB for further DNA analysis.

Building on the work already done in KSL China, dissemination activities such as awareness campaigns and consultations were conducted for a wider spectrum of stakeholders. Progress on the protection and generation of traditional knowledge related to biodiversity and its use was communicated to relevant forums such as the Mountain Future Conference, Kunming, in March 2016. Additionally, a comparison of ABS issues between China and India was presented during the Eighth National Symposium on Ethnobotany and the Seventh Asia-Pacific Forum on Ethnobotany held in China in July 2016. KSLCDI also contributed one article on ABS to China Eastern Airlines raising awareness among the thousands of passengers who use the service annually. Additionally, one article on seed law and Chinese ABS institutions was submitted to a Chinese journal of Hebei Law.

Similarly, the Chinese version of the Agrobiodiversity booklet has been drafted, which focuses on local agricultural varieties and associated traditional knowledge, border trade and related ABS issues. Adding to this, the translation draft (Biopiracy by Vandana Shiva) in Chinese has been completed which will be published formally as a book in 2017.

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In addition, based on the translation of “Guidelines on Access to Biological Resource and Associated Knowledge Benefit-sharing Regulations, 2014”, a paper on ABS experiences in India has been accepted by a Chinese journal, the Journal of Plant Genetic Resources, to be published in 2017. The Pulan book, Way to the Sacred Land, has been published and disseminated through ICIMOD and the KIB network.

In KSL India, 14 new Biodiversity Management Committees (BMCs) have been formed and the documentation of biodiversity as People’s Biodiversity Registers (PBRs) has been completed for 12 BMCs. Various village level community forest augmentation plans enhancing biodiversity conservation were implemented in cooperation with MGNREGA, the active participation of the Nakina Forest Panchayat, and technical support from KSLCDI. These supported extensive plantations and water harvesting as well as the construction of storage structures to contribute to need-based forest augmentation, and springshed management plan (SSMs), and capacity building of communities with respect to forest augmentation and SSMs. The KSL India team also succeeded in preparing a conservation and development plan for the Goptadi-Baitbagar cluster of 13 villages in the Hat Kalika watershed. KSL India partners also assisted in the initiation of negotiations regarding the provision of the biodiversity act, and rules with the identified stakeholders including companies who have used bio-resources for commercial benefits. This would ensure that benefits drawn from local resources by commercial entities are shared with local stakeholders. The estimates of actual economic gain will be reported in 2017.

Documentation of Community Rights and Benefit Sharing from Biological Resources and Institutional Capacities on the ABS Mechanism

In the framework of the programme, KSL India and KSL Nepal were able to exchange their knowledge on the application of ABS as well as their solutions to different challenges in the field as the Nepali Task Force for the National ABS Bill visited India. Additionally, KSL Nepal partners have translated the Nagoya Protocol into Nepali in order to further support Nepal’s Government in the preparation of the National ABS Bill. A documentary on traditional knowledge concerning biodiversity and local practices, its use and sustenance of local biodiversity was prepared and screened during the Programme Steering Committee Meeting of KSLCDI in February 2016. This was backed by a TV discussion where KSLCDI resource persons participated on the said theme to speed up national awareness on the necessity of the National ABS Bill. Based on this, further field work, the development of biodiversity registers, as well as the establishment of a Biodiversity Management Committee (BMC) at Gwallek, the National ABS draft bill was proposed by the Government of Nepal. Due to change in government and time restraints, Nepal’s National ABS Bill and the ratification of the Nagoya protocol have been delayed as the current parliament has put priority on holding elections. Furthermore, the Environment and Biodiversity Division of the MoFSC has conducted field level activities such as field level workshops as well as trainings on TK and access to genetic resources in different districts of Nepal as a follow up to the NBSAP. A training manual on ABS has also been developed in Nepali. A document has been published in Nepali on high value non timber forest products, and traditional knowledge on the use of these species.

The transfer of knowledge from India to China and Nepal has been achieved through official translations of key ABS documents (ABS manual, seed diversity book, etc.) that were published by the State Government of Uttarakhand. This provides an advantage to KSL since China ratified the Nagoya protocol in September 2016, and Nepal is in the final stages of passing the National ABS Bill in parliament, supported by KSLCDI. The KSLIS data portal is now laden with new updated regional datasets that allow for better and more seamless data sharing of scientific outputs to the public at large.


• ABS activities, particularly related to traditional knowledge and biological registers, need to be streamlined with ecosystem management, and value chain activities for which an integrated approach that includes other components of KSLCDI is crucial. Similar steps are already in place

• Since the ABS bill has not been approved officially in Nepal yet, several BMCs that have been established based on KSLCDI engagements need to be integrated within Nepal’s existing legislature such as the Forest Act. This will guarantee the mid-term sustainability of BMCs functioning till the ABS bill is approved

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Preservation of local genetic resources

Based on a field survey conducted by the Kunming Institute of Botany, it has been discovered that a number of important medicinal plants and agricultural landrace that people in the Kailash region have been using for hundreds of years were originally from India or Nepal.

In terms of medicinal plants, four plant species have been discovered which were originally imported from India and Nepal, and have been used for long time in Tibetan Medicine. These herbs are still being used by Tibetan healers in Pulan as well as in the Ngari region. The four plant species are Terminalia bellerica, Terminalia chebula, Phyllanthus emblica, and Bombax ceiba. The first three medicinal plants are often used together and are named ‘three treasured fruits’, which is one of the most important formulas in Tibetan medicine. In terms of Bombax ceiba, it is mainly imported from Nepal and the flowers are frequently in Tibetan medicine to treat various diseases. The continued exchange of medicinal plant resources such as mentioned above, and the related knowledge is important for the health care improvement of people living in the Kailash region, and other parts of the world.

As for the agricultural landrace, there are two important barley landraces that have been cultivated in Pulan for more than a hundred years but were originally introduced from Nepal by local traders. Under cultivation by local farmers in Pulan for many generations, the two landraces have adapted to the local environment: the white barley of Xide village, and the purple barley of Rengong village. These barley are more resilient to drought, cold, and pest/diseases compared to hybrid barley, but with relatively lower productivity. In the context of climate change, it is vital to conserve these landrace for local food security, and also for their unique genetic characteristics.

• Following the experiences in India, in Nepal there is a need to initiate negotiations with private sector entities or commercial industries which are using bio-resources and traditional knowledge to follow the benefit sharing mechanism directed by a national ABS bill. This will enable the programme to provide evidence and technical know-how on how to operationalize the ABS mechanism for Nepal at a larger scale

• Official bilateral or three country negotiations on the legal trade of bioresources need immediate facilitation to ensure benefits for local communities. Many bioresources including genetic resources e.g., several varieties of barley are already traded unofficially between Nepal and China, as well as between Nepal and India

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4.1 Conservation Strategy plans operationalized and implementation in each pilot site supported

4.1.1. Conservation strategies (geospatial analysis and report of rangeland carrying capacity, overgrazing and degradation) rangelands implemented in pilot sites (critical habitats demarcated, corridors identified in pilot sites)

4.1.2. Management plan for human-wildlife conflict in pilots

4.1.3. Awareness needs assessment as per stakeholders’ types and customised awareness package developed

4.1.1. Institutional mechanism for CS implementation established

4.1.2. Capacity of national, state and local institutions built for CS implementation

4.1.3. Yatra way approach further strengthened, shared with other partners

4.1.1. Four critical habitats identified in pilot areas and four databases on each key ecosystem (forest, rangeland, wetlands and agro) are available

4.2 Long-term biodiversity monitoring systems developed and implementation supported

4.2.1. Monitoring systems developed (comprehensive monitoring protocol: climate and vegetation monitoring etc. in two pilots

4.2.1. Monitoring systems developed (comprehensive monitoring protocol: climate and vegetation monitoring etc. in 2 pilots

4.2.2. Capacity building of institutions ensured at the local level (on-site trainings, exposure visits based on good practices)

4.2.3. Data/information made available and accessible (on climate and vegetation change

4.2.1. Monitoring sites (including GLORIA summits) at pilot areas identified/established and CEMP manual prepared

4.2.1 Three monitoring sites established and managed

4.3 Capacity of institutions built for CEMP implementation and information management

4.3.1. Capacity building of institutions ensured at the local level (on-site trainings, exposure visits based on good practices)

4.3.1. Capacity of national, state and local Institutions built for CEMP implementation

4.3.2. Para taxonomists from communities and frontline staff identified and capacity built and involved in CEMP process

4.4. Component 4: Long-term Environmental and Socio-ecological Monitoring

Overall Progress

As a major achievement for this output, a landmark transboundary knowledge product was developed this year. All participating countries contributed their vegetation datasets to develop a harmonized vegetation map of the Kailash Sacred Landscape. This map lays the basis for monitoring land use and land cover changes at the landscape level in the long term. Furthermore, this map can be combined with several other datasets to plan conservation and development initiatives for sustaining ecosystem services.

Conservation Strategy Plans Operationalized, and Implementation in Each Pilot Site Supported

Rangelands form one of the most important habitats of KSL China for understanding the conservation needs and sustainable habitat use, geospatial analysis of rangeland carrying capacity in KSL China was carried out. The NDVI data in the past 30 years were prepared in combination with net primary production (NPP) of rangeland and statistical data of livestock numbers. This work will continue till mid 2017 as some of the data is still to be combined. According to statistics of village livestock number and forage production, the status of forage-livestock balance in KSL China will be estimated, and reasonable stocking rate will be suggested for policy and practice uptake.

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Table 1: Permanent Monitoring Sites

GLORIA plots Grasslands Forests

China - Total 2

1) Xiongba2) Mansarovar Lake

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India Total 2

1) Greater Himalaya: Chaudans Valley (3,773m – 4266m)

2) Trans Himalaya: Byans Valley (3990m – 4154m)

- Total 6

Chandak-Aunla Ghat Watershed:1) Pinus roxburghii (1,750m)2) Quercus leucotrichophora (1850m)3) Cedrus deodara (1,870m)

Hat-Kalika Ghat Watershed:4) Pinus roxburghii (1,520m)5) Quercus leucotrichophora (1967m)6) Shorea robusta (925m)

Nepal Total 2

1) Western Himalaya: Chamelia Valley (3,950m – 4,400m)

2) Trans Himalaya: Limi Valley (4,200m – 5,100m)

Total 1

1) Api Nampa Conservation Area: Pilkanda Valley (3,800m)

Total 4

1) Pinus roxburghii (1,500m) Kirmade-Siladi CF2) Quercus lanata (2,200m) Paripatal Women CF3) Pinus wallichii (2,000m) Kailash- Kachahrikot Women CF4) Quercus-Lyonia 1ha plot

Furthermore, LULC analyses from 1990 to 2008 have revealed that due to the dual effects of climate change and human activities, most natural landscapes areas (i.e. lakes, glaciers, and grassland) have experienced a decrease in the geographical extent, while artificial landscape areas (i.e. cropland, urban and village) are showing increasing trends. It is apparent that the warming of the climate which has been experienced worldwide is also affecting glaciers in the Kailash region. Glaciers in the Kailash region have been witnessing retreat in the past 18 years, indicating net negative mass balance.

In KSL India, data obtained from environmental and socio-ecological monitoring has been used to support the preparation of conservation and development plans as well as scientific studies on alpine areas. Furthermore, socio-economic data in KSL India has been used to conduct a landscape vulnerability assessment. A detailed study of alien invasive species ‘eupatorium’ has been done in 20 villages of the Gokarneshwar micro watershed, which will be outscaled to the entire KSL India landscape. Human wildlife interaction is yet another conservation challenge in this regard. Site specific plans for the mitigation of human wildlife conflict for the Bans-Maitoli area have been initiated. Some mitigation measures in pilot site with local communities have been initiated, e.g., 2,000 saplings of Rambans (Agave wightii) planted as bio-fencing in Bans-Maitoli with the help of BMCs and local communities. Evidence from these interventions will be shared with line agencies for science at policy and practice levels.

Three landscape Yatras were conducted simultaneously in Milam, Chaudans, and Dharma valleys of higher elevation in KSL India (18-30 September 2016). These Yatras succeeded in the documenting information on various aspects of socio-cultural, economic, ecological landscapes including the collection of information on biodiversity elements (flora and fauna), trade, culture, governance practices, migration scenario and others.

In terms of Springshed Management (SSM), intervention site dataset on lithology and structure control of the sites (involving rock bedding, dip and direction of the rock, shearing zones, and folds) are collected. Preliminary analysis suggests that springs in the area are lithologically and structurally controlled. The collected dataset is being used to prepare detailed geological maps which shall be used for the identification of recharge zone of identified vulnerable springs and spring-sheds.

In KSL Nepal, wild dog monitoring activities are ongoing in the Byans region. Researchers from the Institute of Forestry have been taken on board to support the staff of ANCA, at the same time build their capacities for continuing similar monitoring in the future.

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Long-term Environmental and Socio-ecological Monitoring

Long-term monitoring plots have been established in all member countries of the landscape. Permanent plots to monitor changes in alpine vegetation as a result of climate change using the GLORIA (Global Observation Research Initiative in Alpine environments) methodology have been established in India and Nepal. High-altitude grasslands are being monitored in all three countries, with the monitoring plots in TAR being proposed for inclusion within the national grid of such observation plots for their long-term observation and management. Forests are being monitored in India and Nepal. A dynamic geospatial analysis of rangeland carrying capacity was conducted in KSL China’s rangeland management regime. Rangeland NDVI and monitoring NPP upscaling to KSL China is the first step of contributing to rangeland carrying capacity.

In KSL Nepal, permanent plots were established in three forest types – Pinus roxburghii (Darchula), Pinus wallichiana (Bajhang), and Quercus-Rhododendron (ANCA/Darchula) – and their corresponding community forest user groups studied in order to understand their socio-ecological dynamics in the long term. In selected watersheds of KSL India, the collection of baseline data on major ecosystems, status of habitat and taxonomic groups (forest, mammals, fish, birds and insects) and their trends is in progress. With this, a major contribution is being made toward filling data deficit and achieving cross-border uniformity for assessing and responding to long term climate change while short term interventions can be applied.

Baseline data from KSL China including vegetation, LUCC, plant and animal biodiversity, and socio-economics have been primarily established. A total of 30 soil profiles of different soil types spanning KSL China has been achieved. Forty years of climate change data from Burang Meteorological Station were analysed, from the 1970s to the 2010s. The local people’s perception of climate change and their adaptation to climate change is being addressed.

Vegetation datasets generated from the Byans GLORIA site have been analysed and species lists prepared as per the given formats. The report is being finalized as per the GLORIA formats for submission to the GLORIA network. Extensive field surveys were conducted in alpine rangeland areas of the landscape (with a focus in Byans, Darma, Ralam and Millam areas). An assessment of vegetation followed stratified random sampling along with a rapid mapping exercise. A total of 20 meadows, between an elevation ranges of 3000-5000 masl, were covered using vegetation sampling in more than 80 sites. Among others, the study revealed the occurrence of > 110 species of medicinal aromatic plant species in these meadows. Also, > 350 shepherd camping sites were located. Analyses of datasets and mapping is in progress.

Capacity of Institutions built for CEMP Implementation and Information Management

One on-site training was carried out in higher altitudes in transhumance areas in the summer grazing sites KSL China. Awareness generation and capacity building events on nursery development for medicinal and aromatic plants and other high value plants were organized for five different villages in Chaudans, KSL India. Participatory plantation events towards creating spiritual cum multipurpose forests were organized. Over 350 saplings of multipurpose and sacred species (nine in total) were planted around the Sri Narayan Ashram with the active participation of the locals. Further, strengthening of MAP and RET demonstration plots was accomplished by way of introducing seedlings of species like Aconitum balfourii, Hippophae salicifolia and Rheum moorcroftianum, and through rhizome viz. Hedychium spicatum and Bergenia ciliata.

Van Panchayat plans were augmented with field monitoring data for two villages in KSL India. Lumti village, also in KSL India, has been identified as a key site for learning on ecosystem restoration and fodder management where participants from KSL Nepal visited during a cross-border exchange in September 2016. In all countries, the local communities have been included in the monitoring process while building their capacity and facilitating the process of exchanging information between local communities and researchers under local ownership.

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• While long-term monitoring involves the collection of data at periodic intervals, it is important that the data generated are used appropriately to support local conservation and development

• Data sharing is a challenge, but it can be overcome as demonstrated by all three countries who shared their various vegetation and springshed datasets in order to develop the harmonized maps for KSL

• Long-term sustainability of the permanent monitoring plots is a challenge that is being addressed by some partners, e.g., IGSNRR in China, who are working to include these plots within the national monitoring system grid

• Cooperation with local governments is important to carry out participatory monitoring of local community and maintain sustainability of monitoring stations and their data flow

• An integrated approach towards long-term monitoring between different components is necessary in order to ensure that social and ecological dimensions are captured during the process. In the HKH, ecosystems are shaped by the communities that interact with them, hence issues such as resource use patterns, governance and migration affect the functioning of these ecosystems and must be appropriately analysed on a long-term basis by integrating the social and the ecological sciences

He Said, She Said: Tree Species Perceived Differently By Men And Women

The Kailash Sacred Landscape Conservation and Development Initiative (KSLCDI) conducted an exercise with members of community forest user groups in far-west Nepal in order to understand the differences between the perceptions of women and men and the subsequent implications for forest management. A pair-wise ranking system was used to systematically differentiate between priorities of women and men based on the ‘usefulness’ factor of a tree species found in the local forest

Why did the priorities of women differ from that of men? The reasons are closely associated with day to day work (She Said) or economic reasons (He Said).

She Said: Women prefer trees that are useful in the home or for aesthetic purposes.

He Said: Men prefer trees that provide economic benefits.

Management of community forests in Nepal continues to be dominated by men. Having a singular view of forests often leads to benefits for only a part of the community. Thus, incorporating the different priorities and needs of both women and men is particularly important when planning and implementing forestry activities including plantations, reforestation, and management.

In an assessment conducted by KSLCDI, researchers discovered that women in KSL prefer trees that are useful in their homes or fulfil aesthetic purposes such as rhododendrons. Men prefer trees that provide economic benefits such as timmur (bottom).

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5.1 National and local policy forums made functional

5.1.1. Four NCC meetings held by 2016

5.1.1. Four NCC meetings held by 2016

5.1.1. Eight working group/forum meetings held

5.2 Regional platform and exchange facilitated

5.2.1. KSL stakeholder representatives participate in regional/national platforms at least one/annum (e.g., ABS, Value Chain Development, CEMP )

5.2.1. KSL stakeholder representatives participate in regional/national platforms at least one/annum (e.g. ABS, value chain development, CEMP)

5.2.1. All KSL relevant stakeholders representatives participate in regional platforms and use common methodologies

5.3 Knowledge management and communication facilitated

5.3.1. One regional information and knowledge-sharing platform with two-way communications functional



4.5. Regional Cooperation and Enabling policies, Knowledge Management

National and Local Policy Forums made Functional

The functional NCC is active in China and Nepal, while in India, all partners’ synergy meetings are held regularly. National coordination meetings in these countries are taking place on a four-monthly basis. These meetings see participation from local stakeholders and government agencies, along with direct partner organizations in each country. The strategic discussions that are held in the meetings are proving efficient in providing an adoptive management platform for reorienting the operational plans as well as trying to maximize the achievements of KSLCDI.

A major inter-ministerial meeting was held by the Indian Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in Delhi to speed up the process of nominating KSL as a UNESCO world heritage site with responsibilities given to WII. Similarly, the Niti Aayog (the former Planning Commission of India) provided ICIMOD a rare opportunity to present insights from the HKH in which KSLCDI lessons learnt were an integral part. The Niti Aayog has given a clear set of focus areas including springshed management and livelihoods improvement through value chains so that the IHR (Indian Himalayan Region) can benefit from its conservation and development. Based on these inputs, ICIMOD prepared a ToR for several task forces to which KSLCDI has contributed. These themes are eco-tourism, springsheds, shifting cultivation, and value chain promotion in the Himalaya.

Further, KSL India partners held various district level meetings with Chief Development Officer (CDO) and other line agencies and conducted a Landscape Yatra within KSL India with a multidisciplinary team and high ranking officials. The idea in KSL India will upscale microplans of pilots from the horizontal landscape to landscape level.

Regional Platform and Exchange Facilitated

The priority for 2016 was to reach a more standardized and sustainable model of cross-border cooperation on the ground, related to issues that have direct relevance to promoting conservation and development. The first cross-border meeting between the key institutions of India and Nepal has laid the foundation for on-the-ground transboundary cooperation on issues such as wildlife poaching and illegal trade of NTFPs. Agencies recommended, inter alia, practical action points such as joint patrolling across the Mahakali River, and proactive sharing of knowledge and crime intelligence. Further capacity building from both sides of the border is necessary. It was decided that more meetings between KSL India and KSL Nepal should be held. Cross border mechanisms can now be replicated across KSL Nepal and KSL China, and subsequently be tested between the three countries. This can also serve as evidence to national policymakers. A bottom-up approach can be the way forward for influencing cooperation on other issues affecting the sustenance at a transboundary scale.

The development of Yarsagumba Management Guidelines for ANCA through a series of bottom-up consultation processes, facilitated exposure visits and the sharing of expertise between KSL India and KSL Nepal has provided another strand of transboundary cooperation at the local level. The draft guidelines have been submitted to the Department of Forests, Nepal, and the Uttarakhand Forest Department, India, for mainstreaming in KSL.

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At the same time, an exposure visit and leadership development training was organized for KSL Nepal partners to provide an opportunity for the participants to interact and learn as well as to exchange knowledge, skills, ideas, information and technology in the fields of natural resource management and livelihood enhancement. This also helped develop a common understanding among participants regarding these and associated topics (e.g., herd size, days allowed to graze in community forests and permit fees, CFUGs raising entry and exit routes for herders). Stakeholders such as DFO staff, FECOFUN and herders provided insights. Similarly, other meetings between herders, DFO staff, and community forest user groups have been organized to give community members the opportunity to provide inputs to required policy and practice changes concerning rangeland management and sustainable use. A mentorship trip to Europe in which ICIMOD’s other landscape initiatives, and private tour operators from the Pulan region participated, provided an opportunity to learn from Europe’s example of transboundary cooperation.

“The Salzburg Challenge” on Transboundary Cooperation for Biodiversity and Peace, a very influential consortium of globally renowned dignitaries, gave special session for KSLCDI recognising cultural services and sacredness as innovative carriers for transboundary cooperation. As a result, a position paper “Call for Action” was presented at CBD CoP 13 at Cancun for global dissemination and uptake urging government leaders to link transboundary conservation to political priorities such as economic development, job creation, and human security.

Knowledge Management and Communication Facilitated

KSL springshed research and its initial findings were profiled during the main plenary at the International Association of Hydrogeology (IAH) Congress in Montpellier, France. Outcomes of this participation have led to the development of joint proposals with agencies such as the British Geological Society (BGS), the IAH Transboundary Aquifer Management Committee, and the French Funding Agency.

Work on Sacredness in KSLCDI in 2016

The framework to assess the cultural ecosystem services of sacred natural sites was ready by January 2016, and was piloted at the Gwallek Kedar sacred forest in Baitadi district, KSL Nepal. The pilot study was conducted by ICIMOD, with local support from the NGO SADA, ICI, and ICIMOD-ICI. The framework has been published.

Over the course of 2016, the partnership with the India China Institute has led to field work that captures targeted stories on the links between sacred sites in KSL and the rich cultural heritage of the region. The folk stories run along the themes of geo-sanctity and sanctity at times, and on trans-boundary cultural/religious linkages in other cases. In this context, a major collaborative trip was organised in KSL Nepal and KSL China (between Humla and the core zone of KSL near the holy peak Mount Kailash). The purpose was broadly to understand the intermeshed dynamics of landscape, livelihoods, religion, cultural practices, and transborder linkages. Various knowledge products and research papers are being developed on the basis of the vast collection of data, insights, and images collected over this trek. Material from this fieldwork has also been used to validate/compare findings from other KSLCDI field missions in this region. This collaboration has generated insightful knowledge about TK, ecology, culture and the status of sacred sites. This knowledge furthermore contributes to the nomination process of the KSL landscape as a UNESCO World heritage site.

KSLCDI’s work on cultural facets of the landscape, including the developmental phase of the ICIMOD CES assessment framework, sacred sites mapping, and heritage tourism, was published in an anthology on Asian sacred natural sites, which was released in the World Conservation Congress 2016, held in Hawaii.

Progress of nominating KSL as a UNESCO World Heritage Site

A round of consultative meetings for the UNESCO World Heritage Site nomination of the KSL was conducted in each of the three KSL countries under KSLCDI early 2016. ICIMOD led this round of consultations with various relevant governmental, scientific, and private sector stakeholders in the three countries. Different stakeholders at various levels in India showed a keen interest in pursuing a trans-boundary nomination including KSL India, if the other two countries were also on board. ICIMOD, as an inter-governmental agency, was proposed to provide the ‘pull factor’ in the trans-boundary nomination. However, just as in the case of Nepal, it was also suggested to begin with consulting local communities and raising awareness about the World Heritage Site designation process and

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its implications for the rights and livelihoods of local communities. Chinese counterparts have started initial dataset collection for application process to nomination for a World Heritage Site designation for the Kailash landscape, though initially not in the frame of a transboundary cooperation.

An important preliminary step was taken in district Humla, KSL Nepal, in 2016 through the testing of a photo series-based community interaction (30 participants). The objective was to sensitize the local communities of Humla about the value of their tangible and intangible cultural heritage. In July 2016, community meetings were held in two villages of district Humla, KSL Nepal for discussing the importance of tangible and intangible cultural heritage in Humla, touching upon the potential impacts of a WHS nomination for sites in Humla for local communities.

In October 2016, a stakeholders’ consultation workshop was held in Pithoragarh, KSL India. A seven minute long video, prepared by WII with ICIMOD’s support, showcased the tangible and intangible cultural and natural wealth of KSL India and collected insights from the participants. A key question now to be dealt with is whether KSL India’s sites and routes form a strong enough case for a stand-alone, national nomination, and whether even within a solely national nomination, the sites and routes can be nominated on the basis of their rich trans-boundary historical connections, among other possible reasons justifying the nomination. A Consultative Dialogue to discuss the different dimensions of Kailash Sacred Landscape as a proposed “Mixed World Heritage Site” was conducted that led to a tentative Road Map for inscription of KSL WHS, and a Heritage Landscape Governance Capacity Framework for KSL.

Gender and Governance

Strengthening ICIMOD and Partner Capacities

Keeping in mind the various partners and sub-partners in the KSLCDI countries, the institutional settings of the transboundary KSLCDI are rather complex and can influence the outputs and outcomes of the programme. Thus the ANCA council as an institution is being strengthened on a regular basis to manage the current KSLCDI pilot sites in Nepal. The regular exchange of ANCA council members and local stakeholders with stakeholders across the border in KSL India through community to community knowledge exchange is setting the foundation for a sustainable connection between institutions in terms of a landscape approach that can exist and flourish beyond the programme period. The ANCA council that consists of two female and 25 male representatives attended a mentorship trip in mid-2016. The exposure visit that sensitized participants on inclusive planning and implementation showcased and introduced institutional best practices such as ACAP and KL.

Also, a workshop was organized in September 2016, where the ANCA council members were sensitized about existing national policies, rules and regulations. More importantly, the ANCA council members identified their deficiencies concerning different gender and governance aspects in the management of ANCA through a self-evaluation process using indicators of good governance. The self-evaluation scores have been set as benchmark to track the progress of the ANCA council on the integration of gender issues and its overall governance performance.

Whereas consistent efforts are made by each partner institution itself to trigger gender responsive actions, such as equal representation in meetings, exposure visits and trainings, involvement in community management planning, the focus lies also on ensuring the economic empowerment of women groups related to value chains, tourism, and ecosystem management. The conducted outreach activities for women and men have built a broad base for carving out roles of women in the enterprise development of value chains, and as well as the contribution in leadership for equitable and inclusive decision-making. Now, women are participating equally in various livelihood-promoting activities. In KSL–India, even among the tribal Van Raji forest villages, the involvement of women in pilot interventions is now 100%. Women are having a leading role in three value chains: off-season vegetable, bamboo, and kidney beans. The involvement in the Chyura-based value chains in KSL India and KSL Nepal has also increased since the inception of the programme.

Country events and several ICIMOD-supported events have had an overall 49 % participation from women (a total of 5,771 women). As mere numbers don’t directly answer the gender question, the focus lies on qualitative changes within institutions. Gender and other aspects of inclusiveness are fully mainstreamed in the planning, implementation and M&E mechanisms.

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The KSLCDI Annual Planning and Review Workshop which could register the full participation of all country partners, has renewed the commitment of the KSLCDI as a team. It is evident that despite the reduced availability of resources, planning was done deftly, and the milestones that were set for 2017 are aligned with the programme outputs and outcomes. As a recognition for the efforts of the KSLCDI, the programme has received ICIMOD’s “Gender Champion Award” for the third time.

Exposure visit to KSL India

KSLCDI has supported both women and men to build their capacity and sensitize them on gender and governance issues relating to enterprises development and natural resources management through cross-country exposure visit, trainings, and workshops. Community members (16 women and 10 men) from KSL Nepal, Darchula and Bajhang, exchanged their knowledge and experience with their peers in KSL India (Pithoragarh) during the exposure visit. They also gained insights into best practices in fodder plantation, Chyura soap making as well as soil and water conservation. After returning to their villages, participants have put their acquired knowledge into practice, for example- participants from Saptarangi CFUG, Bajhang, KSL Nepal conducted tending operations of fodder plants provided by KSLCDI in order to pilot the National Rangeland Policy of Nepal. Discussions with local champion Ms. Rekha Bhandari, village head and president of the Chetna Self Help Group in KSL India, made the participants realize that collective action of the local community is more important than the support of external actors for their livelihood development.

Entrepreneurship Training

KSLCDI as first step conducted a capacity enhancement training on entrepreneurship for selected beneficiaries, particularly women who are engaged in the KSL Nepal value chains (Allo, Nigalo, Ritha and Chyura/honey) and who have the potential to be entrepreneurs. Participants were encouraged to think of themselves as potential entrepreneurs by using SWOT (strength, weakness, opportunities and threats) analysis and other tools. The second step focused more directly on the selection of local business products having market demands and customers. Nevertheless, participants also learned how to prepare detailed simple business plans, and how to keep records of income and expenses. Videos, games, lectures, and a field visit were among the used learning tool with nearly 13 male and 13 female participants.

Others

Based on assessment of value chain groups in KSL India, several measures were recommended to the partners for strengthening institutional capacity of the groups to ensure equitable and transparent benefit sharing mechanisms. Among them were the sensitization on advantages of collective action, the mobilization of local resource persons such as Ms. Rekha Bhandari for capacity building of local user groups, a peer monitoring system to ensure accountability and transparency, training for groups on record and financial book-keeping etc.

For piloting the National Rangeland Policy of Nepal, the District Forest Office was supported in the preparation of an action plan which includes detailed activities for the year 2016 such as the exploration of possibilities to resolve the conflicts between transhumance herders in consultation with transhumance herders from Kanda VDC and users of Saptarangi Community Forest.

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5. Private Sector Engagement

Private sector engagement is an integral part of value chain development interventions for KSLCDI. Seeing huge potential and growing demand in the national, regional and international markets for allo products, KSLCDI has brought the Nepali private sector entity SABAH Nepal on board. As the social-business organization has been involved in allo processing and promotion in the past as well, their interest in value addition, the production of high quality products and thereby in proper training of allo processors is very high. Various trainings on stitching, weaving, knitting, leadership development and enterprise development have been conducted in the pilot site. In the past, only allo bark was sold, fetching a price of NPR 100/kg. Now, local allo processors are able to sell finer thread for NPR 1,100/kg. More than 25 women are engaged in various enterprises at each node of the chain: some are making fibre, some are weaving cloth, some are knitting and some are stitching new designs and products such as allo bags, pencil cases, table mats, runners, clothes and hats.

In KSL India, CHEA has signed a MoU with Reva Organic Farms Private Limited for product and enterprise development. Reva Organic Farms Private Limited is helping in the establishment of marketing links for Chyura niche by-products in metropolitan cities. Beyond that, the company is responsible for further product development, packaging, branding and the transfer of the concept to other communities in Uttarakhand, India. To ensure authenticity and a wide reach into the market, the formula for Chyura soap has been processed with an authorised agency. Villagers are also benefitting from the support of organizations such as the Veterinary Department, Horticulture Department, Swajal Yojna, VIPKAS, the GB Pant Institute, and the Forest Department.

Both private sector entities represented KSLCDI at the 14th Handicraft Trade Fair in Kathmandu in November 2016, selling KSLCDI value chain products under the common brand Kailash–Truly Sacred, which was launched at the 13th Handicraft Trade Fair in Kathmandu in May. Government partners will be monitoring the quality compliance of the producers for the brand.

In the next step, knowledge, experience and skill exchange between SABAH Nepal and Reva Organic Farms Private Limited will be focused on.

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6. Regional Knowledge Management and Communication Strategy

Several easy-to-understand, demand-driven field manuals and other awareness material have been prepared and disseminated (e.g., on springshed approach, Yarsagumba guidelines, and the allo value chain). Apart from this, the use of documents and frameworks by secondary institutions has been effected through an interface with regional projects and government agencies.

As a result of the regional knowledge management and communication strategy, key knowledge products such as technical reports, training reports, comprehensive newsletters, scientific data, travel reports, research protocols and plans, tourist banners, and training manuals have been published and disseminated.

The use of the Yak and Horse Transportation Communication Booklet has eased communication between Indian and Chinese pilgrims. A chapter on KSL and how KSLCDI is bridging cultural heritage, conservation and development through a transboundary landscape approach was featured in an IUCN book published by Earthscan through Routledge. A peer reviewed article on an institutional analysis of the decline of migratory pastoralism in KSL has been published in Environmental Sociology.

Knowledge sharing through KSLCDI products has increased consistently. In 2016, technical publications have been downloaded 6,012 times, general publications 2,348 times, communication materials 2,371 times, and audio-visuals viewed 5,976 times.

Awareness Raising and Capacity Building for Community Members

With the support of partners, local artists and GIZ, KSLCDI is developing a series of Picture Series Manuals for awareness raising and capacity building in the project area and beyond.

Besides a ToT for ICIMOD personnel and local KSLCDI partners on the methodology of picture series use in August 2016, picture series that have already been finalized – especially Yarsagumba Management in the Hindu Kush Himalaya, and The Hydrogeology and Governance of Springsheds – are increasingly used by the communities. The creation of a common knowledge base among the participants is one of the underlying targets of the picture series session. It allows community members to comprehend connections, to identify present problems and to come up with possible solutions, leading ultimately to a shared vision for the chosen topic.

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Picture Series: A Tool for Adult Education

As a tool for inclusive and participatory adult education, pictures series sensitize local community members on topics that directly affect their livelihoods, health and everyday lives. Non-scientific language, clear messages and meaningful pictures not only allow users to introduce complicated and multi-layered topics to local populations, but also to steer the thought processes of community members, and to encourage them to discuss possible issues and actively tackle them.

The tool aims to imbibe in all community members, many of whom might have received very little formal education, an understanding of the technical and social aspects of a chosen topic. Picture series reach out to participants from all social and economic backgrounds. With equal integration of all ages and both genders, picture series can be very inclusive as a tool.

The creation of a common knowledge base among participants is one of the underlying targets of picture series sessions. Such sessions allow community members to comprehend connections, to identify present problems, and to come up with possible solutions leading ultimately to a shared vision for the chosen topic. This not only builds participants’ self-confidence, but also motivates community members who contribute voluntarily to more actively engage in activities and become more proactive in working for a better future for their respective communities. By helping local people become agents of change, pictures series can influence their everyday lives, livelihoods and health for the better.

In addition, awareness posters and other material on the management of invasive alien plant species, and management options such as composting and the making of bio-briquettes are being used. Yarsagumba management guidelines for ANCA have been developed and distributed in Khar VDC, and in Yarsagumba harvesting areas. This has led to now more hygienic sanitation, the digging of waste pits, and the protection of the surrounding ecosystem in Yarsagumba fields, as well as more knowledge and action regarding invasive alien plant species.

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7. Evaluation and Impact Orientation

This year, during the first quarter, KSLCDI was involved in the GIZ Mid-term Review. This engaged the team for nearly two months in seeking ground validation of the progress made so far. As an outcome, KSLCDI was ranked a “successful programme” by GIZ evaluators. The review also provided strategic recommendations to further KSLCDI goals and increase efficiency in coordination. These recommendations based on an action plan are being implemented. In 2016, the SAWG Programme Annual Review, to which KSLCDI has contributed, received an “A” programme scoring, with a moderate level of risk.

One impact evaluation study on the Allo Value Chain has a potential peer-reviewed article under review. Similar studies have been commissioned on the vegetable and Chyura honey value chains in China and India respectively.

During the Regional Review and Planning Workshop held in August 2016, progress was measured against set targets. This helped in designing the course of action for the year 2017. Country-specific M&E plans have been regularly communicated to partners. Progress reports from all partners are being uploaded on the KSL Online Reporting System. This has resulted in a richness of data and added quality to progress reports. For 2016, all partners have submitted their data to the online portal.

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8. Partnership Management

Since January 2013, KSLCDI partnerships have been growing consistently. KSLCDI has 31 implementation partnerships (including 29 amendments) with 12 partner organization in China, India, and Nepal, with strategic partners in the UK, USA and Netherlands. As of mid-2016, around USD 4.9 million has been provided directly to KSLCDI implementation partners. At this stage, KSLCDI’s collaborative partnerships, even though they may be of lesser monetary value, play crucial roles in outscaling the programme findings and outcomes. Having understood this, key new partnership have been implemented. Partnerships with the India-China Centre, USA, resulted in a joint visit to Nepal and TAR China capturing the essential element of sacredness that KSL has to offer to the world.

The partnership with SANDEE on valuating ecosystem services in KSL pilots in India and Nepal has led to key incentives for ecosystem services (IES) recommendations. KSLCID major findings and their collaboration with other in-pipeline transboundary landscape initiatives at ICIMOD have contributed to the design and delivery of a Landscape Governance curriculum with the Centre for Development Innovation (CDI) University of Wageningen. The programme findings have now become part of the GIZ India Programme in the Indian Himalaya, clearly setting outscaling standards and opportunities for better influencing regional practices and policies.

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9. Programme Management Unit (PMU) at ICIMOD

The Programme Management Unit (PMU) – comprising the Programme Coordinator, Associate coordinator, Nepal Coordinator, Programme Officer, and Programme Associate – oversees the overall programme management, coordination, partnerships, and financial management of KSLCDI. The PMU body is an interface internally and externally for the smooth implementation of the strategy that was drafted in the beginning in 2012, and is amended, as needed, every year.

The first quarter of 2016 was rather intense as the programme had to be adjusted to reduced country budgets. An addendum for the signing of annual plan related contracts, and the liquidation of financial resources from 2015 underwent a thorough evaluation. The National Coordination Committee Meeting in Nepal and the All-partners Meetings in China and India took place in time, helping readjust financial forecasts and providing a realistic plan of operation for the year 2016. However, the process of finalizing the country annual plans took till the end of March as the budget and the set of activities had to be outlined according to the approved annual plan by the PSC.

Together with GIZ, the PMU completed the GIZ Mid Term Review (MTR) for KSLCDI in April 2016. All three KSLCDI partner countries were assessed and various documents analysed. Per the recommendations made on improving efficiency of the project deliveries by the GIZ Mid Term Review, partner countries have been asked to maintain an open, two-way and regular communication in the existing multi-partner structure so that coordination can be more effective. Similarly, partners have been asked to mobilize national funds at a much larger scale to finance landscape level activities. The MoM was circulated among GIZ, ICIMOD and partners. All country partners have held their quarterly meetings in India and Nepal. Chinese partners have also started regular meetings.

Based on the recommendations of the GIZ MTR, a strategy for implementing recommendations was devised, and consent from each partner was taken to expand their responsibilities so as to abide by the standards expected from KSLCDI. The revised strategy was regularly monitored, and the same strategy was updated twice (July and December 2016) (see Annexure III).

In addition, the PMU and GIZ together conducted a mentorship trip to European transboundary areas for capacity building, and to understand the process and outcomes of long term transboundary cooperation in natural resource governance. Participants included ICIMOD and GIZ staff, stakeholders from KSL China such as CIB and tourism companies, as well as representatives from ICIMOD’s other landscape initiatives.

Central to the third quarter of 2016 was the preparation and realization of the KSLCDI Annual Review and Planning Workshop. As funds for 2017 have shrunk due to currency exchange losses, effective planning of further implementation was an urgent focus. There were two approaches to dealing with the currency loss, the first being a revision of the 2016 plan for the remaining months. Partners have readjusted their plans for 2016 and have been given clear direction on not initiating any new activities, on collecting lessons learnt, producing knowledge products, and conducting policy influencing events. Resource mobilization efforts were discussed, and country partners agreed that they will scope national funds as leveraging resources to continue implementation of the operational plan in each country.

In a meeting on the SAWG Progress in Delhi, KSLCDI presented its current status and requested more funds from DFID for ensuring that targets set for 2017 are achieved on time and qualitatively. With consistent follow-up and convening abilities, KSLCDI managed to secure an additional Euro 300,000. However, the budget deficit for 2017 is certainly challenging the achievement of milestones set for the year.

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Lessons learnt

• In order to bring uniformity and consistency in reporting the financial statement, there was a need to develop a standard reporting format for financial utilizations. In this regard, with help from the finance unit at ICIMOD, a standard excel template will be used for 2017. It automatically calculates the exchange rate, and also signals any mistakes made. At the same time, it is also essential to orient all the partners on how to use it

• Continuous monitoring of the both DFID and GIZ budgets must be done at the end each month to get an idea of the budget balance in each line item. At the same time, regular and effective communication with donors and partners is of utmost importance.

• Given the global uncertainty around currency fluctuations, a monthly monitoring of financial expenditure is crucial. At the same time, adaptive management needs to be in place

• For the year 2017, partners’ spill-overs will be subtracted from the total LoA value

• There is a greater need to oversee the quality of deliverables submitted by partners. All the respective component members will be requested to deliver timely inputs

• If there is any delay in submitting the deliverables, proper documentary record of follow up emails should be kept so as to back up the auditing process

• Creating an overall list of all events and their tentative dates will be very helpful in mobilizing the staff, and prove more efficient in managing resources

• An alternative may be to develop partners contract in donor’s currency so that it balances the risks of currency fluctuations across all verticals

• Maintain a database for all the publications published so far, publications which are in the pipeline, and publications which will not published (with reasons) so that a proper list of all knowledge products is easily available

• In order to get the report of every event on time, constant follow up with the people in charge and KMC is a must

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10. Key Challenges, Risk Assessment and Mitigation Measures

Key Challenges

• Based on findings from the GIZ MTR, the heritage tourism site in KSL India was dropped due to public security concerns related to the cave. Instead, a wide circuit was identified that links a few potential sites

• It is still not feasible that the annual report and annual planning documents are committed to the PSC before the end of January each year

• Frequent changes of focal persons for KSLCDI in the key implementing partner institution affect the continuity and momentum of the progress, and thus reduce efficiency

• Data sharing of pilot area work from partners and within the partners needs to improve as often, common knowledge products cannot be developed

• Communication, coordination and handholding can improve further

• Within very limited time remaining in the implementation period, and at a time when data-sharing is still not at the optimum level, the preparation of final knowledge products/learning and their timely profiling for projecting KSLCDI as a future model for regional cooperation will need collective and timely effort in a scenario where the funding situation is not good

• KSLCDI, over the past few years, has lost a substantial amount of its budget to dramatic currency exchange losses, thus endangering the probability of the sufficiency of its financial resources in attaining set targets

• Though ownership is present, and mechanisms within each country have been used to contribute local funds for implementation, pilots in remote areas do not receive the full attention of respective national governments that are in a position to contribute equitable amounts of development funds

• Though data collection is ongoing and marginal data sharing processes are in place, challenges associated with the proper use of such data in conservation and development interventions and investments are still distant

Risk and Mitigation Measures

The following table gives an assessment of identified risks associated with KSLCDI, and the mitigation measures put in place to mitigate these risks.

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Risks Mitigation Strategy

An instant stop on our work in the heritage tourism site in KSL India due to risks in public security

Adjoining sacred sites will be connected for practicing heritage tourism and an option for sacred forest groves as part of the heritage tourism will be explored soonest

Slow implementation on the ground For China, it is envisaged that coordination and communication between country partners will be intensified. A ground project coordinator could be posted in Pulan County

More frequent field presence of ICIMOD staff and handholding support to partners will be envisaged. Approvals for foreign staff travelling in KSL will be sought in a more timely manner from government authorities

Limited remaining project period to reach outputs and outcomes

In China, a ground level project coordinator will be needed. This needs to be discussed and agreed upon by country partners

Institutional cooperation with a few institutions (ICI, UNEP-WCMC, TUM, SANDEE, ACWADAM) will provide complementary learning that will be used to trigger outcomes and impacts set till 2017

Use local champions (institutions and resource persons, women) after further capacity building to support project implementation on the ground

Make regular field visits (except in KSL China), and assess the progress directly. Deliver customised support to partners on-the-job. Support targeted leveraging from line agencies and local institutions to bridge capacity gaps of our existing partners

Datasets from partners not timely; hence profiling of learning, and dissemination in policy and practice arenas delayed

Focus is on consolidating learning and analysis, the integration of datasets at the landscape scale, and its links to transboundary cooperation

Programme budget gap due to currency exchange loss

Operational plan for the year 2017 has been developed to focus intervention efforts on consolidation, synthesis, and strengthening regional cooperation, and internalising sources of national leveraging.

New methods for periodic financial monitoring are in place to keep track of future currency projections.

Programme development activities have been initiated with key development partners to bridge the budget gap.

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11. Major Deviations from the 2016 Plan

Due to changes in the offices of government dignitaries in India and Nepal, the inter-ministerial meeting planned for 2016 has been postponed to 2017. However, intermediary inter-country meetings with government representatives are ongoing. Given the reservations regarding the security situation in the Patal Bhubaneshwar Cave (a heritage tourism site in KSL India identified by a GIZ review), the focus has been shifted to linking a series of sacred sites in KSL with forests and tree groves. Dropping the Cave as a heritage tourism site has not affected the investments made up to this point as the overall aim was always to connect serial sacred sites, practice garbage management and explore avenues for providing alternative touristic attractions (e.g. bird watching, new trails). The Yak Cheese value chain in KSL China has been dropped from further investment. The Tourism work in Humla could not make progress due to gap in required skills with implementation partners.

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12. Overview of Finance

Fund Utilization

For the year 2016, the programme utilised USD 2,584,684. Of the total consumption, nearly 41% is attributed to national partners (USD 1,055,659). This is an indication of greater momentum at multiple levels. The overall financial health in terms of budget spending has been good. Due to currency loss in exchange, it will, however, be required that the spending trend be closely monitored against the set operation plan. The strategy for combating this situation has already been drafted, with several proposals to both DFID and GIZ for additional funds. Nearly Euro 300,000 has been raised with a few more proposals in line. Furthermore, the programme has put greater emphasis on the consolidation of ongoing activities, while limiting the start of new activities. Details on partners’ budget scenarios are provided in the table below.

Table: Country Partner Budget Spending as of December 2016.

Country Partners 2016 Budget 2016 Consumption Balance

China

IGNSRR + TAAAS 115,251 101,017 14,234

CIB 70,000 70,000 -

KIB 25,000 25,000 -

Sichuan University 70,000 70,000 -

India

GBPANT 160,904 157,367 3,537

WII 56,357 52,983 3,374

CHEA 106,989 80,179 26,810

ACWADAM (Continuation till 2017) 30,991 8,403 12588

Nepal

RECAST 374,041 301,338 72,703

SABAH (Continuation till 2017) 28,301 20,646 7,655

Tribhuvan University 6,598 5,278 1,320

Others

CDI Wageningen 60,000 30,000 30,000

SANDEE 105,066 94,599 10,467

UNEP-WCMC 76,681 76,681 -

ICI 100,000 51,000 49,000

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Strategy Incorporated for Better Financial Management

An internal fiduciary monitoring system at ICIMOD monitors currency fluctuations, albeit after these have happened. The following measures have been taken up from ICIMOD:

• National partner’s contracts are for 5 years, but the budget and overall activities are planned for every year after looking into the available budget and physical/financial performance of partners. This also incorporates currency loss. Before the annual planning, the ICIMOD finance department provides us with available budget and forecasts for the year, which forms the basis for developing annual operational plans

• In these situations, we internally prioritize those tasks that are most important, keeping in mind the expected project outputs and outcomes. In such cases, priority is given to tasks that leads to outcomes and are beneficial, with clear margins over others

• The budget is tracked within the programme management unit every month, and accordingly, staff allocation and staff time is adjusted

• Flexibility is offered in terms of having more than one donor, as well as internally, by ICIMOD’s internal funds. For situations where currency fluctuations are regular, and unpredictable, during budget booking, preferences are given to those donor budgets with relatively stable currency

• Proactive communication is kept with partners despite agreed annual plans. ICIMOD also participates in quarterly meetings to discuss any major issues regarding the existing financial situation so that timely adjustments can be made

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13. Lessons Contributed at the Programme Level

• Common value chain, monitoring methods, and approaches across the landscape are crucial

• Research and proactive communication drive the uptake of policy and practice, and active communication with strategic implementation and development partners for effective coordination brings efficiency

• Coordination and communication among country partners and their updated linkage with pilot communities and stakeholders are key to achieving maximum impact at the ground level

• Data needs, comparability for planning, and implementation should be a focus since the inception, and should be concealed in agreements

• The Landscape Journey (Yatra) approach has proved an effective means of reaching out to maximum stakeholders in remote localities in the high Himalaya in a very short time with minimum resource investment. Further, landscape level events provide an excellent platform for profiling of the project. Among others, it is instrumental in: (i) Promoting partner’s synergy and ownership of project; (ii) Engaging with the youth of the landscape; (iii) Motivating local stewardship for judicious resource management; (iv) Strengthening integrated bottom-up and participatory planning; and (IV) Generating key points for policy influence

• Regular quarterly meetings between country partners complemented by regular hand-holding field visits by ICIMOD professionals have improved coordination and communication among country partners and their updated linkage with pilot communities and stakeholders

• Complementary learning from the field on why KSLCDI is sacred and why its cultural legacy deserves more attention could bring three participating countries together, and has a good potential to bring peace and stability to the region

• Cashing in on the opportunities to profile achievements, wherever possible, with a focus on wider outreach

• Fund-leveraging efforts must be ongoing. For making KSLCDI’s outcomes visible, all partners need to collectively target priority areas based on set outputs and outcomes

• Limited accessibility and technical follow-up in TAR pilots bring concerns regarding where we will have reached by 2017. This is especially the case for value chains, which often take a long time in bringing dividends and where a lot of handholding is needed, even after a project is over

• The focus on improving local livelihoods and the sustenance of ecosystem services as the main entry point to trigger a Landscape Approach has been validated. The transformation of such an approach at the transboundary levels need an on-the ground cross-border institutional and management interface

The landscape approach needs to be assessed as a trade-off among community development priorities, and conservation priorities based on ecosystem services, vulnerability assessments, and finally the need to feed into existing intervention and investment plans of the state/local government. The local community concerned must feel that the programme improves their livelihoods, and chances of wellbeing. Partners should prioritize working towards better ecosystem management, delivering goods and services, and learning, lending value addition to existing goods and services portals.

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Annex I: Kailash Sacred Landscape Information System (Geoportal Status)

Kailash Sacred Landscape Information System (Geoportal Status)

Theme Number

Theme Layer Number

Component Current Portal Data (Information) Meta-data

RemarksInformation Example

1 Area of Intervention

1.1 Partners’ Region of Work

Country Nepal No Component: ABS = Access and Benefit Sharing; EM = Ecosystem Management; LTESM = Long-term Conservation and Monitoring; IL= Innovative Livelihoods; RCKM = Regional Cooperation and Knowledge management

Name Department of Forest (DoF)Abbreviation DoFLocation Bajhang districtsArea of work Rangeland managementComponents Component 2Component_1 EM

2 Conservation & Monitoring

2.1 Important Bird Areas

Region Asia No Askot Wildlife Sanctuary (India Only)Country India

Sitrecid 18442National_n Askot Wildlife SanctuarySitinterna Askot Wildlife Sanctuary and GFinal code IN099Area_ha 209993Min_altitu 700Max_altitu 7000Latitude 29.6794Longitude 80.2744Subnationa Year_of_as 2004Proposed_i 0Confirmed_ A1, A2A1 ConfirmedA2 ConfirmedA3 A4i A4ii 0A4iii A4iv 0

2.2 Gloria Sites Locality Thadapani Ridge Yes Summit Altitude 4548Lat 29.951639Long 80.930944Vegetation Upper alpine

2.3 Protected Areas

Name Askot Musk Deer Sanctuary No Country INDSub_loc IN-ULDesig SanctuaryDesig_type NationalIucn_cat IVInt_crit Not ApplicableRep_area 599.93GIS Area 224.085232Status_yr 1986Gov_type Not ReportedMang_auth Not ReportedMang_plan Not ReportedNo_take Not Applicable

2.4 Metero-logical stations

Stn_name PATAN (WEST) No 9 stations in Nepal and 1 station in ChinaStn _type Climatology

Country NepalSource Department of Hydrology &

MeterologyLatitude 29.47Longitude 80.53Elevation 1266

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3 Base Layers 3.1 Ecoregions 10 Classes Gandise Mountains alpine tundra Himalayan

No Only Color representation

Subtropical broadleaf forestHimalayan subtropical pine forestSnow and iceSnow, ice, glaciers, and rockTrans-Himalayan alpine meadowsWest Tibetan Plateau alpine steppeWestern Himalayan alpine shrub/meadowWestern Himalaya subalpine conifer forestWestern Himalayan alpine shrub/meadowWestern Himalayan broadleaf forest

3.2 Kailash boundary

Line_cov_i 0 Yes Name Kailash

4 Administrative 4.1 Air field F_code GB005 No Only PithoragarhName PITHORGARHUse_desc UnknownIko VIDFNa3 IN96831Zv3 2100

4.2 Populated places

Name Dhuli No Fips_cntry NP

4.3 Settlements City_name Chaubisho No 4.4 Roads F_code AP030 No

Dcw_desc Primary/Secondary RoadsAcc 1Exs 28Med 2Rtt 15Ass_desc AccurateExs_desc OperationalMed_desc Without MedianRtt_desc Secondary Route

5 Culture & Tourism

5.1 Sacred Natural Sites (India)

Site_name: Chipla Kund Yes India Sacred Natural Sites were only available in geoportal

Latitude 29.959331Longitude 80.419489Altitude: 4290Distance_to: 64Nearest_to: DharchulaSize: 30*50 mDominant_species:

Aconitum balfouri dominated

Biodiversity: RichStatus: DegradedNearby_ecosystem:

alpine pasture

5.2 Touristic Places

Name Rapla Yes

5.3 Passes Name Nara Pass Yes Location1 Location2

5.4 Historical Routes

Instead of Historical Layer, the same roads layer was added in the KSL-IS. So this layer need to replace by original historical routes layer.

5.5 Peaks Elevation 6037 Yes Name Chyoro Ri

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6 Water Resources

6.1 Glacial Lakes

Basin_name: No GI_code In40_0001GI_name Altitude: 4585Gl_area: 411075612.6Gl_length: 27886Gl_class: O(o)Datasource QuickBirdDs_date 11/15/2005Gl_orient SWDist2gr 0

6.2 Glaciers Boundary/Coverage

No

6.3 Spring Locations

Village Chedda No

6.4 Major rivers Name Mahakali River No 6.5 Wetland Glwd_id 2884 Yes

Type LakeLake_name Kunggyu’ CoArea_skm 62.8Perim_km 39.5Long_deg 82.13Lat_deg 30.63Elev_m: 5001Catch_tskm: 1Inflow_cms: 5.7Country China

Annex II: GIZ Log frame Indicator Status as of December 2016

Designation of the TC measure

Conservation of Biodiversity in the Kailash region

Project number

2014.2098.3

Country

China, India, Nepal (Asia supra-regional / ICIMOD)

Impact matrix prepared on

20/10/2014

Summary Indicators of success Indicators achieved

Programme objective:

Livelihoods and ecosystem management at local, national and international levels (in a sustainable manner) in selected areas of the Kailash region improved.

(Programme objective of ICIMOD Kailash Sacred Landscape Conservation and Development Initiative – KSLCDI)

Not relevant Leave blank

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Outcome 1: Outcome 1: The population uses identified value chains to sustainably raise incomes.

Integrated strategies for selected value chains developed and incomes for at least 300 households in 5 villages per pilot area increased.

Base value: 0 (related to selected value chains)Target value: (income increased by X %)China / Pulan County: 10% increase through vegetable growing; 3% through sustainable tourism India/ Pithoragarh: 5% increase through honey, 10% through vegetable growing, 3% through sustainable tourism Nepal / ANCA (Api Nampa Conservation Area) and Humla: 4% increase through honey, 5% through plant fibre weave (Allo), 3% through sustainable tourism

Pulan County:

Tourism: 30-35 local youths and women are involved in basic intervention towards heritage tourism development. Training for Yak herders as well as on sanitation and waste management has been conducted in 2016 two special trainings have been conducted one for Food and beverage with south Asian and Tibetan cousins. Participants have been awarded. Outcome: Publication of first truly authentic and standardized Chinese and Tibetan Cuisines Menu, to be used by hotel/homestay/restaurant operators.

Enhanced skills in providing quality gastronomy and hospitality services.

Government certified F&B service provider, eligible for accessing local government grants for business start-ups and expansions

Total 18 people got the official certificate from China Employment Training Technical Instruction Centre (SYIB) – Lhasa, China.

On actual tourism value chain , training of yak hearders on basic communication skills conducted. 258 sacred and cultural sites have been mapped to be later incorporated for the conservation and protection under the Pulan county plan

Local government continued to do more job on solid waste management and sacred sites protection

Increase of income (%):

No figures on increase in income tourism. Yak dairy value chain and vegetable value chain have been dropped in 2016

Pithoragarh District:

Off-season Vegetable: Working with 200 households in 2 villages - Bans and Jajurali; 21 JLGs are involved and 155 people are directly benefiting , a total of 4298.75 Qtl off-season vegetables have been produced in 2016, resulting in an income of INR 10,993,480.00 and for Kidney beans: working with 155 Vanraji families in 9 villages, 1000 kg kidney beans were sold, worth of a value of INR 104,000

Chyura honey/by-products: Working with 230 households for beekeeping in 6 villages; Additional 10 enterpsing farmers identified for chyura product development, 566 kg honey have been produced, of which 350 kg were sold, estimated total turnover amounts to INR 190,000, of which INR 90, 000 go to the formed cooperative, 200 kg of Chyura ghee has been sold, production of 1200 organic Chyura soaps

Tourism: different trainings for women and youth on bird watching, hospitality, CLTS, development of four different heritage trails

Additional activities have identified such as- Development of heritage village trail in Gangolihat, Village walk in Uprara and Jajut as per the action villages, and Heritage Village walk at Bhuvaneshwar village as per the action plan developed

Increase of income (%):

•Vegetablegrowing5%among40farmers

•Honeyaround2%-4%among25families

•Tourismstillnotincreased

ANCA/Humla:

Plant fibre (Allo) value: chain upgrading strategy developed and implemented with 76 ( 67 female and 9 male) members of “Bhumiraj Allo Prosodan and Subidha Kendra of Godane village. The value chain is being up-scaled to the neighbouring VDCs of Sundamunda of Allo group “Shree Kedarnath Allo Sankalan Prasodhan Samuha” with 30 (26 female and 9 male) members; 12 trainings in total

Honey value chain: training on beekeeping and Chyura soap making

Tourism: few progress, training on CTLS conducted in Simikot

Increase of income (%): We do not have yet the estimates increase in income

- Honey

- Allo: 30 people of the Godhani Allo Group generate regular income from allo processing

- Tourism

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Output 1. A:

Integrated strategies for value chains are used.

A1. Integrated strategies for the value chains honey, vegetable growing and Allo in the pilot areas developed.

Base value: 0

Target value:

China: Existing strategy for the pilot area Pulan County.

India: Existing strategy for two water catchment areas in Pithoragarh district.

Nepal: Existing strategy for ANCA/Humla district.

Pulan County:

Status of strategiesVegetable and Yak Dairy Value: droppedTourism: The tourism Department of TAR China together with Pulan County designated the “Kailash Tourism Cooperation Zone”. Bilateral agreement signed between China and Nepal for tourism promotion in Pulan and Limi valley.


Status of strategies:Honey: Developed and implementation in progress Off season Vegetable: Developed and implementation in progressChuyra Honey: strategies developed, implementation in progressTourism: Strategy is being developed in pilots by CHEA with inputs from ICIMOD, revised ( Patel Bhuvaneshwar cave temple has been dropped due to security issues)

ANCA/Humla:

Status of strategies:Honey: Initial training on bee-keeping conducted in Nepal through cross border leaning Allo: Developed and implementation in progress Tourism: Draft Strategy available for Humla as a output of August 2015 workshop on “Community Based Heritage Tourism in Humla” Draft operation plan in progress for CLTS, and Limit valley tourism development

A2. Integrated strategies are implemented by local institutions (partners, private sector) together with village populations.

Base value: 0

Target value:

China: TAR (Tibetan Autonomous Region), The county government, private entrepreneurs, and the local population, especially women in the 5 villages, implement strategies.

India: The government of Uttarakhand, the district government, state-run KSLCDI partner institutions, NGOs, private entrepreneurs, and the local population, especially women in the 5 villages, implement strategies.

Nepal: District governments ANCA/Humla district, state-run KSLCDI partner institutions, NGOs, private entrepreneurs, and the local population, especially women in the 5 villages, implement strategies.

Pulan County:

Vegetable production: droppedYak Milk yogurt/cheese production: droppedTourism: Implementation in progress for tourism value chain with engagement of local people, Pulan county government and private sector


Off season Vegetable

Operational within 21 SHGs/ JLGs (14 women and 5 men) in Bans Maitoli and Jajurali area; and participatory Groups (PGs) (all women PGs) in Van Raji villages of 2 village planning committees in Jeoljibi and Didihat. Partners of implementation: CHEA

Chyura honey

•Operationalwithin16SHGs/JLGs(5womenand11men)inChyurahoneyarea

•Cooperative-PancheshwarGhatiSwayattaSahakaritaestablished.•One5-daytrainerstrainingfor16leaderfarmersinStatebeekeepingcentre

in Jeolikote.• 375householdslinkedtoprivatesectorinformationprovider-RMLfor

receiving weather and market related information and information related to getting key agricultural inputs on their mobile phones

• TransboudnaryexposuretriptoAlital,Nepal(20farmersplus2CHEAstaffinApril 2015);

• Beekeepingtraining:2trainingsofoneweekdurationeach-22participants(18 men 4 women) in first training, 16 participants in second training.

•Distributed510movable-framehivesandotherequipmenttobeefarmersoncontribution basis of 500 INR per hive; bees established in 230 of these bee hives.

•Chyurasoapmakingtrainers‘trainingfortwoCHEAstaffandoneenterprisingfarmer

•HospitalityTraining,CapacityBuildingforwomen&youthinthearea(Knitting, Rock climbing, Bird watching, Exposure visit for home stay)

Partners of implementation: CHEA

Tourism:

1. Training on bird watching, rock climbing, hospitality2. Training on CLTS3. “Our Identity Out Heritage” promotional event for tourism development

in Hat-Kalika tourism complex

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ANCA/Humla:

Allo Value Chain:

1. Allo processing group formed “Bhumiraj Allo Prosodan and Subidha Kendra of Godane village with 76 (67 female and 9 male) members. Among them, 37 have expertise in stitching, 12 in handloom weaving, 16 in knitting (all female) and 13 in yarn processing(70% female); 6 spinning machine was provided to the group.

2. Basic Allo Processing and weaving training for 26 (21 female and 5 male) members at Godhani, Khar; and another 26 (21 female and 5 male) members at Sundamunda, Khar

3. Product design and enterprise development training to 6 (4 female and 2 male) members as ToT. Stiching machine provied to all 6 participants.

4. Leadership and Management training to leaders elected by the group (3 male) members of Allo groups

5. Initiated allo brand development and market linkages 2 (1 male, 1 female) members taken to Delhi trade fair for exposure as well as to build their skill in marketing

6. 12 trainings in total over the course of 2 years7. Launch of brand “Kailash – Truly Sacred” in May 20168. Participation in two Trade Fairs in 20169. Introduced energy efficient Rocket stove for allo processing and distribution

of rocket stove to interested members of the group. 10. Efforts ongoing to promote transboundary cooperation through support

to local fairs and melas.Partners of implementation: MoFSC, RECAST, ANCA, SABAH Nepal

Honey:

1. Training on beekeeping management2. Training on organic Chyura soap making

Tourism: 1. Training on CLTS

A3. The capacities of local stakeholders (private sector, police, customs, local population, especially women) to limit problematic cross-border value chains are established resp. improved.

Base value: 0

Target value:

Improved capacities documented by independent evaluation of trainings in wildlife (WL) and Yarsagumba (YG) trade.

Regional Trainings And capacity Development

Wildlife:

Regional Workshop on Combatting Illegal Wildlife Trade, Human-wildlife conflict and ASKOT-ANCA Management interface (December 2015, March 2016), Pithoragarh, India had participation of 64 people (Department of Police, Department of Custom, Department of National Security, Forest Department, Border Security Force. Indo-Tibetan Boarder Police, Crime Investigation Department, Conservation Area Managers, Local Community leaders and Wildlife Forensic Experts)

Yarshagumba:

Regional Cordyceps Workshop, August 2015, Bhutan with participants from government institutions of 4 regional member countries (Bhutan, Nepal, India, China), Local workshop in ANCA for the Yarsagumba Management Guidelines for ANCA in February 2016, Awareness Campaign in Yarshagumba collection sites from February till 2016, ANCA-ASCOT knowledge exchange on guidelines, draft guidelines have been submitted to the Department of Forests, Nepal, and the Uttrakhand Forest Department for mainstreaming in the KSL

Pulan County:

Status of capacities (WL, YG):KSL China Partners participated in the Regional Cordyceps Workshop in Bhutan, where extensive Knowledge sharing and learning on sustainable management of Cordyceps were discussed and recommended. - Dr. Younten Nyima (Sichuan university) and Professor Yanyong Ping (KIB)


Status of capacities (WL, YG):YG: 149 participants representing Department of Forest, Police, Para-military, Local government officials, NGO’s and Communities have been oriented about rules and regulations and recommendations for sustainable management of Cordyceps, participation in ANCA-ASCOT knowledge exchange on Yarshagumba Management Guidelines for ANCA

One training on illegal wildlife trade conducted in Dec 2015

One border meeting discussing potential strategies for combatting illegal wildlife trade conducted in March 2016

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ANCA/Humla:

Status of capacities (WL, YG):YG: Local population: awareness about life-cycle and sustainable harvest management of Yarsagumba increased by collectors in Chamelya and Mahakali valley (approx.400 people, 30 % women) all the VDCs of Darchula District

- Private sector (local and district traders): awareness about sustainable harvest management of Yarsagumba increased in Darchula district

- Police: awareness about trade routes and collection of Yarsagumba increased, regular exchange with Indian border police – evidence: police representatives were part of field trip to Byash VDC (June 2014) and Stakeholder dialogue in Darchula (May 2015)

- Government institutions (ANCA): capacities in life-cycle, sustainable harvest management, trade, monitoring, awareness raising in regard to Yarsagumba increased - evidence: ANCA Management Plan (component 2)

- Yarsagumba Management Guidelines for ANCA developed

WL:

Assessment on Human Wildlife Conflict in KSL Nepal has been conducted with cross learnings from KSL India Joint patrolling to combat illegal wildlife trade is being conducted regularly by paramilitary agencies along the boder

Output 1. B:

Integrated local tourism schemes for the development of world cultural heritage tourism in the Kailash region elaborated and implemented.

B1. Three integrated tourism plans, which are implemented by the local population, local partners and the private sector.

Base value: 0

Target value:

- Plan for Pulan County with Lake Mansarovar and Kailash Cora / China in implementation.

- Plan for Patal Bhuvaneshwar Cave in Gangolihat / Pithoragarh district in implementation.

- Plan for a side route of the Himalayan Trail from Simikot to Hilsa (Limli Valley) in Humla district / Nepal in implementation.

Pulan County:

Status of tourism plan • TibetPulanCountyTourismMasterplan(2010—2020)isinthestageof

mid-term review by our partner – Sichuan University. ICIMOD has started to provide technical inputs to SU and the Pulan government for improving the Masterplan on sustainability (sanitation and waste management), heritage conservation and enhancement (interpretation), competitiveness (service quality) and community involvement in the tourism business.

Status of implementation1. Recently the Pulan County has announced new Tourism scheme “Kailash

tourism cooperation zone”, where trans-boundary cooperation with India and Nepal has been considered as an important component. The Pulan County has solicited input from Sichuan University and ICIMOD to materialise this plan so that it can be finalised as part of the 13th FYP of the TAR, China.

2. Discussion in progress on Tourism development with the government officials at local, county and prefecture level in TAR China through a recently held workshop in Chengdu.

3. Training for Yak herders and on sanitation as well as waste management has been conducted

4. Training on food and beverage conducted

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Status of tourism plan………….• ICIMODisprovidinginputtoimproveheritagetourism(naturalandcultural

based) development for the Kumaun division (mandal) which includes tourism development for Pithoragarh district.

• StrategicPlanningWorkshopforBringingDiverseStakeholdersunderOneUmbrella to Promote Heritage Tourism in a Cooperative Manner

Status of implementation1. Patal-Bhuwneshwar Bird- Ecotourism Destinations meeting with local

government 2. Tourism promotion for Gangolihat : A brochure has been created for

Bhuvaneshwar and Gangolihat (verify)3. Meeting organised to explore Trans-boundary Tourism activities between

Uttarakhand India and Far West Nepal4. Implemented Community Led Total sanitation at Van Raji villages and Waste

Management at Heritage tourism site at Patal Bhuvneshwar5. Hat-Kalika Tourism complex 6. 4 heritage trails have been developed

ANCA/Humla:

Status of tourism plan………….• TourismEnterprises,GapAnalysisandCapacityBuildingneedAnalysisof

Humla, Nepal conducted. • FieldvisitperformedbySeniorTourismspecialistandSeniorTourism

consultants for providing input to local tourism plan of Humla. • Twomeetingsconductedfordevelopingtourismmanagement

Status of implementation:1. Some support provided for Heritage Museum & park development at

Simikot. Also small activity to link high value local products (Rajma beans) to tourism market through packaging and branding.

B2. Capacities of identified KSLCDI partners and stakeholders (private sector: tourism entrepreneurs/tourism personnel) as well as the local population established resp. improved.

Base value: 0

Target value:

Improved capacities documented by independent evaluation of trainings in the implementation of the plans.

Pulan County:

Status of capacities in tourism:1. Capacity Development training on heritage tourism, at Lijiang, Yunan,

China for future partnerships and developing common understanding of Heritage tourism. This workshop was participated by local government representatives, and partners from China, India and Nepal.

2. Provided Training of Trainers capacity on community led total sanitation (CLST) to local leaders from Pulan county (5 women, 18 men)

3. Awareness activities on waste management, sanitation and tourism to local communities at Huor township(Approx. 50 people)

4. Food and Beverage preparation and service report (Competitiveness and communities involvement into the tourism business) (11 women, 1 men)

5. Awareness on sustainable tourism principle and practices (interpretation) – presentation for local government officials, private tour operators and community leaders at Chengdu workshop

6. Yak herders training on hygiene, sanitation and communication with tourists


capacities in relation to tourism development has been enhanced through following key activities conducted in Pithoragarh; • 37younglocalmenhavebetterknowledgeonbirdwatching,andbean

effective tour guide for the tourists• Trainingonmountaineeringtourismservicesandsafety(8people,allmen)• Exposurevisitonhomestay(8people,allmen)• KnittingTrainingtoDevelopMasterTrainers/ResourcePersonsinTourism

Development: Skill Development for Alternative Income Generation and Facilitating Tourism Activities (31 women)

• TrainingonHousekeeping,FoodingandCleanliness:EffortstoCreateBetterEnvironment for Tourist/Pilgrims in Heritage Site

• Gangolihatvocationaltrainingcourse(34participants,20women)• TrainingofTrainersforcommunityledtotalsanitationandwaste

management 53 participants, 27 are women

ANCA/Humla:

Status of capacities in tourism:1. Participatory workshop organised on heritage workshop in Kathmandu. 2. Training on CLTS3. Sensitation of communities in Humla on their cultural heritage

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Outcome 2:Participatory elaborated approaches of ecosystem management implemented through action plans at local, national and international levels.

1. Data sets from pilot areas made public with national and international databases (ICIMOD MENRIS) and accessible to people in the pilot areas.

Base value: 0Target value: country-specificChina: Data sets for 5 villages in Pulan County are made availableIndia: Data sets for 5 villages in each of the 2 catchment areas in Pithoragarh are made available.Nepal: Data sets for 5 villages in ANCA as well as in Limli Valley/Humla are made available.

Data being compiled and attributed with proper metadata expected to published in 2017

2. 150 households each in the pilot areas in Pulan County, Pithoragarh, ANCA/Humla are participating in the development and the monitoring of the action plans for NRM (Natural resource Management; according to established ecosystem management strategies).

Base value: 0Target value: Involve 150 households each in the pilot areas in China:Pulan CountyIndia:PithoragarhNepal:ANCA/Humla.

Data yet to come from partners

Output 2 A:

Stock taking of and access to data on biodiversity and natural resources at local, national and trans-boundary levels are standardized and used.

A1. Inventory of biodiversity and endemic genetic resources in connection with traditional knowledge systems carried out participatory in selected pilot areas.

Base value: 0

Target value (possible only in India since China and Nepal have not yet created biodiversity registers)

Biodiversity registers of local biodiversity committees in 10 villages

Pulan County:

• VoluntaryGuidelineonABSdrafted,TKstoredandpartofthemwerepublished and endorsed by Pulan County

(There is no biodidversity registers system in China now. Instead ABS has been made as a voluntary guideline)


• Constitutionof14BiodiversityManagementCommittees;PBRs&BCPsendorsed by 6 BMCs [i.e. Himkhola, Kuntola, Simalkot, Jaikot, Paali and Kothera Gram Panchayats].

• PBRandBCPpreparationinprogress-6VillagePanchayatsbyrespectiveBMCs through Technical Supporting groups (TSGs).

• Publicationsof2bookletsi.e.GuidelinesforBMCconstitutionandguidelinesfor PBR preparation.

• preparingaConservationandDevelopmentPlanfortheGoptadi-Baitbagarcluster of 13 villages in the Hat Kalika watershed

ANCA/ Humla:

• Numberofvillageshavingabiodiversityregister:3developedbutnotendorsed

• Agro-biodiversityassessmentsurveyhasbeenconductedinKSLNepalpilots.Subsequent action has been taken for developing the village based seed bank. This concept has been promoted through local agro-biodiversity fair with District Agriculture Development Office, Darchula.

• SupportinthedraftingofthenationalABSbill• trainingmanualonABShasbeendevelopedinNepali

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Output 2 B:

Use of local action plans for the management of natural resources (according to established ecosystem management strategies) in selected villages in the pilot areas.

B1. Capacities of local institutions in KSL pilot areas to elaborate and implement action plans for the management of ecosystems evaluated and established.

Base value: 0

Target value:

China:

5 Local Management plans for NRM in Pulan County

India: 10 action plans for Pithoragarh district in implementation.

Nepal: 5 action plans for ANCA,

5 action plans for Humla district in implementation.

Pulan County:Status of capacities in ecosystem management:- Plans elaborated…6…...- Implemented by: A. communities in three villages Xiongba, Bangren and GangsaB. Township 1. Developed three management plans respectively for Xiongba, Bangren and

Gangsa villages. 2. Participation in the revision of the village rules in the three villages.

Environmental conservation issues have been integrated into the new Rules (in Xiongba and Bangren only) and are now being implemented.

3. Action plans has provided inputs into the 13th 5-year Plan of Pulan County by KSL China partner CIB and SU

Action Plans and capacity development reports: I. Xiong Ba Village Plan for Natural Resources Management (Document

available in Chinese and Tibetan (the latter to be ready by 31 March) with the villages and CIB.

II. Gangsa Village Plan for Draught Animal Management Plan III. Bangren Village Plan for Human-Wildlife Conflict ManagementIV. Revised Village Rules for Xiongba Village (with articles on environmental

conservation added)V. Revised Village Rules for Bangren Village (with inputs on environmental

conservation added)

Pithoragarh DistrictStatus of capacities in ecosystem management:- Plans elaborated 4 - Implemented by: 1. NRM Plans are being implemented by: Local institutions (Biodiversity

Management Committee) 2. Springshed Plan being implemented by: Partners and local para-

hydrogeologist from pilots

Action Plans : 1. NRM Management Plan Bans Maitoli (WII)2. NRM Management Plan Himkhola3. Framework for Integrated Ecosystem Management Drafted and Tested in

India 4. DRAFT Sustainable Springshed Management Plan for KSL is. This is common

for both India and Nepal pilots. 5. Comprehensive conservation, development and monitoring plan for 12

village cluster - Gorang Valley (GBPIHED)

Capacity Development Training1. Capacity Development training has been conducted in Pithoragarh,

participated by local, government officials and partners. This led to first EMF plan being developed in a participatory manner in Bans Maitoli by WII.

2. Capacity building- Springshed Management Training in Bhimtal (Para Hydrogeologist for India)

3. Springshed Management Workshop for KSL India partners that developed their skills for establishing common methodology and approaches that led to the common action plan for springshed management. This plan is being implemented by KSL India direct partners (CHEA, WII, GBPIHED) and sub-partners including UK Forest Department, HSS, HGVS

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ANCA/ Humla:

In Humla work has not started.ANCA: Status of capacities in ecosystem management:Plans elaborated: 4Implemented by: - ANCA staff and local institutions and committees (ANCA Conservation

committee, Community forest user committees) - Community representatives of ANCA area- Springshed: Partners and local para-hydrogeologist on community level

1. Capacity of ANCA staff and VDC representatives of Kante VDC (22 participants – out of 5 women) in PNRM assessment and plan development has increased. 2 PNRM plans developed: Khar VDC and Kante VDC (available with ANCA), PNRM data collection for add. 14 VDC completed by ANCA staff (data with ANCA).

2. Technical inputs by ICIMOD improved the ANCA Management Plan (2015-2019), which was endorsed by Government in 2015.

3. Management plan for Gwalek Forests (DFO Baitadi)

Capacity Development Details: 1. Capacity building of local ANCA institutions through exposure visits and

trainings in role and responsibilities to manage a conservation area. 2. Capacities of ANCA staff in wildlife monitoring through camera trapping

increased (Oct 2015) 3. Capacity building of ANCA staff and local people of Khar, in Springshed

Management in Bhimtal, India to become Para Hydrogeologist for KSL Nepal)

Capacities of 4 ANCA Staff and 118 community representatives (84 women) of Khar VDC on effective management of invasive species through production of bio composting and bio briquettes has been increased.

Output 2 C:Knowledge on climate change integrated into on-going measures to achieve outcomes 1 and 2.

C1. Training materials on climate change and related topics (NRM, ESS, ABS, and long-term Monitoring) developed and used by partners for trainings in the pilot areas.

Base value: 0

Target value: at least 3 training modules per country used.

Through the KSLCDI’s ongoing work, number of training modules/ material has been developed by ICIMOD, and partner organisations covering the aspects of ecosystem management, tourism management, springshed, value chain, data sharing platforms etc. The details of these publications/ knowledge product is given bellow:1. ABS training manual in English, Nepali and Chinese language 2. Guidelines for developing bio cultural protocols 3. ABS tool kit and Nagoya protocol in Nepali language 4. Mapping of cultural sites in Nepal pilot districts (draft available) 5. Training report on ILCs and government officials in Nepal 6. Training material on invasive species 7. Vermiculture training posters/material8. Springshed handbook (developed)9. Dhara Vikas – a guide to springshed management (developed, distributed)10. Training of taxi-drivers in Chengdu in 2015: Tourism - Report/Training

material?11. Training material development started for Yak herders (booklet already

available) 12. Draft Ecosystem Management Framework 13. LTESM framework has been published in 2015. This framework has been

circulated to partners for its implementation. 14. Cultural Services Assessment Framework 15. Invasive Species Manual16. Picture Series on Ecosystems, Biodiversity and Livelihoods in TAR, China17. Picture Series on Yak Dairy Products Value Chain in the Himalayas18. Kailash Illustration Map19. Picture Series on Yarshagumba Management in the Hindu Kush Himalayas20. Picture Series on Hydrogeology and Governance of Springsheds21. Picture Series on Chyura and Honey Products Value Chain 22. Picture Series on Management of Invasive Alien Plant Species in the Hindu

Kush Himalaya23. Picture Series on Greening of the Allo Value Chain (in development)24. Picture Series on Entrepreneurship Development (in development)25. Picture Series on Ecosystem Management (in development)26. Yak herders communication booklet

In year 2016 field protocols and modules being prepared by partners for rangeland and forest monitoring. It will be finalized and tested for wider dissemination and practice uptake

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Outcome 3:Regional cooperation to promote the conservation and development of the Kailash region is strengthened through the application of established instruments

1. The Steering Committees avail of periodic, consolidated quantitative and qualitative implementation reports of the KSLCDI and use the information for programme steering.

Base value: sporadic reports

Target value: At least one report annually from each country with evidence of corresponding actions.

Programme Steering Committee meeting:

Total five PSC Meeting held so far.

The latest on 17th February 2017. - No. of participants: 36 (Donor organisation, Representatives from all three

countries including PSC members, and ICIMOD)

National Coordination Committee meetings:

China: once a year

- date: September 2015, latest March 2016 - Participated by KSL China partners and ICIMOD India: KSLCDI India Partners Synergy Development Meeting

So far five meetings held. - Latest Meeting held in Oct 2016 in Nainital.

Nepal: Once a year

- Latest meeting date: 9th Feb 2017- No. of participants: 20

Pulan County:

Number of used training modules: Food and beverage training material, including the food menu in three languages, Yak herders communication booklet


1. Operational guidelines for formulation of biodiversity management committee (Available in Hindi) SBB

2. Guidelines for the development of people’s biodiversity register (SBB, India) in English and Hindi

3. Operational booklet developed for restoration of degraded hill ecosystems (GBPIHED) through plantations - in Hindi

4. A manual prepared and used for participatory ES valuation (GBPIHED) - in Hindi & English

5. Video on Chyura Honey value chain

ANCA/Humla:

1. Video Documentary on Access to Genetic Resources and Benefits Sharing: “Voices from Himalayas”2. TV Show on Access to Genetic Resources and benefits sharing 3. Video on allo

C2. Climate proofing of identified value chains (together with partners).

Base value: 0

Target value: Conduct at least 2 climate proofings of value chains.

Overall:Climate Proofing has been partially conducted for all value chains, however a systematic assessment is yet to be finalised. This was conducted in KSL Nepal in 2016 with participation of KSL India partners

C3. Remote sensing as standardized procedure for glacier monitoring accepted by all countries and implemented; date publicized.

Base value: 0

Target value:

A monitoring concept and data collection of at least one glacier area in the Kailash region (Api Nampa, Gurlamandata or in Uttarakhand).

Overall:2015: Cryosphere inventory report using RS and GIS coupled with field data has been conducted. This further highlighted an inventory of glaciers and glacial lakes in KSL and a proposed work plan for glacier monitoring2017: glacier identification and monitoring will be initiated

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2. The web portal including an interactive map of on-going project measures is functioning/updated and used by ICIMOD and partner organizations in the three countries for project steering.

Base value: 0

Target value: Increased use of information on the web portal for programme steering.

Status of web-portal of KSLCDI:

Web portal available at http://apps.geoportal.icimod.org/kailash/#• Lastupdate:December2016

Status of usage: As on December 2016, 121,326 visits have been recorded on KSLCDI websiteIn 2015, 43857 visits were recorded for KSLCDI website as a whole. The data download and access statistics will be recorded for KSLIS from 2016 onwards.

KSLIS is being used individually by partners and ICIMOD team during presentation development etc

3. Regular cross-border exposure visits to selected villages in pilot areas by scientists and practitioners of the programme to ensure transboundary knowledge exchange between partners carried out and recommendations to the programme management made.

Base value: 0

Target value: At least one visit annually (minimum 2 participants/country) in countries other than their own with corresponding reports/recommendations.

No. of cross border exposure

visits to pilot areas:

In 2016, 3

Visit to Kailash Mansarovar

2013, 2014, 2015, 2016

Regional workshop ToT on Landscape Governance

No. of participants (total):

China

- Knowledge exchange performed during the annual regional review and planning meeting held in Nepal for the year 2014, 15, and 16.

- No. of Chinese participants: 10 for the Sept 2015 workshop in Gokarna.- Exposure visit to Europe for Tibetan Officials and private sector

representatives in January 2015 and July 2016India:

- Field visit of partners during Regional Workshop 2014 and 2015 in Nepal. Total participants from India ( 9 people from KSL India partners)

- India: Landscape Yatra by GBPIHED 2015, 2016- Exposure visit by CHEA for enterprise skills development- Cross-border visit on value chains (honey, and Churya processing) by Indian

Villages to Nepal in 2016- ANCA]-ASKOT knowledge exchange on Yarshagumba Management

Guidelines for ANCANepal:

- Workshop on Human-Wildlife Conflict, Illegal Wildlife Trade and Askot-ANCA Management (64 participants in total, 23 from Nepal and remaining from India), 2015

- Springs workshop and exposure visit in Gangtok, Sikkim (details in the proceedings)

- Exposure visit of High Level Delegation to KSL India for ABS lessons learnt. - Exposure visit of female community members of ANCA to KSL India for

fodder management (23 participants)

Output 3 A:Transboundary cooperation within the programme is improved.

A1. ICIMOD and partners use instruments from the communication strategy for the Kailash programme (as a model for other transboundary landscapes).

Base value: 0

Target value: Apply at least 3 management tools from the communication strategy from mid-2015 onwards.

Regularly monitoring and revision of communication strategy of KSLCDI by PMU-ICIMOD

Status of use of communication instruments:

for coordination mechanism:

Improved regularised coordination meetings and sharing workshops at national since initiation of KMC Strategy, which resulted in coordination mechanism to change rom priority 1 to priority 3 within 1 yearDevelopment and sharing of first partner-base external newsletter (GBPant 2015) with partners during Regional workshop 2015 with information about implementation and coordination in India to all partners. Developed and used an information documentary to popularize project goals and activities in Indian part (January 2016, GBPIHED) - in Hindi

for local level implementation:

Focus on participatory training material development enhanced and strengthened at ICIMOD and partner level, picture series tool for different topics - see also output 2C

for lobbying:

• FactsheetsusedinParisCOP2015,CoP2016,CBD2016,IUCNWorldPark Congress 2016

• ValueChainleafletsusedinParisCOP2015,AlloValueChainsuccessstoryand brochure, Illustrative Map Flyer and new KSL Flyer in development

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Output 3 B:National cooperation within the programme is improved.

B1. Planning workshops carried out in 3 countries.

Base value: one workshop annually per country

Target value: : one workshop annually per country

National planning workshops (2015):

China:

- Joint Pre-planning done by KSL China partners before coming for Review and Planning Workshop

- Yearly coordination workshop during Regional Planning Workshop of Kailash in Kathmandu

Nepal:

- Yearly planning workshop (internal meeting with MoEF) followed with half-yearly coordination meetings and final coordination at ‘Regional Planning Workshop of Kailash in Kathmandu’

- Further progress assessment performed before the NCC Meeting India:

- Joint Pre-planning done by KSL India partners before coming for Regional Review and Planning Meeting.

- Yearly planning at individual partner-side and coordination during Regional Yearly Planning Workshop of Kailash

- Every three months KSL India Partners meet for synergy building and better synchronisation of work in KSL India

Similar Planning workshops conducted in the year 2016 each in China, India and Nepal

B2. Mechanisms for knowledge exchange identified by the communication strategy are established and used.Base value: 0

Target value: - 3 sets of training materials

for the local population developed and used

- 6-monthly (bi-annual) exposure visits, together with the local population are carried out by the partners to pilot areas of partner countries.

Status of training material for local population: Invasive Species Manual, Picture Series on Ecosystems, Biodiversity and Livelihoods in TAR, China, Yak Dairy Products Value Chain in the Himalayas, Yarsagumba Management in the Hindu Kush Himalayas, Hydrogeology and Governance of Springsheds, Chyura and Honey Products Value Chain, Management of Invasive Alien Plant Species in the Hindu Kush Himalaya, Greening of the Allo Value Chain (in development), Entrepreneurship Development (in development), Ecosystem Management (in development); Yak herders communication booklet, Yarsagumba Management awareness postersIn India an annual ‘Yatra’ (traditional pilgrimage) takes place to lobby for and spread knowledge about the Kailash approach at the local level. For local level partners, implementation offices, pilot villages: Illustrative map developed and to be distributed (by mid-2017) to all partners, illustrative map flyer or Indian and Napal tourists being developedNo. of exposure visits to pilot areas of partner countries:……………..

No. of participants (total): ………

- China:……….- India……….- Nepal: ………Contact to Yatra in India: Total 3 Yatras conducted in KSL India

- Date: …?………………..- Result of lobbying: discussions on Yatra in COMACON conference

in Bangkok, as well as on picture series training material brought into international discussions

A2. In addition to annual regional planning workshops, two- to three-days sharing workshops are held, rotating between the 3 countries (in connection with the planning workshop).

Base value: 0

Target value: One regional sharing workshop per year organized.

Sharing workshops besides the planning workshop (2016):Sharing and planning workshops have been organised on yearly basis, clubbed during all the years (2014, 2015, 2016) and held in Kathmandu due to visa formalities (China and India)No of participants:

A3. Evaluation of national and regional coordination mechanisms carried out and used by ICIMOD for further transboundary programmes.

Base value: PEV of preceding project

Target value: Results of external project evaluation by GIZ taken care of.

Status of evaluation:

The update of KMC Strategy in October 2015 and August 2016 is a self-evaluation of partners in respect to national and regional coordination mechanisms of Kailash with immediate incorporation in the update of the KMC strategy

In-house ‘Kailash participatory lessons learnt workshop’, attended from by various transboundary initiative members in November 2015

Kailash lessons learnt inhouse management tool being developed

Kailash lessons learnt giz transboundary handbook/guide being developed as international knowledge sharing tool

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B3. National-level mapping of all pilot villages is used to ensure the cooperation of partners in the field. Base value: 0Target value: 3 country maps of the projects are used for planning, implementation and presentation of activities.

Status of country maps with project activities: ………………..

Interactive map of Kailash program on website available

Vegetation Type Map finalised

Individual country maps to be printed out still for coordination use at national level

Status of usage of map for planning and implementation: ……………..

Output 3 C:Most important steps of the process to enlist areas of the KSL as UNESCO World Cultural Heritage are initiated.

Common principles as basis for a transboundary application with UNESCO and a common definition for the Kailash region of world cultural heritage tourism elaborated

Base value: 0

Target value:

- Common principles as basis for a transboundary application with UNESCO elaborated.

- Common definition of the Kailash region for world cultural heritage tourism established.

- Draft for a collective application from all three countries presentable.

- Steps for individual national applications for China (Kailash), India (Patal Cave), and Nepal (Limi Valley) carried out

Status of application with UNESCO and common definition for world cultural heritage tourism: Dr. Edwin Bernbaum visited China, India, and Nepal from Jan 18 till Feb 3, 2016, conducting a series of meetings with senior govt. officials and national partner institutions in the three countries. These included: the Deputy Governor of the Pulan County (TAR); representatives from tourism bodies in Pulan County; Sichuan University, Chengdu; GBPIHED; CHEA; WII; Special Secretary and Advisors to the MoEFCC (India); Head of Mission, UNESCO Nepal, and the Indian Ambassador to Nepal. In the meetings, Dr. Bernbaum highlighted the potential and the process of nominating KSL as a trans-boundary WHS. The idea was positively received in all the three countries. By April 2016, the Chinese counterparts made it clear that they were interested only in a country-level nomination for the sites lying in KSL China, not in a trans-boundary nomination. In June 2016, a meeting was held at MoEF&CC in New Delhi, wherein the Indian nodal ministry was apprised of the situation regarding KSL’s WHS nomination in China. It was agreed then that sites and routes in KSL India should be nominated as a country level nomination. WII will take the lead in this concern now. In October 2016, a stakeholders’ consultation workshop was held in Pithoragarh, KSL India. An important preliminary step was taken in district Humla, KSL Nepal, in May 2016 through the testing of a photo series-based community interaction. The objective was to sensitize the local communities of Humla about the value of their tangible and intangible cultural heritage. About 30 participants engaged in a lively two hour interactive session. In July 2016, community meetings were held in two villages of district Humla, KSL Nepal for discussing the importance of tangible and intangible cultural heritage in Humla. This consultation was a precursor to the ‘Consultative Dialogue on Kailash Sacred Landscape as a World Heritage Site’, held in November, 2016.The next steps, as emerging from this round of consultation, would be:(a) to conduct local level awareness generation in KSL regarding the benefits

and other implications of a WHS status; (b) to conduct an intermediate level meeting of state officials in KTM to discuss

the way ahead for KSL’s nomination (c) to draft a tentative list submission document and get it ratified and signed by

all the three KSL countries, and pursue either the govt. of Nepal or of India to put KSL on the top of their annual quota for nomination.

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Annex III: Action Matrix on the Status of GIZ mid Term Review Recommendations

Topic Recommendation Action by Kailash team Remarks/Progress As on December 2016

Project management and regional coordination

Partner relationship

To institutionalize joint 3 monthly field supervision and support trips, including meetings with partners structures especially for the Chinese component

•Chinese partner meeting (June 2016)• Indian partner meeting and visit (End

July 16)•Nepal Coordination meeting planned

(beg. August 16)• Project planning and review workshop

(16-18.August)•Next China partner meeting scheduled

on 15th August at Kathmandu •Next All India Partner’s meeting

schedule on 27th July at Dehradun

1. China partner meeting one held in July. Early 2017 another meeting will be done

2. One joint visit by ICIMOD/ GIZ in August in Pulan county

3. One trip in Lhasa as well for a workshop on communication

4. Indians are regularly holding quarterly meeting, both ICIMOD and GIZ participates.

5. R&P workshop done 6. One All China partner meeting held in KTM,

participated also by GIZ. Stressed on consolidation and convergence. Partners 2017 OP has been developed with convergence in mind

Ensure regular follow up and handholding missions by component leads to all three countries (at least 4 times a year)

• In India field visits are being done along with all partner’s meeting. The next efforts would be to see that visits are from interdisciplinary team of ICIMOD colleagues (Comp1 to 5)

Except Component 3, C1, C4, C2 all have been to field visits in last six months Component 5 related aspect also being discussed on regular basis with partners. In Nepal: every month one meeting in the ministry /RECAST

To mobilize more Chinese staff for follow-up and support at field level

•Discussions with Chinese partners about employment of permanent field staff in Pulan County, 15th August 16

•This has already getting discussed, alternatively partners have suggested to make an MoU with Tibet national university who have more field presence in the field

Employment of a staff is not possible due to lack of local resources people. Instead partners have developed more rapport with the local government and line agencies Exploring new partnership in China, scoping for WHS work exclusively in China

Transboundary Focus on more “transboundaryness” of project

•Highlight and elaborate further key transboundary activities within the project

•Prioritization of funds to transboundary activities

•The major thrust of Annual Planning is on transboundary activities, that will yield results and show the cooperation on ground

•Few of them are, Illegal Wildlife Trade, ASKOT-ANCA, Sino-Nepal Tourism Cooperation, Yarsagumba Management

Common Branding, common marketing strategies, and participation at regional events that highlights the transboundaryness of the programme. Building transboundary champions through mentorship visit to China Landscape governance course conducted with other initiatives AREIS Regional Workshop on ecosystem services assessment at the regional scale Jeoljibi transboundary festival Three focal persons from each participating countries working on a joint publication on the regional work UNESCO WHS discussions are ongoing for a transnational WHS Currently working on informing national policy to incorporate transboundary cooperation for better natural resources management Lastly, major thrust for 2017 Operational Plan on regional/ transboundary work

Data sharing Assure availability of data especially at regional level;

•Major problem with Data sharing is for India, it is going to be discussed in detail at partner’s meeting and Annual review and planning workshop

Springshed data gradually getting shared with ICIMOD, Livelihood data on baseline etc. is with ICIMOD Vegetation type data from three partners shared and being developed as a regional product KSLIS being updated with compilation of data from three countries Sacred sites documented and mapped, present with ICIMOD, shortly will be uploaded on the KSLIS portal

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Topic Recommendation Action by Kailash team Remarks/Progress As on December 2016

Project management and regional coordination


To institutionalize joint 3 monthly field supervision and support trips, including meetings with partners structures especially for the Chinese component

•Chinese partner meeting (June 2016)• Indian partner meeting and visit (End

July 16)•Nepal Coordination meeting planned

(beg. August 16)• Project planning and review workshop

(16-18.August)•Next China partner meeting scheduled

on 15th August at Kathmandu •Next All India Partner’s meeting

schedule on 27th July at Dehradun

1. China partner meeting one held in July. Early 2017 another meeting will be done

2. One joint visit by ICIMOD/ GIZ in August in Pulan county

3. One trip in Lhasa as well for a workshop on communication

4. Indians are regularly holding quarterly meeting, both ICIMOD and GIZ participates.

5. R&P workshop done 6. One All China partner meeting held in KTM,

participated also by GIZ. Stressed on consolidation and convergence. Partners 2017 OP has been developed with convergence in mind

Ensure regular follow up and handholding missions by component leads to all three countries (at least 4 times a year)

• In India field visits are being done along with all partner’s meeting. The next efforts would be to see that visits are from interdisciplinary team of ICIMOD colleagues (Comp1 to 5)

Except Component 3, C1, C4, C2 all have been to field visits in last six months Component 5 related aspect also being discussed on regular basis with partners. In Nepal: every month one meeting in the ministry /RECAST

To mobilize more Chinese staff for follow-up and support at field level

•Discussions with Chinese partners about employment of permanent field staff in Pulan County, 15th August 16

•This has already getting discussed, alternatively partners have suggested to make an MoU with Tibet national university who have more field presence in the field

Employment of a staff is not possible due to lack of local resources people. Instead partners have developed more rapport with the local government and line agencies Exploring new partnership in China, scoping for WHS work exclusively in China

Transboundary Focus on more “transboundaryness” of project

•Highlight and elaborate further key transboundary activities within the project

•Prioritization of funds to transboundary activities

•The major thrust of Annual Planning is on transboundary activities, that will yield results and show the cooperation on ground

•Few of them are, Illegal Wildlife Trade, ASKOT-ANCA, Sino-Nepal Tourism Cooperation, Yarsagumba Management

Common Branding, common marketing strategies, and participation at regional events that highlights the transboundaryness of the programme. Building transboundary champions through mentorship visit to China Landscape governance course conducted with other initiatives AREIS Regional Workshop on ecosystem services assessment at the regional scale Jeoljibi transboundary festival Three focal persons from each participating countries working on a joint publication on the regional work UNESCO WHS discussions are ongoing for a transnational WHS Currently working on informing national policy to incorporate transboundary cooperation for better natural resources management Lastly, major thrust for 2017 Operational Plan on regional/ transboundary work

Data sharing Assure availability of data especially at regional level;

•Major problem with Data sharing is for India, it is going to be discussed in detail at partner’s meeting and Annual review and planning workshop

Springshed data gradually getting shared with ICIMOD, Livelihood data on baseline etc. is with ICIMOD Vegetation type data from three partners shared and being developed as a regional product KSLIS being updated with compilation of data from three countries Sacred sites documented and mapped, present with ICIMOD, shortly will be uploaded on the KSLIS portal

CHINA


Elaboration of a up to date „vegetable value chain development strategy and situation report “; based on the report, a joint decision to continue or not should be taken as soon as possible;

•Discussions with TAAAS on-going. Decision to be made in August about continuation of support to value chains in China

• The funds allocation will be done accordingly

•May be alternative to Vegetable value chains some other VC may be adopted.

Cheese, Yogurt and vegetable VC work dropped as per the recommendation of MTR. Fodder and forage enhancement work is initiated in Pulan for Component 1.

Strengthen the value chain development approach were appropriate by adopting a holistic approach, integrating support to all elements of the value chain and by providing continuous follow-up support for trainings provided

• This will be decided based on the outcome of 15th August Meeting

Since TAAAS has an active role in fodder management work in Pulan there are better opportunities for leveraging the skills, knowledge and networks.

follow-up of ongoing stand-alone activities (trainings on cooking, sanitation, waste management, service provision) in view of improved impact and sustainability

• This will be further enforce on 15th August Meeting

• Furthermore, consolidation would be a thrust of 2017 planning

•New activities would not be encouraged unless until they are nature of true transboundary cooperation

Follow up activity on F&B training concluded successfully in Lhasa. Shortly knowledge products and impact work would be published. Waste management report has been compiled and soon will be published

Tourism development

Elaborate study on tourism sub sector: “home stay” (in view of a better integration of stand-alone activities at village level waste management, sanitation, trainings on cooking and service provision)

•Not feasible right now, focus will be on the follow-up on ongoing activities and consolidation

•May become part of agenda of discussion on border meeting at Hilsa

Not much to report except above mentioned follow ups.

Deepen work on waste management and sanitation (plastic free area, treatment of waste, improved toilets, etc.)

•Will be part of discussion agenda on the meeting

• Leveraging of funds would be suggested to partners

Ongoing and report shared

Continue to support ongoing government initiatives: revision of 10 years tourism development plan at county level, establishment of a trans-border tourism development zone.

•Meeting TAR and GoN related to tourism development (June 16) decided to promote and work closely together on tourism development in Humla and Pulan County

We had planned a border meeting in Hilsa, but due to changes in Nepal government, it has been postponed to early next year.

Cultural heritage

Cultural / religious heritage: continue activities for the identification, recognition, rehabilitation and sustainability of sites: develop and document a strategy

•Strategy development for protection of sites, would be discussed with Rinzin

Detailed study on the sacred sites concluded in the Oct. Report is being prepared.

long term monitoring sites

apply strategy to sustain the one long term monitoring site not yet integrated in the existing national / regional agricultural monitoring scheme

•Discussion with Chinese partner (June 16), next meeting planned 15th August

IGSNRR has secured funding for 4-5 years to handle the operational part of this LTESM site from China government. The larger integration plan in national monitoring network would be done meanwhile.

Landscape approach/ synergies

Strengthen links between component 1 (tourism) and component 2 (natural resource management plans and long term monitoring data gathering)

•15th August Meeting discussion points •Dr Yi would be visiting China partners

on regular basis, may be suggested to bring in Prof Luong on board

This has already been discussed and communicated with the partners, and also during the R&P meeting. C1 and C2 jointly organized a training in Pulan for communication booklet. NSF of China awarded a project with funding to Kailash on Yak.

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INDIA

Partner KSLDCI would need to bring the Uttarakhand State government (at the highest level) on board as a strategic partner. Currently, it has the Ministry of Environment Forests & Climate Change, Government of India, as the country focal point, with the relevant institutes of the central ministry at its operative partners in the state

•Already done to good level•High level meeting conducted with

government officials (ADO, CDO, SHO)

•One Border meeting held• PCCF on board with project activities •High level meeting with state officials

planned in this year

Three High Level meeting with state level agencies conducted each in Sept, Oct and Nov to gain more synergy and leverage, ownership of KSLCDI among the state agencies.

Communication and lobbying

Improve communication amongst researchers, enhance inter-partner communication, and develop ‘policy briefs’ for conducting inter-country ‘policy dialogues’ at various levels; KSLDCI should provide periodic insights (as relevant publication) on situating the project / activities within the prevailing socio-economic-political realities.

•Stock taking of research is ongoing, and being monitored through regular field work, at the same time convergence is being promoted amongst all partners

• Extension materials are being discussed with partners

•Dissemination of knowledge product to policy level people is another target for next year

Ongoing, through partners and state level meetings

Focus of project

need to re-assess the relevance of each intervention to the over-arching goals (sacredness, transboundary issue), and to rate their individual & cumulative contribution towards them

• Re-assess work done so far and consolidate the work that contributed so far to TB Cooperation

•Will make short documentation of it •Collaboration between ICI-ICIMOD

would do the work •More involvement of KMC will be done

Process documentation sub-component wise initiated. One overall documentation would be done next year. Regional publications with partners are in the process of being published e.g. SANDEE valuation, LTESM, Vegetation type, ecosystem services work. As listed above, three focal persons from India, Nepal and China would be writing each on the regional scale.

Identify policy threads from each intervention (value chain development), keeping in view its relevance from the trans boundary perspective;

• This is being discussed It is on-going through OP development and discussion with partners VC work leading to common brand , common products

Value chain The volume of production and the scale of operations related to value chain development is limited; sustainability not ensured

•Already being discussed with CHEA•However, the action taken now would

yield results after 7 to 8 years as base production of tree starts after certain age

Currently doing afforestation with line agencies of VC species. Nurseries are also being established.

Tourism It is recommended that heritage ecotourism activity (Patal Bhuvneshwar) may be discontinued on account of the potential risk of unregulated visitors to the pre-historic cave.

• It is on hold, no funds spends on this The decision during the 27th Oct meeting, all neighbouring areas of Patal Bhuvaneshwar would be linked together as a heritage tourism complex.

Cultural heritage/ sacredness

The project is advised to build on the concept of ‘sacred groves’ in Pithoragarh to showcase ‘sacred landscape’ as a social and cultural construct; the project interventions be brought under the ambit of ‘sacred forests’ to justify the ‘sacred landscape’ context;

• This is ongoing, would take step to consolidate and bring the work from GBPIHED, SANDEE, ICI together

Field work on this component completed. The progress report from partners and key publication on Cultural framework has been tested on the sacred forest. More emphasis would be given towards mapping and protection of sacred forest.

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NEPAL

Leveraging of funds

•Sharing of information on financial contributions by GoN contributing to the goals of KSLCDI and channelled through the respective Departments on district level

•Continuous efforts should be made to obtain funding commitments from the District Development Committee and line agencies and to establish specific budget lines. This will improve availability and faster disbursement of funds;

• through local level dissemination of governmental and line agency schemes and funding to VDCs.

• Link with GIZ energy programme to raise awareness for ANCA staff on available government funding for biogas plantations and micro-hydropower projects.

•More discussion and action to be followed after NCC

•Will be one of the agenda for PSC meeting

It is being discussed, but overall in Nepal due to change in government, getting a firm commitment is difficult

Value chain development Chyura

The involvement of private sector partner has proven successful at complementing the partners’ capacity to create on the ground impact related to value chain development e.g. Chyura, and tourism in Humla

•Contract with SABAH Extended till Mid 2017

• For Tourism it is being discussed with relevant people

•Would see more action after the Sino-Nepal meeting

Tourism Strategy development for tourism development with the focus on Humla

• In discussion The tourism development work in Humla has not progressed much.

Cultural heritage

Explore more the notion of sacredness as a trans boundary tourism potential

• ICI Collaboration results will start to come by Mid-September

• The stories on sacredness are being collected from Nepal, India and China

The stories are being compiledThe cultural framework is published that provides the tool for the assessment of cultural value of the landscape ARIES platform developing a model on assessing cultural ecosystem services by the landscape More work will be published in the aspect mid 2017 A photo book has been published in Chinese and English on highlighting traditional and cultural aspect of KSL China

Link Comp 4 and 2

Data collection on long-term ecological trends is in an ideal approach to inform the natural resource management practices formulated in the PNRM plans and the mechanism to assess these practices should be put in place by 2017;

•Ongoing through Component 4 and Component 2

There is an integration in C4 and C2. Would show some results of that in 2017.

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ANCA •awareness of both the programme and its government ownership and of the environmental issues at stake should be raised through promotional materials (e.g. as provided by ICIMOD),

•managing with care the expectations of the local communities regarding the geographical extent and funding volume of the initiative;

• the necessity of letters of permission/ appropriate communication with nodal agencies before field visits should be determined;

• To cope with shortage in staff, the possibility to fill vacancies at ANCA temporarily with contract staff should be discussed with the respective authorities.

•Hiring of local motivators could also solve the problem of staff shortage at ANCA;

• Roles of new staff, and current GIZ and RECAST field staff should be clarified with warden and assistant warden as soon as possible.

•GIZ and RECAST field staff could provide several essential functions such as the coordination of implementation activities and field visits of partner staff, the liaison with district officials, capacity building for ANCA staff, awareness-raising among communities (on Melas, meetings, Eco Clubs);

• RECAST and GIZ staff should jointly implement activities with line agency staff (ANCA, DFO) to be able to utilise line agency budget;

• new staff deployed to ANCA should be introduced to KSLCDI by ICIMOD PMU or other Kathmandu-based staff;

• to improve the implementation capacity of ANCA, training on using the conservation area directives should be supported;

Material is being developed, will disseminate through partners

More everaging of funds from government is ongoing but as expected it needs time

Done, formal email to go to DNPWC before leaving to field

Is already discussed with authorities immediately after the GIZ review, more follow up will be performed during the NCC

New staff recruitment is not feasible at this moment due to funding shortfall

It is being done, PO and GIZ Advisor in more coordination and are also being involved with ICIMOD field work

Same as above

It is done for the new ANCA Warden and Side Warden

Several meeting in ICIMOD and in ANCA conducted to orient new staff towards KSLCDI

The focus has been to build the leadership skills of the institution “ANCA” and also bring in the issue of gender sensitization. For the transboundary interface there has been cross-border exposure trips and also for building/strengthening networking.

It has been found very effective to build transboundaryness by bringing partner communities jointly to cross-border festivals so that a longer term interface for livelihoods, skills sharing, marketing and cultural preservation is achieved.

However, personnel is changing very frequently.

We need to also counter political nuances within ANCA.

* Finalized on 15 July 2016**Updated on 8 December 2016

71

Ann

ex IV

: K

SLCD

I IC

IMO

D E

vent

List

s 2016

Dat

e:

Venu

e

Type

Brie

f des

crip

tion

and

ob

ject

ives

C

ompo

nent

Parti

cipa

ting

Org

aniz

atio

ns

ICIM

OD

Lea

d (N

ames

)N

umbe

r of

Bene

ficia

ries

Reso

urce

Per

son

ICIM

OD

+

Partn

ers

Key

Out

com

es /

Fol

low

up

FM

FM

19 Ja

nuar

y -

3 Fe

brua

ryM

eetin

gs

and

wor

ksho

ps

A s

erie

s of

mee

tings

and

sc

opin

g se

ssio

ns w

ere

con-

duct

ed w

ith v

ario

us g

over

n-m

ent a

genc

ies,

offi

ces,

and

IC

IMO

D’s

partn

er in

stitu

tions

in

Chi

na, I

ndia

, and

Nep

al

in o

rder

to s

cope

for t

he

nom

inat

ion

of K

SL a

s a

trans

-bo

unda

ry U

NES

CO

Wor

ld

Her

itage

Site

.

C5

In C

hina

: Pul

an

Cou

nty

gove

rnm

ent;

Sich

uan

Uni

vers

ity;

vario

us to

uris

m s

take

-ho

lder

s of

KSL

Chi

na.

In In

dia:

GBP

IHED

; C

HEA

; WII;

MoE

FCC

; kn

owle

dgea

ble

loca

l ex

perts

in h

isto

ry

and

cultu

re o

f KSL

. In

Nep

al: T

he E

mba

ssy

of In

dia,

Kat

hman

du;

UN

ESC

O N

epal

; IC

IMO

D.

Dr.

Edw

in B

er-

nbau

m (S

enio

r co

nsul

tant

, KS

LCD

I);

Mr.

Brij

M

ohan

Sin

gh

Rath

ore;

Dr.

Raja

n Ko

tru;

Abh

iman

yu

Pand

ey

4 (IC

IMO

D)

•Th

e go

vt. o

f TA

R, C

hina

, is

keen

on

prom

otin

g KS

L C

hina

as

a U

NES

CO

WH

S. T

he G

ovt.

Of I

ndia

and

Nep

al,

how

ever

, hav

e sh

own

muc

h en

thus

iasm

for a

tran

s-bou

ndar

y no

min

atio

n th

at a

lso in

clud

es s

ites

alon

g th

e so

uthe

rn

tradi

tiona

l rou

tes

to K

aila

sh-M

anas

arov

ar th

at p

ass

thro

ugh

thes

e co

untri

es.

•Th

e fir

st ke

y fo

llow

up

actio

n w

ould

be

to tr

y to

per

suad

e th

e C

hine

se G

ovt.

to a

gree

upo

n a

trans

-bou

ndar

y no

min

atio

n,

thro

ugh

chan

nels

such

as

the

good

ties

bet

wee

n th

e Em

bass

y of

Indi

a, K

TM, a

nd th

e C

hine

se E

mba

ssy,

KTM

. •

The

seco

nd k

ey fo

llow

up

actio

n w

ould

be

to d

evel

op a

m

etho

d an

d pa

ckag

e fo

r gen

erat

ing

supp

ort f

or c

ultu

ral

herit

age

cons

erva

tion

amon

g th

e lo

cal c

omm

uniti

es a

t key

si

tes

that

sha

ll be

pot

entia

lly in

clud

ed in

the

seria

l, tra

ns-

boun

dary

nom

inat

ion.

•

The

third

key

follo

w u

p ac

tion,

alre

ady

exec

uted

, wou

ld

be to

sha

re a

doc

umen

t with

the

MoE

FCC

, Ind

ia, a

nd th

e Em

bass

y of

Indi

a, K

TM, t

hat t

hese

offi

ces

can

use

to fu

rther

pu

rsue

the

case

of p

rom

otin

g KS

L as

a tr

ans-b

ound

ary

nom

inat

ion

for U

NES

CO

WH

S.

Janu

ary

24 –

Ja

nuar

y 29

, 20

16

Wor

ksho

p •

Sorti

ng o

ut th

e th

emes

an

d m

etho

ds fo

r fiel

dwor

k th

roug

h w

hich

dat

a w

ould

be

col

lect

ed fo

r the

var

ious

de

liver

able

s of

the

ICI-

ICIM

OD

par

tner

ship

. •

Foste

ring

a be

tter u

nder

stand

-in

g be

twee

n IC

I and

ICIM

OD

re

gard

ing

the

nitty

-grit

ties o

f th

e fie

ldw

ork

unde

r the

two

insti

tutio

ns’ p

artn

ersh

ip

C5

•IC

IMO

D•

ICI

•Yo

ung

and

seni

or

RAs

hire

d un

der t

he

ICI-I

CIM

OD

par

tner

-sh

ip

Swap

nil

Cha

udha

ri;

Abh

iman

yu

Pand

ey

36

3•

Del

iber

atio

ns w

ere

cond

ucte

d on

: the

them

es fo

r col

lect

ing

data

for t

he fo

lkta

les

book

and

the

inte

ract

ive

map

of K

SL; t

he

met

hodo

logi

es to

be

appl

ied

for t

his

data

col

lect

ion,

and

the

resp

onsib

ilitie

s of

the

RAs

in th

e fie

ld.

•Th

is in

-hou

se tr

aini

ng c

um d

iscu

ssio

n pl

atfo

rm a

cted

as

the

basi

s fo

r the

fiel

dwor

k th

at w

ould

be

cond

ucte

d ov

er 2

016-

17 u

nder

the

ICI-I

CIM

OD

par

tner

ship

. •

As

an im

med

iate

follo

ws

up, fi

eld

visi

ts w

ere

cond

ucte

d in

Ba

jhan

g an

d Ba

itadi

(KSL

Nep

al) f

or th

e bo

ok p

roje

ct a

nd

CES

ass

essm

ent.

72

28 Ja

n –

1

Feb

2016

Trai

ning

w

orks

hop

A h

ands

on

train

ing

wor

k-sh

op w

as h

eld

in th

e N

epal

pa

rt of

the

Kaila

sh S

acre

d La

ndsc

ape

(KSL

) to

faci

litat

e lo

cal c

omm

uniti

es in

the

use

and

man

agem

ent o

f inv

asiv

e al

ien

plan

t spe

cies

to m

ake

bio-

briq

uette

s an

d bi

o-co

mpo

sting

in th

e Kh

ar V

DC

, D

arch

ula,

Nep

al

Obj

ectiv

es

-To c

reat

e aw

aren

ess

abou

t in

vasi

ve a

lien

plan

t spe

cies

-Pro

mot

e m

etho

ds th

at u

tiliz

e in

vasi

ve s

peci

es a

s an

alte

r-na

tive

sour

ce o

f ene

rgy

for

loca

l com

mun

ities

and

gat

her

thei

r vie

ws

and

sugg

estio

ns

on th

e ad

optio

n of

new

te

chno

logy

.

-Cap

acity

bui

ldin

g an

d de

m-

onstr

atio

n

--Mak

ing

bio-

briq

uette

to

redu

ce p

ress

ure

on fo

rests

for

fuel

woo

d co

llect

ion

--Im

prov

ed te

chni

que

of

bio-

com

posti

ng th

roug

h m

axi-

mum

use

of i

nvas

ive

alie

n pl

ant s

peci

es a

nd h

ouse

hold

w

aste

C2

AN

CA

Eco-

club

s, A

ama

sam

uha

(mot

her›

s gr

oup)

, Pra

gatis

heel

M

ahila

Sam

uha,

Loca

l peo

ple

Srija

na J

oshi

,

Neh

a Bi

sht,

Jeev

an T

aman

g

8434

22+

4•

- The

trai

ning

was

ver

y w

ell r

ecei

ved

by th

e lo

cal

com

mun

ities

and

a fe

w o

f the

m s

how

ed e

ager

ness

to

repl

icat

e th

e sa

me

at th

eir f

arm

s an

d ho

useh

olds

. •

-Dem

onstr

atio

n si

tes

have

bee

n es

tabl

ishe

d ne

ar A

NC

A

offic

e w

here

loca

l peo

ple

can

see

and

easi

ly re

plic

ate

the

tech

nolo

gy•

-Few

hou

seho

ld h

ave

alre

ady

repl

icat

ed b

io-c

ompo

st te

chno

logy

in th

eir f

arm

s•

-As

a fo

llow

up

to th

e tra

inin

g th

e te

am p

lans

to c

ondu

ct a

ra

ndom

mon

itorin

g ex

erci

se to

see

com

mun

ity u

ptak

e of

the

met

hods

and

also

pla

ns to

invo

lve

the

eco-

club

s to

resto

re

an a

rea

curr

ently

inva

ded

by A

gera

tina

aden

opho

ra b

y pl

antin

g a

llo (G

irard

inia

div

ersi

folia

) and

nat

ive

gras

s sp

ecie

s fo

r liv

elih

ood

impr

ovem

ent.

29 Ja

n to

10

Feb

, Ba

jhan

g,

Nep

al

Fiel

d vi

sit

•To

map

mig

ratio

n ro

ute

of

herd

ers

and

iden

tify

im-

porta

nt g

razi

ng a

reas

for

herd

ers

(con

flict

ing/

non-

confl

ictin

g ar

eas;

CFU

Gs/

Gov

ernm

ent f

ores

ts)•

To id

entif

y C

FUG

(clu

ster-

ing

and

expa

nsio

n of

are

a)

and

gove

rnm

ent f

ores

t for

pi

lotin

g ac

tion

rese

arch

•To

exp

lore

pot

entia

l of i

n-te

grat

ing

herd

ing

prac

tice

in C

FUG

2 an

d 5

•D

FO, B

ajha

ng•

DLS

O, B

ajha

ng•

Kand

a VD

C•

FEC

OFU

N•

Soci

al D

evel

opm

ent

Cen

tre (L

ocal

NG

O)

•IC

IMO

D

•Ka

rma

Phun

t-sh

o

•Bi

naya

Pas

-ak

hala

548

9•

Con

sulte

d m

igra

nt h

erde

rs o

f Kan

da V

illag

e D

evel

opm

ent

Com

mitt

ee (V

DC

) abo

ut th

eir m

igra

tion

rout

es a

nd s

umm

er

and

win

ter g

razi

ng a

reas

as

wel

l as

map

ped

win

ter g

razi

ng

area

s in

Baj

hang

;•

Org

aniz

ed tw

o m

eetin

gs o

f the

Act

ion

Rese

arch

Com

mitt

ee

for p

lann

ing

field

vis

its a

nd re

view

ing

and

fina

lizin

g th

e A

ctio

n Re

sear

ch P

lan;

•

Visi

ted

a co

mm

unity

fore

st in

Mel

bisa

una,

met

with

Use

r G

roup

(UG

) of t

he c

omm

unity

fore

st, d

iscu

ssed

inte

grat

ion

of p

astu

re d

evel

opm

ent a

nd g

razi

ng in

the

com

mun

ity fo

rest

and

secu

red

the

agre

emen

t of t

he U

G o

f the

com

mun

ity fo

r-es

t to

take

par

t in

the

pilo

ting;

and

•Vi

site

d an

d se

lect

ed a

gov

ernm

ent-m

anag

ed fo

rest

for

impr

ovin

g gr

azin

g pr

actic

e

73

Febr

uary

6 –

Fe

brua

ry 1

8,

2016

.

Dis

trict

Ba

jhan

g,

KSL

Nep

al

Fiel

d vi

sit

cum

trai

n-in

g

•Tr

aini

ng o

f Res

earc

h A

s-so

ciat

es (R

As)

hire

d un

der

ICIM

OD

-ICI p

artn

ersh

ip•

Col

lect

ion

of fo

lkta

les/

leg-

ends

for K

SL s

tory

boo

k

C5

•IC

IMO

D•

ICI,

NY

(USA

)•

Abh

iman

yu

Pand

ey

(coo

rdin

ated

in

abs

entia

)

23

•Th

e yo

ung

Indi

an a

nd N

epal

i RA

s hi

red

unde

r the

ICI-

ICIM

OD

col

labo

ratio

n w

ere

prov

ided

with

firs

t-han

d tra

inin

g in

fiel

d m

etho

ds fo

r dat

a co

llect

ion

for t

he v

ario

us

deliv

erab

les

unde

r the

ICI-I

CIM

OD

par

tner

ship

. Dr.

Pasa

ng

Sher

pa a

cted

as

the

train

er. T

his

train

ing

was

a fo

llow

-up

of

the

Kath

man

du-b

ased

wor

ksho

p he

ld in

late

Janu

ary,

201

6.

•O

ral n

arra

tives

and

aud

io-v

isua

l doc

umen

tatio

n w

as

colle

cted

for K

olti

Kaila

sh, a

loca

l sac

red

mou

ntai

n in

Ba

jhan

g co

nsid

ered

to b

e th

e lo

cal e

quiv

alen

t of M

t Kai

lash

. •

Follo

win

g th

ese

train

ings

, the

Indi

an R

A h

as b

een

(a)

colle

ctin

g ar

chiv

al d

ata

at N

aini

tal a

nd (b

) con

duct

ing

CES

as

sess

men

ts in

the

verti

cal l

ands

cape

of K

SL In

dia.

•Th

e N

epal

i RA

has

bee

n co

llecti

ng d

ata

on fo

lk-fe

stiva

ls of

Hum

la

14 F

eb- 2

2 Fe

b 20

16,

Pith

orag

arh,

D

idih

at, a

nd

Alm

ora,

In

dia

Fiel

d vi

sit

•To

stre

ngth

en in

stitu

tiona

l ca

paci

ty o

f gro

ups

form

ed

for v

alue

cha

ins

1•

CH

EA•

GBP

IHED

•IC

IMO

D

•Ru

cha

Gha

te•

Bina

ya

Pasa

khal

a

4023

27

•D

iscu

ssed

with

val

ue c

hain

gro

ups-

Chy

ura

hone

y, o

ff-se

ason

ve

geta

ble,

bam

boo

hand

icra

ft ite

ms

and

kidn

ey b

eans

and

C

HEA

fiel

d sta

ffs a

bout

thei

r rec

ord

keep

ing,

ben

efit s

harin

g m

echa

nism

, mon

itorin

g co

mpl

ianc

e of

rule

s an

d re

gula

tions

•Re

com

men

ded

seve

ral m

easu

res

for s

treng

then

ing

insti

tu-

tiona

l cap

acity

of v

alue

cha

in g

roup

s su

ch a

s m

obili

zing

lo

cal r

esou

rce

pers

ons,

trai

ning

for g

roup

s on

reco

rd a

nd

finan

cial

boo

k-ke

epin

g, p

rovi

ded

with

form

ats

for r

ecor

d ke

epin

g on

sal

es th

roug

h co

llect

ion

cent

re14

Feb

– 22

Feb

20

16,

Pith

orag

arh,

D

idih

at, a

nd

Alm

ora,

In

dia

•To

und

ersta

nd th

e m

igra

-tio

n dy

nam

ics

in th

e va

lue

chai

n gr

oups

and

its

impl

icat

ion

for v

alue

cha

in

deve

lopm

ent

1•

CH

EA•

GBP

IHED

•IC

IMO

D

•A

min

a M

a-ha

rjan

4023

16

•D

iscu

ssed

with

val

ue c

hain

gro

ups-

Chy

ura

hone

y, o

ff-se

ason

ve

geta

ble,

bam

boo

hand

icra

ft ite

ms

and

kidn

ey b

eans

and

C

HEA

fiel

d sta

ffs a

bout

mig

ratio

n pa

ttern

, tre

nds

in th

e ar

ea

and

its im

plic

atio

n on

the

valu

e ch

ain

as w

ell a

s on

the

com

mun

ity s

truct

ures

. •

Mig

ratio

n w

as m

ostly

inte

rnal

but

ther

e w

ere

also

insta

nces

of

inte

rnat

iona

l mig

ratio

n. In

tern

al m

igra

tion

wer

e bo

th

tem

pora

ry a

s w

ell a

s pe

rman

ent.

The

impl

icat

ions

of t

wo

strea

ms

of m

igra

tion

varie

d at

the

com

mun

ity le

vel.

•So

me

oppo

rtuni

ties

as w

ell a

s ch

alle

nges

wer

e id

entifi

ed to

va

lue

chai

n de

velo

pmen

t as

a re

sult

of m

igra

tion

of m

ostly

m

ale

from

the

area

s.

•A

det

ail s

tudy

is p

lann

ed to

map

out

mig

ratio

n an

d its

im

plic

atio

n in

the

sour

ce a

reas

, par

ticul

arly

in th

e va

lue

chai

n de

velo

pmen

t.

74

18 F

eb –

27

Feb

, 20

16

Fiel

d vi

sit

•C

ondu

ctio

n of

ass

ess-

men

t of c

ultu

ral e

cosy

stem

se

rvic

es o

f the

Gw

alek

Ke

dar s

acre

d fo

rest

(Dis

t. Ba

itadi

, Nep

al) f

or lo

cal

com

mun

ities

sur

roun

ding

it;

pro

vidi

ng a

ny re

leva

nt

info

rmat

ion

for h

erita

ge

tour

ism

to th

e se

nior

tour

-is

m s

peci

alis

t

C1;

C2;

C5

ICIM

OD

; Ind

ia C

hina

In

stitu

te (o

f The

New

Sc

hool

, NY,

USA

); So

cial

Aw

aren

ess

and

Dev

elop

men

t Ass

ocia

-tio

n (S

AD

A, a

Bai

tadi

ba

sed

NG

O).

Abh

iman

yu

Pand

ey

2448

1•

The

asse

ssm

ent w

as c

ondu

cted

in tw

o of

the

eigh

t VD

Cs

that

su

rroun

d th

e G

wal

ek K

edar

sac

red

fore

st. T

he a

sses

smen

t use

d th

e m

etho

dolo

gy la

id o

ut in

the

ICIM

OD

fram

ewor

k fo

r CES

as

sess

men

t (cu

rrent

ly u

nder

revi

ew fo

r int

erna

l pub

licat

ion)

. •

A to

tal o

f 48

mal

es fr

om d

iffer

ent s

trata

(alo

ng th

e ax

is of

ag

e an

d ca

ste) p

artic

ipat

ed in

FG

Ds

and

key

info

rman

t in

terv

iew

s, w

hile

a to

tal o

f 24

wom

en o

f diff

eren

tiate

d str

ata

(alo

ng s

imila

r axe

s) p

artic

ipat

ed in

FG

Ds

and

key

info

rmat

ion

inte

rvie

ws.

•

Dat

a w

as a

lso c

olle

cted

on

the

tour

ism

pot

entia

l of G

wal

ek

Keda

r, an

d ce

rtain

his

toric

cum

relig

ious

site

s ne

arby

(suc

h th

e Pa

tal B

huva

nesh

war

cav

es o

f Bai

tadi

, and

the

Nin

glas

-ha

ini t

empl

e). I

t was

sha

red

with

the

seni

or to

uris

m s

peci

al-

ist,

KSLC

DI.

•C

urre

ntly,

som

e pr

omot

iona

l mat

eria

l for

her

itage

tour

ism is

also

be

ing

prep

ared

to b

e se

nt to

ww

w.fa

rwes

tnep

al.o

rg, b

ased

up

on th

e da

ta c

olle

cted

dur

ing

this

trip.

The

mat

eria

l sha

ll be

du

ly sh

ared

and

disc

usse

d in

tern

ally

bef

ore

subm

issio

n.

•A

det

aile

d re

port

was

sha

red

with

the

KSL

team

as

wel

l as

SAD

A, t

he N

GO

that

faci

litat

ed th

e fie

ldw

ork

by p

rovi

ding

a

loca

l res

ourc

e pe

rson

. 18

–27

Feb

Venu

e –

Dar

chul

a,

Nep

al

Fiel

d vi

sit fo

r In

form

atio

n C

olle

ctio

n,

follo

w-u

ps

and

impa

ct

docu

men

ta-

tion

•D

iscu

ss, f

orm

ulat

e an

d ag

ree

on c

omm

on Y

ar-

sagu

mba

Man

agem

ent

Gui

delin

es fo

r AN

CA

on

the

topi

cs o

f res

pons

ibili

-tie

s, a

cces

s to

the

colle

c-tio

n si

tes,

man

agem

ent o

f ca

mp

site

s an

d tra

de

C1,

C2,

C5

AN

CA

, GIZ

,

ICIM

OD

Cor

inna

W

allra

pp

Tash

i Dor

ji,

Prad

yum

na

Rana

, Ghu

lam

M

oham

med

Sh

ah

338

24

•Ya

rsag

umba

man

agem

ent g

uide

lines

for A

NC

A d

evel

oped

and

ag

reed

by

AN

CA

Cou

ncil

mem

bers

.•

Succ

essfu

l aw

aren

ess t

rain

ing

for K

har V

DC M

anag

emen

t C

omm

ittee

mem

bers

abo

ut g

uide

lines

and

rele

vanc

e fo

r the

su

stain

able

man

agem

ent o

f Yar

sagu

mba

.•

Disc

ussio

ns w

ith A

llo g

roup

mem

bers

in G

odha

ni a

nd S

unda

M

unda

abo

ut p

rogr

ess a

nd n

eed

for f

urth

er su

ppor

t

11 M

arch

20

16•

To h

old

initi

al d

iscu

ssio

n w

ith N

epal

i dia

spor

a on

th

eir i

nvol

vem

ent i

n va

lue

chai

n pr

oduc

t dev

elop

-m

ent a

nd p

rom

otio

n

1•

Non

Res

iden

t Ne-

pali

Ass

ocia

tion,

IC

IMO

D

•A

min

a M

ahar

jan,

A

nu Jo

shi

Shre

stha

31

•Di

scus

sed

with

the

Wom

en C

oord

inat

or a

nd th

e le

ad o

f wor

king

gr

oup

on e

nter

prise

dev

elop

men

t of N

RNA

on

pote

ntia

l col

labo

-ra

tion

for e

ngag

ing

Nep

ali d

iasp

ora

in e

nter

prise

dev

elop

men

t an

d pr

omot

ion

of N

epal

i pro

duct

s out

side

the

coun

try.

•N

RNA

sugg

este

d th

at th

e fir

st ste

p w

ould

be

to h

ave

a ro

und-

tabl

e w

ith p

rese

nt b

uyer

s of N

epal

i goo

ds a

nd se

rvic

es to

dis-

cuss

on

the

oppo

rtuni

ties a

nd c

halle

nges

in th

e ex

port

of N

epal

i pr

oduc

ts fo

r bot

h di

aspo

ra c

onsu

mpt

ion

as w

ell a

s con

sum

ptio

n by

oth

ers.

75

18th M

arch

tra

nsbo

rder

M

eetin

g be

twee

n In

dian

and

N

epal

ese

Kaila

sh

Land

scap

e St

akeh

old-

ers

It w

as th

e fir

st fo

llow

up

mee

ting

afte

r ASK

OT-A

NC

A

mee

ting

take

n up

in D

ecem

-be

r 201

5 in

Pith

orag

arh.

The

is

sues

dis

cuss

ed w

as Il

lega

l W

ildlif

e Tr

ade

acro

ss th

e po

rous

bor

der

Regi

onal

C

oope

ra-

tion

CD

O-D

arch

ula,

Re

pres

enta

tive

Min

istry

of

For

ests

and

Soil

Con

serv

atio

n, A

NC

A

Cou

ncil

Cha

irman

an

d fe

w L

ocal

H

ighe

st O

ffici

als

from

Arm

y, P

olic

e, &

C

ID, D

FO-D

arch

ula,

A

NC

A W

arde

n an

d M

embe

rs, R

Ds

Offi

ce,

and

othe

r key

line

ag

enci

es, R

ECA

ST,

Med

ia, F

M R

adio

, A

sst.

Dist

rict M

agist

rate

Pi

thor

agar

h, S

DM

-D

arch

ula,

ITBP

, SSB

(B

oth

Secu

rity

Forc

es),

WII,

GBP

IHED

, CH

EA

and

few

oth

ers

Dr R

ajan

Ko

tru,

Swap

nil

Cha

udha

ri

Tash

i D

orji

Jani

ta,

Cor

inna

664

33

Som

e of

the

key

poin

ts ag

reed

(not

com

plet

ely

men

tione

d be

low

) by

the

offic

ials

from

the

both

sid

e ar

e:

•Si

mul

tane

ous p

atro

lling

from

the

both

side

s of r

iver

Mah

akal

i in

the

peak

seas

ons o

f ille

gal t

raffi

ckin

g •

Cus

tom

ized

aw

aren

ess p

acka

ge fo

r sec

urity

forc

es a

nd li

ne

agen

cies

that

hel

ps a

bet

ter m

onito

ring

and

cont

rol o

f wild

life

rela

ted

crim

es•

Info

rmat

ion/

Know

ledg

e sh

arin

g an

d ex

chan

ge o

f wild

life

rela

ted

crim

e do

ssie

rs•

Wor

king

on

loca

l com

mun

ity to

com

mun

ity n

etw

orki

ng fo

r ad

vanc

ed in

form

atio

n on

exp

ecte

d tra

ffick

ing/

smug

glin

g of

bio

-pr

oduc

ts an

d w

ildlif

e m

ater

ials

•Pr

epar

ing

also

cas

e stu

dies

of t

hose

who

com

mit

such

crim

es

and

then

impr

ove

the

awar

enes

s pac

kage

acc

ordi

ngly

23 M

arch

30

Mar

ch

Youn

g Pr

ofes

sion

al

mee

ting

: A

ncho

ring

trans

boun

d-ar

y co

op-

erat

ion:

Ve

geta

tion

and

Land

U

se T

ype

map

of K

ai-

lash

Sac

red

Land

scap

e

The

final

map

of K

aila

sh

Sacr

ed la

ndsc

ape

was

la

unch

ed a

t IC

IMO

D, w

hich

w

as c

ompi

led

thro

ugh

2 ye

ars

of e

fforts

of p

artn

ers,

ex

perts

in e

colo

gy a

nd

rem

ote

sens

ing,

and

oth

er

stake

hold

ers.

The

map

de-

pict

s pe

rcen

t of a

rea

cove

red

by 1

4 ve

geta

tion

type

s an

d 5

land

use

/ co

ver t

ypes

from

Ka

ilash

Sac

red

Land

scap

e.

C4

and

Regi

onal

C

oope

ra-

tion

WII,

GBP

IHED

, U

SAC

, IG

SNRR

, CIB

, IC

IMO

D, R

ECA

ST

Vish

was

C

hita

le,

Jani

ta

Gur

ung,

Sw

apni

l C

haud

hari

42

2•

The

harm

oniz

ed c

lass

ifica

tion

sche

me

and

vege

tatio

n m

ap

of K

SL w

ill b

e pu

blis

hed

thro

ugh

a pe

er re

view

ed jo

urna

l, a

regi

onal

boo

k, a

nd a

tech

nica

l doc

umen

t for

upt

ake

of

tech

nica

l app

roac

h.

76

27 M

arch

-3

Apr

il

Venu

e:

Sim

ikot

, H

umla

Trai

ning

of

Trai

ners

•

Trig

ger l

ocal

com

mun

ities

to

ado

pt o

pen

defe

ca-

tion

free

villa

ges

(enr

oute

Si

mik

ot to

Hils

a tre

k) a

s a

part

of re

spon

sibl

e to

uris

m;

•C

reat

e aw

aren

ess

and

stim

ulat

e su

ppor

t am

ong

loca

l gov

ernm

ent o

ffici

als

and

com

mun

ity m

embe

rs

on th

e co

mm

unity

-led

tota

l sa

nita

tion

as a

n in

tegr

al

part

of in

tegr

ated

tour

ism

pl

an fo

r Hum

la;

•Se

rve

as a

n en

try p

oint

for

com

mun

ity m

obili

zatio

n fo

r was

te m

anag

emen

t, en

viro

nmen

tal c

onse

rvat

ion

and

othe

r liv

elih

ood

inte

r-ve

ntio

ns in

the

land

scap

e;

C1,

C2

and

C5

MoF

SC; D

oF; R

ECA

ST;

CLT

S; C

HEA

; Fou

nda-

tion;

DD

C, H

umla

;

ICIM

OD

Tash

i Dor

ji

Prad

yum

na

Rana

3028

13

•To

T on

CLT

S an

d W

aste

man

agem

ent f

or 5

8 pa

rtici

pant

s re

pres

entin

g lo

cal c

omm

unity

lead

ers i

nclu

ding

wom

en g

roup

s,

NG

Os,

Ex-m

embe

r of P

arlia

men

t and

line

age

ncie

s in

the

distr

ict

•C

onve

rgen

ce o

f san

itatio

n an

d w

aste

man

agem

ent a

ctio

ns w

ith

line

agen

cies

and

loca

l aut

horit

ies (

DDC

) in

Hum

la.

•Tr

ansb

ound

ary

expe

rienc

e an

d kn

owle

dge

shar

ing

with

KSL

In

dia

thro

ugh

enga

gem

ent o

f add

ition

al re

sour

ce p

erso

ns; M

s De

epa

Upa

dhya

ya a

nd M

r. G

irish

Josh

i, C

HEA

, fro

m K

SL In

dia

77

03 A

pril

-11

Apr

il, 2

016

Khar

, D

arch

ula

Nep

al

Fiel

d vi

sit

Sprin

gshe

d M

anag

emen

t wor

k

•C

ondu

ct F

GD

’s, in

form

ant

inte

rvie

ws,

que

stion

naire

su

rvey

of w

ater

use

rs o

f sp

rings

and

taps

and

sp

ring

gove

rnan

ce/m

an-

agem

ent s

urve

y, to

iden

tify

criti

cal s

prin

gs u

sing

crit

e-ria

’s an

d ra

nkin

g;•

Set u

p da

ta m

onito

ring

syste

ms

(long

term

mon

itor-

ing

of s

prin

gs –

dis

char

ge

data

col

lect

ion

(eve

ry

15 d

ays)

, rai

nfal

l and

te

mpe

ratu

res

(dai

ly);

•M

eetin

g w

ith A

NC

A

team

in D

arch

ula

(New

W

arde

n, A

ssis

tant

War

den

and

rele

vant

sta

ff) to

up

date

and

dis

cuss

new

ap

poin

tees

on

KSL

wor

k in

Kh

ar a

nd o

n sp

rings

hed

man

agem

ent.

2A

CW

AD

AM

,

Dep

artm

ent o

f G

eolo

gy -

TU a

nd

ICIM

OD

Naw

raj

Prad

han

and

Prad

yum

na

Rana

5575

8O

utco

mes

:•

Com

plet

ed 2

maj

or a

ppro

ache

s or

ste

ps in

spr

ings

hed

man

-ag

emen

t tha

t will

lead

to Q

1& Q

2 de

liver

able

s in

the

abov

e ta

ble

(Set

ting

up D

ata

mon

itorin

g sy

stem

s an

d So

cial

and

G

over

nanc

e as

pect

s of

Spr

ings

); •

Agr

eem

ent w

ith A

NC

A W

arde

n an

d sta

ff to

pay

dat

a co

l-le

ctor

s m

onito

ring

sprin

gs th

roug

h KS

L m

anag

ed fu

nds

( the

in

itial

one

mon

th d

ata

colle

ctor

s fe

e of

Rs.

300

0 /

mon

th

has

been

giv

en b

y IC

IMO

D);

•Jo

int fi

eld

visi

t with

a la

rger

team

to K

har a

reas

(AC

W-

AD

AM

, TU

, AN

CA

, IC

IMO

D).

This

join

t fiel

d vi

sit w

as

key

in d

ecid

ing

prio

rity

sprin

gs to

be

chos

en fo

r lon

g te

rm

mon

itorin

g an

d hy

drog

eolo

gica

l lay

out t

o sta

rt m

anag

emen

t in

terv

entio

ns fo

r Q3.

•C

ompl

eted

6 F

GD

s an

d 2

sprin

g m

anag

emen

t che

cklis

ts an

d 2

tap

usag

e qu

estio

nnai

re•

Mee

ting

with

AN

CA

war

den

and

new

sta

ff de

-brie

fing

on

KSL

and

Sprin

gshe

d w

ork

sprin

gshe

d.

Follo

w-u

p:•

Fiel

d Da

ta c

olle

ctor

s fe

e of

Rs.

300

0 fo

r 2 re

sour

ces

pers

ons

from

nex

t Nep

ali m

onth

(Bai

sakh

i onw

ards

) nee

d to

be

deliv

ered

by

AN

CA

;•

Fiel

d re

sour

ce p

erso

ns in

volv

ed in

spr

ings

hed

man

agem

ent

in K

SL In

dia

and

Nep

al to

atte

nd th

e tra

inin

g in

ICIM

OD

fro

m 2

5-30

Apr

il, 2

016;

Task

ahe

ad:

•Pr

epar

e an

d sh

are

draf

t rep

ort o

n so

cial

surv

ey a

nd g

over

nanc

e pa

rt by

tabu

latin

g an

d an

alys

ing

data

and

info

rmat

ion

col-

lect

ed•

Put t

oget

her t

he c

ompl

ete

hydr

ogeo

logi

cal a

nd s

ocio

an

alys

is

•Ba

sed

on th

e fin

ding

s sta

rt re

quire

d in

terv

entio

ns p

rior t

o m

onso

ons

78

3 A

pril

– 13

Apr

il,

2016

Pith

orag

arh,

In

dia

Fiel

d vi

sit

•Sp

rings

hed

Man

agem

ent

wor

k•

Iden

tify

sprin

g/ w

ater

to

wer

•U

nder

stand

ing

sprin

gs

soci

al a

nd g

over

nanc

e as

pect

usi

ng q

uesti

onna

ire

surv

eys

and

chec

k lis

t.•

Mee

ting

with

GBP

IHED

te

am in

Kos

i-Kat

arm

al,

Alm

ora

and

CH

EA te

am in

N

aini

tal t

o di

scus

s ab

out

the

sprin

gshe

d re

sear

ch

and

CLT

S po

ssib

ilitie

s in

th

e sp

ring

rese

arch

are

a.

2IC

IMO

D

GBP

IHED

Sanj

eev

Bhuc

har a

nd

Neh

a Bi

sht

5438

12

(1+1

)•

Wat

er T

ower

iden

tified

and

initi

al w

ork

done

. •

Com

plet

ed 6

FG

Ds

and

2 sp

ring

man

agem

ent c

heck

lists

in

the

two

villa

ges.

•

Pote

ntia

l to

incl

ude

addi

tiona

l wat

er to

wer

in th

e Ba

ns-

Jaju

rali

area

whe

re in

itial

wor

k in

cer

tain

par

ts ha

s al

read

y be

en d

one

by W

II an

d C

HEA

. •

CH

EA m

embe

rs w

ell t

rain

ed a

nd e

quip

ped

to p

rovi

de C

LTS

train

ing

in th

e Sp

rings

hed

area

with

sup

port

from

ICIM

OD

.•

ICIM

OD

to o

rgan

ize

and

faci

litat

e a

field

leve

l res

earc

hers

m

eetin

g, a

long

with

lead

from

all

insti

tutio

ns in

Indi

a to

pre

s-en

t the

ir w

ork

in a

wor

ksho

p in

Pith

orag

arh.

•

ICIM

OD

to fa

cilit

ate

and

prov

ide

train

ing

to fi

eld

team

s in

da

ta c

olle

ctio

n m

etho

dolo

gy (s

ocio

-eco

nom

ic a

nd te

chni

cal).

19–2

6 A

pril

2016

Expo

sure

vi

sit c

um

lead

ersh

ip

deve

lop-

men

t tra

inin

g

To p

rovi

de a

pla

tform

to

the

coun

cil m

embe

rs to

ex

amin

e, d

iscu

ss, e

xcha

nge

idea

s an

d le

arn

abou

t va

rious

con

serv

atio

n ar

ea

prog

ram

mes

and

thei

r di

vers

e in

itiat

ives

, iss

ues,

op

portu

nitie

s an

d so

lutio

ns

To e

nhan

ce p

artic

ipan

ts’

know

ledg

e on

the

vario

us c

onse

rvat

ion

and

deve

lopm

ent i

nter

vent

ions

at

loca

l lev

el a

nd e

nhan

ce th

eir

know

ledg

e on

lead

ersh

ip

deve

lopm

ent

To b

uild

cap

aciti

es o

f pa

rtici

pant

s in

Lea

ders

hip

deve

lopm

ent

To g

ive

the

know

ledg

e ab

out

role

s an

d re

spon

sibi

litie

s of

Con

serv

atio

n ar

ea

man

agem

ent c

omm

ittee

s on

Nat

ural

reso

urce

m

anag

emen

t and

miti

gate

th

e re

cent

nat

ural

reso

urce

us

e co

nflic

t.

1,2,

3,4,

5A

NC

A, A

NC

A C

oun-

cil m

embe

rs, R

ECA

STKa

mal

Ary

al3

301

ICIM

OD

, 2

AN

CA

The

expo

sure

vis

it cu

m le

ader

ship

dev

elop

men

t tra

inin

g pr

ovid

ed a

n op

portu

nity

for t

he p

artic

ipan

ts to

mee

t, in

tera

ct

and

lear

n as

wel

l as

exch

ange

kno

wle

dge,

ski

lls, i

deas

, inf

or-

mat

ion

and

tech

nolo

gy fr

om th

e ex

perie

nces

of p

eopl

e an

d or

gani

zatio

ns in

the

field

of n

atur

al re

sour

ces

man

agem

ent

and

livel

ihoo

d en

hanc

emen

t.

Dev

elop

ed a

com

mon

und

ersta

ndin

g am

ong

the

AN

CA

sta

ff an

d th

e A

NC

A c

ounc

il m

embe

rs o

n co

nser

vatio

n of

nat

ural

re

sour

ces

and

prom

otio

n of

live

lihoo

ds o

f the

loca

l peo

ple

thro

ugh

good

gov

erna

nce

and

man

agem

ent s

truct

ures

.

Ensu

re th

at th

e pa

rtici

pant

s sh

are

the

expe

rienc

es fr

om th

e ex

-po

sure

vis

it an

d le

ader

ship

dev

elop

men

t tra

inin

g to

thei

r VD

C

leve

l con

serv

atio

n co

mm

ittee

mem

bers

and

oth

er c

omm

unity

pe

ople

.

79

24 M

ay

2016

KSL

Indi

a Pa

rtner

s M

eetin

g

KSL

Indi

a or

gani

zed

partn

ers

mee

ting

on 2

4th M

ay 2

016

at P

ithor

agar

h. T

he o

bjec

tive

was

to a

ppris

e th

e KS

L In

dia

activ

ities

to D

istri

ct A

utho

ritie

s fo

r syn

ergy

, mai

nstre

amin

g an

d le

vera

ging

. The

idea

w

as a

lso h

ow to

Up-

scal

e th

e on

goin

g ac

tiviti

es fr

om

villa

ge to

Lan

dsca

pe le

vel.

All

co

mpo

nent

sD

istri

ct M

agis

trate

and

C

DO

(Pith

orag

arh)

DFO

, Agr

icul

ture

, H

ortic

ultu

re a

nd o

ther

lin

e ag

enci

es,

GBP

IHED

WII

CH

EA S

BB

Him

alay

an V

ikas

Sa

miti

USA

C (U

ttara

khan

d Sp

ace

App

licat

ion

Cen

tre)

Him

alay

an G

ram

Vi

kas

Sam

iti (

HG

VS)

ICIM

OD

Com

mun

ity re

pres

en-

tativ

es

Med

ia re

pres

enta

tives

Sanj

eev

Bhuc

har

Tash

i Dor

ji

Snig

dha

Nan

da

1020

•KS

L In

dia

activ

ities

are

pre

sent

ed a

nd re

view

ed b

y ea

ch

com

pone

nt; d

istri

ct a

utho

ritie

s ap

prec

iate

d th

e co

ncep

ts,

effo

rts a

nd p

rogr

ess

of th

e KS

L In

dia

prog

ram

mes

, and

no

ted

the

need

to b

ring

syne

rgy

with

line

dep

artm

ents

for

up-sc

alin

g an

d su

stain

abili

ty.

•Ex

pres

sion

of i

nter

est a

nd c

omm

itmen

t fro

m re

leva

nt li

ne

depa

rtmen

ts fo

r sup

porti

ng n

eeds

of l

ocal

com

mun

ities

in

KSLC

DI p

ilot s

ites/

Indi

a pa

rtner

s to

follo

w-u

p on

wor

ksho

p co

mm

itmen

ts an

d ge

nera

te m

ore

info

rmat

ion

if re

quire

d.

•IC

IMO

D s

hare

d G

IZ re

view

mis

sion

repo

rt, a

nd p

oten

tial

trans

boun

dary

act

iviti

es; w

hich

requ

ired

follo

w-u

p as

prio

rity

activ

ities

in th

e co

min

g m

onth

s.

•Po

ssib

ilitie

s of

a re

gion

al e

vent

(3 d

ays)

to d

elib

erat

e ex

tens

ivel

y on

lead

s fro

m d

iffer

ent p

artn

er c

ount

ries

for:

(i)

appr

opria

te p

roje

ctio

n at

Lan

dsca

pe le

vel,

(ii) e

labo

ratio

n on

ele

men

ts/ac

hiev

emen

ts of

tran

s-bou

ndar

y na

ture

, (ii

i) id

entifi

catio

n of

item

s fo

r pol

icy

brie

fs o

n is

sues

of

trans

boun

dary

and

/or n

atio

nal i

mpl

icat

ions

. •

Inpu

ts to

nat

iona

l par

tner

s (c

ase

in p

oint

- In

dia)

on

vario

us

com

mun

icat

ion/

show

casi

ng m

ater

ials.

Sug

gesti

ons

base

d on

crit

ical

exa

min

atio

n of

mat

eria

l pre

pare

d til

l dat

e. A

lso,

the

poss

ibili

ties

for f

utur

e.•

Expe

ditin

g th

e pr

oces

s to

brin

g di

vers

e pa

rties

at o

ne

plat

form

to re

solv

e th

e is

sue

of a

mbi

guity

/unc

lear

man

date

fo

r diff

eren

t lea

d ag

enci

es c

once

rnin

g SS

M w

ork

in In

dia

(as

indi

cate

d in

the

partn

ers

mee

ting,

till

then

KSL

CD

I-G

BPIH

ED w

ill m

ove

forw

ard

with

agr

eed

OP

2016

). IC

MO

D to

sha

re d

raft

oper

atio

nal m

anua

l on

SSM

(bei

ng

prep

ared

by

ICIM

OD

) for

cap

acity

bui

ldin

g an

d on

-site

im

plem

enta

tion

of a

ctiv

ities

.•

Shar

ing

of R

epor

ts on

var

ious

regi

onal

eve

nts

whe

rein

In

dian

par

tner

’s re

pres

enta

tion

was

ther

e, o

r stu

dies

co

nduc

ted

by v

ario

us te

ams

(oth

er th

an K

SL In

dia

partn

ers)

in

Indi

an p

art o

f KSL

.•

Wor

ksho

p hi

ghlig

hts

wer

e di

ssem

inat

ed b

y na

tiona

l/re

gion

al m

edia

in H

indi

.•

Indi

an p

artn

ers

agre

ed to

resu

bmit

tour

ism

pro

posa

l to

ICIM

OD

bec

ause

the

prev

ious

Pat

al B

huva

nesh

war

pro

posa

l w

as d

eclin

ed.

25 M

ayFi

eld

visi

t to

Ban

s,

Jajra

uli a

nd

Gog

ana

villa

ges

in

Pith

orag

arh

distr

ict

•Fi

eld

visit

s wer

e ca

rried

out

w

ith fa

cilita

tion

from

CH

EA

to in

tera

ct w

ith v

eget

able

an

d C

hury

a ho

ney

valu

e pr

ojec

t ben

efici

arie

s for

un-

ders

tand

ing

achi

evem

ents,

id

entif

ying

issu

es a

nd th

eir

solu

tions

for s

calin

g up

/out

.

Livel

ihoo

d C

HEA

•IC

IMO

D

Sanj

eev

Bhuc

har

Snig

dha

Nan

da

206

12

•Ex

perie

nce

shar

ing

with

sel

ecte

d w

omen

and

men

farm

ers

on g

ood

prac

tices

, cha

lleng

es a

nd o

ppor

tuni

ties

in o

ff-se

ason

veg

etab

le a

nd C

hury

a ho

ney

and

soap

rela

ted

valu

e ch

ains

sup

porte

d by

Kai

lash

Initi

ativ

e-In

dia.

•

Brie

f writ

e-up

on

good

pra

ctic

es a

nd le

sson

s le

arne

d in

off-

seas

on v

eget

able

val

ue c

hain

pro

mot

ed b

y KS

LCD

I Ind

ia.

80

May

28

– Ju

ne 1

, Si

mik

ot

(Hum

la)

Fiel

d vi

sit

•Pi

lot s

ensi

tizat

ion

of lo

cal

com

mun

ities

tow

ards

th

e va

lue

of th

eir c

ultu

ral

herit

age

and

the

need

to

pres

erve

it•

Mee

tings

with

dist

rict

auth

oriti

es a

nd lo

cal

partn

ers

(DFO

offi

ce)

rega

rdin

g th

e to

urism

sit

uatio

n an

d pl

ans

in H

umla

C1,

C5

•IC

IMO

D; t

he o

f-fic

es o

f the

DFO

, C

DO

, and

LD

O in

Si

mik

ot

Mar

cello

No-

taria

nni,

•A

bhim

anyu

Pa

ndey

917

5

•Pi

lot s

ensi

tizat

ion

of m

embe

rs re

pres

entin

g al

l cul

tura

l gr

oups

of H

umla

. •

ICIM

OD

/par

tner

s to

org

aniz

e si

mila

r sen

sitiz

atio

n se

ssio

ns

alon

g th

e Ka

ilash

rout

es th

roug

h H

umla

(dur

ing

July

-Aug

ust

field

trip

). •

ICIM

OD

to w

ork

mor

e cl

osel

y w

ith th

e di

stric

t ad

min

istra

tion,

Hum

la, i

n de

velo

ping

her

itage

tour

ism

arou

nd S

imik

ot, e

spec

ially

targ

etin

g In

dian

pilg

rims .

23 M

ay- 3

Ju

ne 2

016

Khar

, G

odan

e,

Dar

chul

a,

Baita

di,

Bajh

ang,

Pi

thor

agar

h

Trai

ning

w

orks

hop

on c

limat

e re

silie

nt

valu

e ch

ains

; and

fie

ld v

isit

•Su

ppor

t in

cond

uctin

g tra

inin

g w

orks

hop

on

clim

ate

resil

ient

val

ue c

hain

s•

Visit

to C

huiri

– h

oney

are

a to

hav

e an

idea

of t

he

pote

ntia

l for

dev

elop

ing

Chu

iri-h

oney

val

ue c

hain

s•

Inpu

ts fo

r sel

ectin

g pa

rtici

pant

s fo

r upc

omin

g en

terp

rise

deve

lopm

ent

train

ing

Com

pone

nt

1, C

ompo

-ne

nt 2

??

and

Com

-po

nent

4

ICIM

OD

REC

AST

Dep

artm

ent o

f For

-es

t??

•A

NC

A??

?

Jani

ta G

urun

gKa

mal

a

Gur

ung

Um

a Pr

atap

Lipy

Adh

ikar

iSr

ijana

Rija

lBi

naya

Pa

sakh

ala

•A

ctio

n pl

an fo

r clim

ate

resil

ienc

e of

prio

ritiz

ed (a

llo) v

alue

ch

ain

deve

lope

d •

Parti

cipa

nts

from

CH

EA, I

ndia

trai

ned

in th

e sa

me

•Pa

rtici

pant

s fo

r upc

omin

g en

terp

rise

deve

lopm

ent t

rain

ing

iden

tified

•A

rea/

vill

ages

for d

evel

opin

g C

huiri

-hon

ey v

alue

cha

ins

iden

tified

May

30–

1

June

, C

heng

du

Mee

ting

with

KSL

C

hine

se

partn

ers

•A

sho

rt m

eetin

g in

Che

ngdu

to

disc

uss

with

the

Chi

nese

pa

rtner

s of

KSL

on

the

reco

mm

enda

tions

from

the

GIZ

revi

ew

All

SU, C

IB, T

AA

AS,

IG

NRR

SYi

Sha

olia

ng2

3

(1

) Dis

cuss

ed o

ur fi

ndin

gs fr

om th

e re

view

trip

in A

pril;

(2) D

iscu

ssed

the

reco

mm

enda

tions

of G

IZ re

view

and

cla

rified

w

hat t

he p

artn

ers

are

goin

g to

do

next

ste

ps to

add

ress

the

reco

mm

enda

tions

and

con

cern

s fro

m th

e re

view

;

(3) P

artn

ers

sugg

este

d fo

r pub

licat

ions

to fa

cilit

ate

info

rma-

tion/

data

sha

ring;

(4) I

GN

RRS

(Shi

Pei

li) s

hall

take

mor

e re

spon

sibi

lity

for i

nter

nal

coor

dina

tion

for b

ette

r syn

ergy

am

ong

diffe

rent

com

pone

nts.

•(5

) Act

iviti

es fo

r TA

AA

S sti

ll ne

ed to

be

follo

wed

.

81

12–1

9 Ju

ne

2016

Surk

het,

Nai

nita

l, Pi

thor

agar

h

Fiel

d vi

sit

•To

look

for t

he p

ossi

bilit

y of

str

engt

heni

ng C

huiri

(Chu

iri

butte

r plu

s C

huiri

hon

ey)

valu

e ch

ains

in B

aita

di a

nd

Dar

chul

a, N

epal

•To

visi

t rel

ated

ent

erpr

ises

to h

ave

info

rmat

ion

on

diffe

rent

type

s of

Chu

iri o

il ex

pelle

rs in

use

and

thei

r m

erits

/ de

mer

its (t

o be

abl

e to

dec

ide

one

for N

epal

) •

To v

isit C

HEA

- KS

L co

mpo

nent

1 p

artn

er

in In

dia

and

the

pilo

t vi

llage

to s

ee th

e w

ork

on

stren

gthe

ning

Chy

ura

plus

ho

ney

valu

e ch

ains

•To

faci

litat

e th

e KS

L Nep

al

coor

dina

tion

team

to

Chy

ura-

hone

y ar

ea o

f Pi

thor

agar

h, In

dia

Com

pone

nt

1 - L

ivel

i-ho

ods

•M

inist

ry o

f Fo

rest

and

Soil

Con

serv

atio

n,

Dep

artm

ent o

f Fo

rest,

REC

AST

, M

alik

arju

n Pt

. Ltd

.,

of N

epal

and

CH

EA,

Indi

a•

ICIM

OD

Um

a Pr

atap

•Kn

owle

dge

abou

t diff

eren

t kin

ds o

f Chu

iri o

il ex

pelle

rs in

use

in

Indi

a an

d N

epal

, the

ir m

erits

and

dem

erits

. Th

is w

ill h

elp

in

deci

sion

mak

ing

on th

e ty

pe o

f mac

hine

to b

e bo

ught

for K

SL

Nep

al•

Prog

ress

of K

SL C

ompo

nent

1 in

Indi

a, a

nd p

lan

for i

ts fu

rther

str

engt

heni

ng

15 Ju

ne to

23

June

Fiel

d vi

sit

The

obje

ctiv

es o

f the

fiel

d vi

sit w

ere

a.

To d

iscu

ss w

ith h

erde

rs

and

mem

bers

of S

ap-

tara

ngi C

FUG

on

rule

s fo

r allo

win

g gr

azin

g in

th

e C

Fb.

To

iden

tify

and

sele

ct

bloc

ks fo

r fod

der p

lant

a-tio

n in

the

com

mun

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Annex VI: KSLCDI Media Coverage for the year 2016

1. ‘Native wisdom of hill folk can reduce adverse climate impact’ 11 Dec 2016, Published in News Track India

2. ‘Native wisdom of hill folk can reduce adverse climate impact’ 11 Dec 2016, Published in Business Standard

3. ‘Native wisdom of hill folk can reduce adverse climate impact’ 11 Dec 2016, Published in Yahoo News

4. ‘Native wisdom of hill folk can reduce adverse climate impact’ 11 Dec 2016, Published in newkerala.com

5. ‘Native wisdom of hill folk can reduce adverse climate impact’ 11 Dec 2016, Published in Canindia.com

6. ‘Native wisdom of hill folk can reduce adverse climate impact’ 11 Dec 2016, Published in Sify News, IANS

7. ‘Native wisdom of hill folk can reduce adverse climate impact’ 11 Dec 2016, Published in Daily World

8. INTERNATIONAL MOUNTAIN DAY SPECIAL 11 Dec 2016, Published in e-NewsDesk

9. Mountain Cultures: Celebrating Diversity and Strengthening Identity 10 Dec 2016, Published in Green Barta

10. Mountain Cultures: Celebrating Diversity and Strengthening Identity 10 Dec 2016, Published in BRT Nepal

11. Mountain Cultures: Celebrating Diversity and Strengthening Identity 09 Dec 2016, Published in Kuensel Online

12. Mountain Cultures: Celebrating Diversity and Strengthening Identity 08 Dec 2016, Published in News Nature

13. Protecting mountains in face of globalisation, migration http://www.downtoearth.org.in/coverage/celebrating-diversity-of-mountain-cultures-56534 Deepanwita Niyogi; Down to Earth; 9 December 2016

14. Securing solidarity through diversity: binding landscapes and cultures together http://www.downtoearth.org.in/coverage/celebrating-diversity-of-mountain-cultures-56534 Lipy Adhikari; Down To Earth; 9 December 2016

15. Fund depletion hits UNESCO World Heritage Centre hard http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/dehradun/Fund-depletion-hits-UNESCO-World-Heritage-Centre-hard/

articleshow/55564666.cms The Times of India City; 22 November 2016

16. Applications flood UNESCO for heritage tag: Dr Rossler http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/uttarakhand/community/applications-flood-unesco-for-heritage-tag-dr-

rossler/326887.html The Tribune; 23 November 2016

17. UNESCO ENCOURAGES PRESERVATION OF HERITAGE SITES: OFFICIAL http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/dehradun/unesco-encourages-preservation-of-heritage-sites-

official.html Daily Pioneer; 23 November 2016

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18. Kailash Mansarovar landscape likely to get inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage site http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/dehradun/kailash-mansarovar-landscape-likely-to-get-inscribed-as-

unesco-world-heritage-site/articleshow/55604043.cms Seema Sharma; The Times of India City; 24 November 2016

19. Kailash Mansarovar landscape likely to get inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage site http://www.nyoooz.com/dehradun/673819/kailash-mansarovar-landscape-likely-to-get-inscribed-as-unesco-

world-heritage-site NYOOOZ; 24 November 2016

20. KSL is a unique area with ecological cultural and spiritual aspects http://icppl.in/pdfs/24Nov2016Dun.pdf The Pioneer; 24 November 2016

21. Successful 5th Coordination Meeting of UNESCO World Heritage related category 2 centres held in Dehradun, India http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/1590 UNESCO.org; 24 November 2016

22. वरलडहरिटजबननककरीबकलास-मानसरोवर, यनसकोनभरदीहामी http://www.amarujala.com/dehradun/kailash-mansarovar-soon-will-be-in-world-heritage Amar Ujala; 26 November 2016

23. Locals and conservationists happy with Kailash Mansarovar on its way to world heritage site http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/dehradun/Locals-and-conservationists-happy-with-Kailash-Mansarovar-

on-its-way-to-world-heritage-site/articleshow/55637820.cms The Times of India City; 26 November 2016

24. Over80 films from 28 countries to be screened in KIMFF http://www.myrepublica.com/news/8047?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed

%3A+Icimodmentions2+%28ICIMODMentions2%29

25. Check Out This Stunningly Detailed Illustrated Map of India, Nepal & China 06 Oct 2016, Published in National Geographic

26. India’s most flood-prone state aided by new satellite mapping 30 Sep 2016, Published in jakarta globe

27. 8 Local News Paper covered event on Our Heritage Our Identity in December 2016

28. Save the hills to save Nepal, Mahavir Paudhyl, My Republica http://kantipur.ekantipur.com/news/2016-08-21/20160821091448.html

29. नपाललयानडलकडहोइन, लयानडलिकडमलकहो Ashok Gurung, August 2016, Kantipur http://kantipur.ekantipur.com/news/2016-08-21/20160821091448.html

30. World Environment Day 2016: Sustaining our Wildlifehttp://www.kuenselonline.com/world-environment-day-2016-sustaining-our-wildlife/

Rajan Kotru; Kuensel Daily; 2 June 2016 Note: This is a regional media uptake feature article by Rajan Kotru for WED

31. World Environment Day 2016: Sustaining our Wildlifehttp://reviewnepal.com/articles/world-environment-day-2016-sustaining-our-wildlife.html

Rajan Kotru; Review Nepal News; 2 June 2016 Note: This is a regional media uptake feature article by Rajan Kotru for WED

32. ICIMOD involves students to mark World Environment Day http://myrepublica.com/lifestyle/story/43645/icimod-involves-students-to-mark-world-environment-day.html

Zenith Shah; Republica; 3 June 2016

33. What World Environment Day 2016 means for Nepal, and the Hindu Kush region http://english.onlinekhabar.com/2016/06/05/378773

Rajan Kotru, English onlinekhabhar, 5 June 2016

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34. ICIMOD involves students to mark World Environment Day http://www.htsyndication.com/htsportal/article/ICIMOD-involves-students-to-mark-World-Environment-Day/13555819

Zenith Shah; HT Media Syndication; 4 June 2016

35. World Environment Day 2016: Sustaining our Wildlife http://reviewnepal.com/articles/world-environment-day-2016-sustaining-our-wildlife.html

Rajan Kotru; Review Nepal; 5 June 2016

36. World Environment Day 2016: Sustaining our Wildlife http://nepaltoday.com.np/home/diplomacy_detail?id=1451

Rajan Kotru; Nepal Today; 5 June 2016

37. World Environment Day 2016: Sustaining our Wildlife http://mountaintv.net/world-environment-day-2016-sustaining-our-wildlife/

Rajan Kotru; Mountaintv.net; 5 June 2016

38. World Environment Day 2016: Sustaining our Wildlife http://www.bdreport24.com/archives/84154 Rajan Kotru; bdreport24.com; 5 June 2016

39. What World Environment Day 2016 means for Nepal, and the Hindu Kush region http://english.onlinekhabar.com/2016/06/05/378773

Online Khabar.com; 5 June 2016

40. Illicit trade threat to wildlife in Hindu Kush http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=398020 Vishal Gulati; Daijiworld.com; 5 June 2016; Source: IANS

41. Illicit trade threat to wildlife in Hindu Kush (June 5 is World Environment Day) http://www.netindia123.com/netindia/showdetails.asp?cat=India&id=2876642&n_date=20160605

Vishal Gulati; Net India 123; 5 June 2016; Source: IANS

42. Illicit trade threat to wildlife in Hindu Kush http://www.indiaeveryday.in/news-illicit-trade-threat-to-wildlife-in-hindu-kush-1007-2250055.htm

Vishal Gulati; India everyday.in; 5 June 2016; Source: IANS

43. Illicit trade threat to wildlife in Hindu Kush https://in.news.yahoo.com/illicit-trade-threat-wildlife-hindu-kush-063804469.html

Vishal Gulati; Yahoo News; 5 June 2016; Source: IANS

44. Illicit trade threat to wildlife in Hindu Kush http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a653359.html Vishal Gulati; Prokerala.com; 5 June 2016; Source: IANS

45. Illicit trade threat to wildlife in Hindu Kush (June 5 is World Environment Day) http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/illicit-trade-threat-to-wildlife-in-hindu-kush-june-5-is-world-environment-day-116060500171_1.html

Vishal Gulati; Business Standard; 5 June 2016; Source: IANS

46. Illicit trade threat to wildlife in Hindu Kush http://www.mangalorean.com/illicit-trade-threat-wildlife-hindu-kush/ Vishal Gulati; Mangalorean; 5 June 2016; Source: IANS

47. Illicit trade threat to wildlife in Hindu Kush (June 5 is World Environment Day) http://www.sify.com/news/illicit-trade-threat-to-wildlife-in-hindu-kush-june-5-is-world-environment-day-news-others-qgfmueagadhhc.html

Vishal Gulati; Sify News; 5 June 2016; Source: IANS

48. Illicit trade threat to wildlife in Hindu Kush (June 5 is World Environment Day) http://www.canindia.com/illicit-trade-threat-to-wildlife-in-hindu-kush-june-5-is-world-environment-day/

Vishal Gulati; Canindia.com; 5 June 2016; Source: IANS

49. Illicit trade threat to wildlife in Hindu Kush http://odishasuntimes.com/2016/06/05/illicit-trade-threat-wildlife-hindu-kush/

Vishal Gulati; Odhisa sun times.com; 5 June 2016; Source: IANS

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50. Illicit trade threat to wildlife in Hindu Kush http://www.mid-day.com/articles/illicit-trade-threat-to-wildlife-in-hindu-kush/17312155

mid-day.com; 5 June 2016; Source: IANS

51. Call to check illegal trade of wildlife http://www.thenews.com.pk/print/125562-Call-to-check-illegal-trade-of-wildlife

The News International; 6 June 2016

52. Transnational Solutions to Preserve Yak Populations in Himalayas [KAILASH] http://glacierhub.org/2016/06/14/transnational-solutions-to-preserve-yak-populations-in-himalayas/

Anna LoPresti; GlacierHub; 14 June 2016

53. TV Broadcast: World Environment Day (WED 2016) celebration at Godawari https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmZssjtRqlg

NayaPusta, NTV Plus; 10 June 2016

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dica

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in-

iste

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eetin

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Kai

lash

by

thre

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rtici

patin

g co

untri

es

1.

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tings

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cou

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bbyi

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ong

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for g

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hip

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UN

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itage

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proc

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coun

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feat

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ports

the

first

one

in 2

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or it

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cus

in b

ringi

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ratio

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d bu

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rtner

ship

s th

roug

h Tr

ansb

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pera

tion

betw

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na, I

ndia

and

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his

has

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wel

l app

reci

atio

n am

ong

gove

rnm

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of th

e th

ree

parti

cipa

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coun

tries

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of K

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ums

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forg

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ed fo

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iona

l co

oper

atio

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d in

crea

ses

the

natio

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wne

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p, w

hich

will

hel

p to

bui

ld th

e lo

ng te

rm s

usta

inab

le

regi

onal

coo

pera

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eve

nts

wer

e,

a.

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cipa

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in C

BD C

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igh

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nd S

ide

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ts)b.

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rtici

patio

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CIT

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vent

c.

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rtici

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ands

cape

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W

orld

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serv

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ongr

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com

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dica

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a-tio

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ta s

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echa

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us

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y pa

rtner

s al

loca

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tiona

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regi

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2To

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rtner

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ition

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esta

blis

hed

in C

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will

feed

in in

form

atio

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r ABS

bill

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rmat

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in C

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nsla

tion

of V

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na S

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nese

on

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div

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ty

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slatio

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uals

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eac

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f Ind

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dicr

aft T

rade

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r, Ka

thm

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lash

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ly S

acre

d Br

and,

a

trans

boun

dary

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ture

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f For

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sta

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rd y

ear

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efici

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s of

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I fro

m In

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and

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artic

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thei

r pro

duct

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ral R

epub

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thm

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e D

eutsc

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ellsc

haft

für I

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natio

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efici

arie

s of

KSL

CD

I fro

m In

dia

and

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al p

artic

ipat

ed a

nd s

old

thei

r pro

duct

s at

In

tern

atio

nal H

erba

l Tra

de F

air,

in B

hopa

l, In

dia.

Kai

lash

bra

nd w

as e

ndor

sed

by th

e St

ate

Fore

st M

inis

ter,

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hya

Prad

esh,

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a 6.

Expo

sure

Vis

it of

Nep

al s

take

hold

ers

to In

dia.

With

aim

of C

apac

ity b

uild

ing

of A

NC

A a

nd B

ajha

ng

com

mun

ity m

embe

rs o

n go

od p

ract

ices

in e

cosy

stem

resto

ratio

n, li

velih

oods

impr

ovem

ent &

fodd

er

man

agem

ent s

trate

gies

ado

pted

in K

SL In

dia

7.

Expo

sure

vis

it of

Nep

al s

take

hold

er to

Indi

a fo

r lea

rnin

g be

st ex

ampl

es o

f bee

kee

ping

and

how

to u

se

Kaila

sh T

rans

boun

dary

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nd

93

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put 2

A

. Num

ber o

f diff

eren

t kn

owle

dge

prod

ucts

prod

uced

by

SAW

GP

partn

ers

that

are

tim

ely,

of

pro

ven

use

in p

ro-

cess

es a

nd b

y in

vesto

rs

and

have

goo

d co

nten

t.

1.2:

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itage

tour

ism

pl

an a

ddre

ssin

g in

com

e im

prov

emen

t, cl

imat

e ch

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nd

impl

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ted

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in th

e to

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of P

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cou

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tratio

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Annex VIII: Reach from Partner Events in China, India, Nepal

S.No. Partner Location Event/Activity Name Direct Reach Indirect Reach

Male Female Total 1 CIB China Awareness raising and exposure visit of local stakeholders 7 2 9 02 GBPIHED India One -to-one interaction with line departments of landscape

regarding required information about departmental schemes15 1 16 0

3 GBPIHED India Consultation with line departments 15 1 16 04 GBPIHED India Field visit & meeting with local community 14 6 20 9835 GBPIHED India Field visit & meeting with local community 10 12 22 6196 GBPIHED India Field visit & meeting with local community 10 7 17 408 GBPIHED India Field visit & meeting with local community 5 11 16 7859 GBPIHED India Meeting with HSS 5 5 10 010 GBPIHED India Meeting with Gram Pradhan 5 1 6 011 GBPIHED India Meeting with resource person 3 4 7 012 GBPIHED India Field visit & meeting with local community 8 15 23 13713 GBPIHED India Field visit & meeting with local community 13 14 27 12614 GBPIHED India Field visit & meeting with local community 8 18 26 16315 GBPIHED India Field visit & meeting with local community 5 11 16 44216 GBPIHED India Field visit & meeting with local community 2 39 41 91117 GBPIHED India Integrated awareness camp 18 25 43 018 GBPIHED India Nature camping programme 5 4 9 019 GBPIHED India Nature camping programme 8 8 16 020 GBPIHED India Mid Term review-KSL CDI Indian Part 11 1 12 021 GBPIHED India Trans-boundary meeting on Control of illegal Wildlife Trade in

Kailash Sacred Landscape 64 6 70 0

22 GBPIHED India Consultation with line departments, Meeting/interaction with village communities

97 134 231 0

23 GBPIHED India Field visit & meeting with local community 39 36 75 242724 GBPIHED India Nature camping programme 9 8 17 025 GBPIHED India Trans-boundary meeting on Control of illegal Wildlife Trade in

Kailash Sacred Landscape 64 6 70 0

26 CHEA India Convergence for facilitating community 0 0 0 85027 CHEA India Transfer of bee colonies in to movable hives 33 2 35 028 CHEA India Production, Value addition and Marketing of Chyura honey

and Chyura soap14 4 18 0

29 CHEA India Convergence towards sustainable development and environment restoration

0 0 0 490

30 CHEA India Training on Chyura soap making 4 0 4 031 CHEA India Workshop on Bee keeping 18 0 18 032 CHEA India Role of VCs activity in livelihoods and discussion on migration 54 48 102 033 CHEA India Mid Term Review 72 90 162 034 CHEA India Eco- Tourism Uttarakhand: Responding to environmental and

social changes2 0 2 0

35 CHEA India Participation in Askot ANCA meeting at Darchula 2 0 2 036 CHEA India Participation in Women’s Day Programme at ICIMOD 1 1 2 037 CHEA India CLTS Training at Nepal 1 1 2 038 CHEA India Data Collection for SANDEE for valuating eco system services 1 0 1 039 CHEA India Participation in Women’s Day Programme at ICIMOD 0 1 1 040 CHEA India Transboundary sharing of knowledge on Good Management

Practices for Yarsagumba (Cordyceps sinensis) in Kailash Sacred Landscape (KSL), India

170 96 266 0

41 CHEA India Training of Trainers on CLTS and Waste Management 1 1 2 042 CHEA India Planning workshop on Climate adaptation 3 0 3 043 CHEA India Transfer of bee colonies in to movable hives 46 3 49 044 CHEA India RML Subscription for 125 beneficiaries 87 38 125 045 CHEA India Distribution of Biogas units 27 0 27 046 CHEA India Distribution of Parabolic solar cooking units 9 1 10 047 CHEA India Distribution of movable storage water tanks in OSV value

chain.17 48 65 0

48 CHEA India Bamboo plantation in van Raji villages 25 10 35 0

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Annex VIII: Reach from Partner Events in China, India, Nepal 49 CHEA India Selling of bamboo Dhokas in local market 10 0 10 050 CHEA India Distribution of Kidney Bean seeds in van Raji villages 80 40 120 051 CHEA India Construction of a Tin shade and grinder machine. 0 0 0 10152 CHEA India Construction of Low cost polyhouses 5 15 20 053 CHEA India Distribution of Vermi beds in Bans and Jajurali villages 40 60 100 054 CHEA India Distribution of high value vegetable seeds 120 80 200 055 CHEA India Distribution of Honey extractors 30 0 30 056 CHEA India Toilet construction in Van Raji villages. 6 149 155 057 CHEA India Reorganization of a local Bee keeper as a resource person 11 0 11 058 CHEA India Selection of Rural resource persons (RRPs) 20 0 20 059 CHEA India Selection of Master Beekeepers 6 0 6 060 CHEA India Distribution of movable Bee hives to the beneficiaries 70 0 70 061 CHEA India Distribution of bee keeping equipments 100 0 100 062 CHEA India Production, Value addition and Marketing of Chyura honey

and Chyura soap5 5 10 0

63 CHEA India Triggering exercise on sanitation under CLTS 35 129 164 064 CHEA India Installation of Chyura expeller in Nishni village 0 0 0 30065 CHEA India Convergence for facilitating community 0 0 0 066 CHEA India Convergence towards sustainable development and

environment restoration 0 0 0 490

67 CHEA India Production, Value addition and Marketing of Chyura honey and Chyura soap

450 150 600 0

68 CHEA India Training on Chyura soap making 4 0 4 073 GBPIHED India Survey, meetings, group talks in Himkhola and Chhalma-

Chhilanso village 270 115 385 0

74 GBPIHED India Assessment of Chyura in KSL India 383 292 675 075 GBPIHED India ESM-Assessment of “Ecosystem services of water springs at

bans-Maitoli and in and around region.38 46 84 0

76 GBPIHED India ESM Plan - Developed a nursery in Bans-Maitoli pilot site and established 500 saplings of broom grass in the nursery

50 28 78 0

77 GBPIHED India Uprooted Eupatorium nearby water resources 56 8 64 078 GBPIHED India Field visit and data collection 14 5 19 079 GBPIHED India Data collection 465 205 670 080 GBPIHED India Awareness programme in schools 510 370 880 081 GBPIHED India Rapid assessment of human-wildlife conflict and other issues

related with conservation in the inner valley 180 45 225 0

82 GBPIHED India Field survey and assessment of animals, birds, fishes, insects, butterflies etc.

350 150 500 0

83 GBPIHED India Distribution of alien invasive species in Gokarneshwargad watershed

160 185 345 0

84 GBPIHED India Water demand and supply, and abundance of fish species 78 37 115 085 GBPIHED India Participated and contributed in two days’ workshop on “Trans-

boundary Sharing of Knowledge on Good Management Practices for Yarsa-gumba in Kailash Sacred Landscape (KSL), India”.

543 139 682 0

86 GBPIHED India One researcher attended a seminar on ‘Herbal research: opportunities challenges and beyond’ at Uttarakhand on

98 91 189 0

87 GBPIHED India Convergence Meeting cum Workshop 40 7 47 069 IGSNRR China NCC meeting with China partner 5 2 7 070 RECAST Nepal Training to Ritha collectors in Gokuleshwor, Baitadi 40 40 80 071 RECAST Nepal ToT on Community Led Total Sanitation 28 30 58 072 RECAST Nepal Climate resilient value chain workshop 8 21 29 0

CIB China We-Chat announcement of calling for medical doctor volunteers 3847 4000 7847 0CIB/SU China Training in basic English language 28 20 48 0IGSNRR China Pilot sites established and began to monitoring in Manasarovar

watershed3 3 6 0

IGSNRR China Data supporting rangeland carrying capacity 0 0 0 0IGSNRR China Data supporting rangeland carrying capacity 0 0 0 7IGSNRR China Baseline data primary analysis 3 1 4 0IGSNRR China On-site demonstration of monitoring and data sampling 3 7 10 0KIB China local ABS trainings 70 30 100 0CHEA India Capacity enhancement training on Enterprise development 2 2 4 0CHEA India Supply of Chyura plants to Patanjali 2 0 2 0

100

CHEA India Sanitation programme 317 308 625 0CHEA India Development of Master Beekeepers 6 0 6 0CHEA India Capacity building of Rural Resource persons 20 0 20 0CHEA India Chyura plantation 25 14 39 0CHEA India Promotion of backyard nursery 4 0 4 0CHEA India Plantation of Bamboo seedlings 174 179 353 0CHEA India Awareness workshop has organized at KMVN, Pithoragarh

on Conservation, sustainable use and legal trading of Yarsa gumba

12 2 14 0

CHEA India Distribution of Agriculture equipments at OSV area 0 69 69 0CHEA India Construction of Roof water harvesting tanks 30 32 62 0CHEA India Waste management in Bhuvaneshwar area 7 9 16 0CHEA India Distribution of pea seeds 15 20 35 0CHEA India Protracted cultivation through Polyhouses 6 14 20 0CHEA India Promotion of Back yard poultry in Vanraji villages under conver-

gence0 40 40 0

CHEA India Distribution of Bee boxes to Van Raji villages 28 30 58 0CHEA India Distribution of Bee colonies 17 15 32 0CHEA India Backyard poultry promotion and distribution of horticulture

equipments.8 7 15 0

CHEA India Training on Bamboo Craft in Vanraji villages 0 6 6 0WII India ESM Plan - Developed a nursery in Bans-Maitoli pilot site and

established 500 saplings of broom grass in the nursery and its management related work is in progress

56 29 85 0

WII India Uprooted Eupatorium nearby water resources 49 9 58 0WII India Field visit and data collection 9 3 12 0WII India Management plan for Human-Wildlife Conflict in pilot site 198 102 300 0WII India Presentations made by KSL- researchers and Research Associate

on topics - - Participatory Planning for Management of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: A Case Study from KSL–India. - Patterns of invasion by Kalabansa (Ageratina adenophora) in Gokarneshwargad watershed, Kailash Sacred Landscape. - Strategies for minimizing Human-wildlife conflicts in selected pilot areas in KSL India. - Seasonal and Habitat Influences on Bird Diversity in KSL India (Bans Village). - Conservation status and distribution of Diploknema butyracea in KSL–India. - A focal taxa for long term monitoring in KSL India.

321 219 540 0

GBPIHED India FGD in Cheda Village (Gorang Valley) 11 0 11 800GBPIHED India FGD in Cheda Village (Gorang Valley) 9 2 13 800GBPIHED India FGD in Cheda Village (Gorang Valley) 7 6 13 800GBPIHED India Resource person mobilization 7 2 9 1549GBPIHED India Documentation of success stories 41 21 62 0GBPIHED India Resource person mobilization 9 4 13 1549GBPIHED India Capacity building workshop of Chitgal Vanpanchayat 11 5 16 1737GBPIHED India Participatory natural resource management exercise 21 18 39 804GBPIHED India Participatory natural resource management exercise 15 5 20 140GBPIHED India Participatory natural resource management exercise 15 4 19 274GBPIHED India Capacity building workshop of Chitgal Vanpanchayat 20 10 10 322GBPIHED India Participatory natural resource management exercise 29 8 37 1040GBPIHED India Participatory natural resource management exercise 29 9 38 322GBPIHED India Participatory natural resource management exercise 30 12 42 1737GBPIHED India Capacity building on plantation techniques and plantation 39 13 52 126GBPIHED India Capacity building on plantation techniques and plantation 24 24 48 587GBPIHED India Training cum field workshop on

To rejuvenate water resources through an hydro-geological approach

31 49 80 2000

GBPIHED India Annual General Meet of Shauka community 2 0 2 0GBPIHED India Awareness programme regarding medicinal plant cultivation

and conservation at Chaudans valley120 80 200 0

GBPIHED India Plantation at Sri Narayan Ashram 12 6 18 0GBPIHED India Landscape Yatra 73 84 157 726

101

GBPIHED India Landscape Yatra 115 92 207 5496GBPIHED India Landscape Yatra 84 92 176 1830KIB China ABS local training 70 75 145KIB China ABS local training 70 30 100RECAST Nepal Nigalo Product diversification training 19 9 28 0IGSNRR China On-site training and participatory LTESM 7 5 12 3IGSNRR China On-site training and participatory monitoring 7 5 12 3CHEA India Cooperative participation in International Herbal fair 3 0 3CHEA India Representation of CHEA and Pancheshwar Ghati Cooperative

at Jeoljibi fair8 0 8

CHEA India Awareness workshop on sustainable use and conservation of Yarsagumba at Pithoragarh

14 12 26

CHEA India Promotion of Bee Colonies in the Chyura Belt 82 22 104CHEA India Chyura plantation 31 14 45CHEA India Strengthening and Capacity Development of Beekeepers 27 0 27CHEA India Establishment of polyhouses in Off season vegetable area 55 40 95CHEA India Distribution of watering cans 190 198 388CHEA India Distribution of vermi-compost beds in off season vegetable

area240 245 485

CHEA India Distribution of movable water harvesting tanks in OSV area. 70 80 150CHEA India Distribution of Knapsack spray at OSV area. 222 225 447CHEA India Promotion of off season vegetable value chain in Pithoragarh

dist.200 510 710 480

CHEA India Backyard poultry units in OSV area under convergence 35 37 72CHEA India Toilets construction in OSV area under convergence 40 43 83CHEA India Poultry units promotion in OSV area 22 25 47CHEA India Promotion of Goat sheds at OSV area under convergence 5 6 11CHEA India Construction of minor irrigation canal under convergence 355 361 716CHEA India kidney bean production at Vanraji villages 235 237 472CHEA India Water Harvesting tanks and polyline tanks promotion in Vanraji

villages under convergence31 30 61

CHEA India Distribution of agriculture tools in Vanraji villages 126 131 257CHEA India Introduction of Beekeeping in Vanraji villages through conver-

gence49 53 102

CHEA India Completion of RML subscription 87 38 125CHEA India Installation of Tin shade with a grinder machine 30 71 101CHEA India Cooperative participation in Cooperative fair at

Garudabaanj(Uttarakhand)3 0 3

CHEA India Cooperative participation in Herbal fair at Bhopal(Uttarakhand) 2 0 2CHEA India Representation in State cooperative meet (Pithoragarh) 2 0 2CHEA India Participation in State agriculture exhibition 5 2 7CHEA India Field study by the students of Ajeem Prem ji foundation on the

impact of various activities and learning from these activities in Chyura villages at Pithoragarh dist.

850 800 1650

CHEA India Bamboo craft experts in Vanraji villages 6 4 10CHEA India Exposure visit of Vanraji farmers at VIPKAS 8 9 17CHEA India Exposure visit of Vanraji farmers at VIPKAS 17 8 25 9CHEA India Basic tailoring training for Vanraji community under conver-

gence0 20 20

CHEA India Training on master bamboo craft trainers 0 6 6GBPIHED India Wildlife week 37 42 79GBPIHED India Wildlife week 14 16 30GBPIHED India Plantation at Sri Narayan Ashram 12 6 18GBPIHED India World Heritage site meeting 6 4 10GBPIHED India Partners meet 9 1 10GBPIHED India Showcasing of KSLCDI Knowledge products at Jeoljibi trade

fair with CHEA 300 200 500

GBPIHED India Horizontal landscape Yatra and field workshops 17 6 23GBPIHED India Showcasing of KSLCDI Knowledge products at Exhibition of

state Agriculture department 450 350 800

GBPIHED India Landscape Student meet 80 44 124GBPIHED India Consultative meet 67 52 119GBPIHED India Heritage walk 67 52 119

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