International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development

Kathmandu, Nepal

Inception workshop of Karakorum Pamir Landscape (KPL)Islamabad, Pakistan, 23-24 January 2013

Recap: Regional Consultation on KPL initiative held in Kathmandu 2011 and Information Sharing Platform

Islamabad, Pakistan23 January 2013

Bandana Shakya, Deependra Tandukar, ICIMOD

Background

Regional Consultation on “Developing Future Strategic Programme for Biodiversity Management and Climate Change Adaptation for Karakoram-Pamir Landscape”

Kathmandu, Nepal, 16-17 December 2011

His Excellency, Mr Syed Mehdi Shah, Chief Minister of the Gilgit-BaltistanProvince, Pakistan

35 Participants: China, Pakistan and ICIMOD

Background contd.

• Share the progress madeConservation measures in the past, Sino-Pak collaboration for management of adjoining PAs

• Discuss and identify ways for developing regional initiative for KPLIdentifying national and regional issues and ways for collaborations

• Develop a common strategic framework of actionGuide and give direction towards developing a regional initiative for the KPL

Background contd.

• KPL Process documentSignificance, history and future of Sino-Pak collaborations for the socio- ecological development of KPL with focus on adjoining PAs

• Sharing of Kailash Sacred Landscape Conservation Initiative

• Sharing of the Hindu Kush-Himalayan Biodiversity Information Facility(HKH-BIF) Species level data and information sharing platform – HKH region / GBIF ; Significance of publishing data globally

• Group Discussions Elements of strategic framework; vision, mission; county level coordination; issues and challenges at the regional level; ICIMOD’s role

Output highlights

Workshop Reporthttp://www.icimod.org/publications/index.php/search/publication/803

Assurance of support and cooperation / Need for engagement - regional players

Capitalizing on joint wisdom / Learning from other regional landscape initiatives in the HKH

Identification of focals:China: Dr. Zhigang Jiang (Institute of Zoology, CAS)Pakistan: Dr Ahsan Ullah Mir (KarakoramInternational University) ICIMOD: Regional coordinating agency

Output highlights contd.

• An ecologically fragile, culturally unique, biologically rich – Global Conservation attention

• The two PAs –Taxkorgan Nature Reserve (Xinjiang) and Khunjerab NP (Gilgit-Baltistan) are naturally connected - species of conservation significance

• Issues related to ecosystem degradation, climate change , inadequacy of support for scientific management of NR, need for socio-economic interventions and sustainable development

• Need for adopting the Landscape Approach- Regional Cooperation among countries sharing the KPL

• Basis- building on the joint wisdom; sharing of knowledge, best practices and lesson learnt; collaborative scientific research and joint publications

Action Plan

Draft Programme Framework for Promoting Transboundary Collaboration between China and Pakistan for the KPL

•Promote scientific research for better management of the KPL

•Promote transboundary technical collaborations and knowledge sharing platform

•Create enabling policy environment for transboundary cooperation

•Establish/strengthen institutions and develop their capacities

•Assess the adaptive capacity of the local communities and enhance community and resilience

•Understand the state of ecosystems and their services as valued resources for poverty alleviation

•Promote participatory conservation and management of natural resources in the KPL for sustainable livelihoods and poverty reduction (with gender focus strategies)

Action Plan contd.

ICIMOD: provide the appropriate platform to facilitate the process of transboundary cooperation between the relevant stakeholders in China and Pakistan.

The nominated Focal Persons: start building up the network of relevant stakeholders at the national level

Countries/ICIMOD: start the process of development of comprehensive action programme to be implemented in each country that supports the development of the regional initiative

Countries/ ICIMOD: begin the process of knowledge exchange sharing through a regional platform

Collaborative workspace

IT based KM tool that enables us• to work at our convenience and to work together,

irrespective of where we are physically located• to access all the information from anywhere

• Platform enriched BY the Partners and FOR use by all concerned stakeholders of the KPL regional initiative

Collaborative workspace

Features• Document sharing (project, concept note, research,

country policy etc…) / Several versions• Event calendar• E-Discussion• Task assignment (peer reviewing, experts’ comments

etc)

Collaborative workspace

Features• Document sharing (project, concept note, research,

country policy etc…) / Several versions• Event calendar• E-Discussion• Task assignment (peer reviewing, experts’ comments

etc)

Collaborative workspace

Thank you all..

Aerial view of Hindu Kush-Himalayas and the Tibetan Plateau