FAO in partnership with International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) has developed, country assessments, policy briefs and SPIS suitability maps for Bangladesh and Pakistan to explore the sensitive differences in scale of operation, organizational structures, policy and legal frameworks; investments and financial arrangements, and environmental conditions of SPIS. This project calls the participation of countries in the South Asian region to discuss, deliberate and confirm, the need to introduce environmental safeguards for this very valuable technology.

Concept note and Agenda