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Incentivizing Mountain Communities for Ecosystem Services in a Changing Climate

Kathmandu, Nepal
From: 11.01.2017 to: 11.01.2017

The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) and partners will host a special session on incentivizing mountain communities for ecosystem services in the context of a changing climate at the International Conference on Biodiversity, Climate Change Assessment and Impacts on Livelihoods, set to take place in Kathmandu, Nepal on 10-12 January 2017.

Alongside ICIMOD resource persons, researchers from Bangladesh, Bhutan and India will be participating in the session. Discussions will take place around incentivizing mountain communities for their contributions to securing ecosystem services, with a particular focus on the Hindu Kush Himalaya. The session organizers will request the researchers and policy makers in attendance to agree on possible modalities on an incentive based mechanism to retain a sustainable supply of ecosystem services in a changing climate.

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