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The Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region extends to 3500 km2 over all or part of eight countries, i.e. Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, China, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Myanmar
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The organisers would like extend their sincere gratitude to the chairs, presenters and panelists, facilitators, rapporteurs and general participants for their contributions across the various sessions during the Conference. Additionally, the organisers would like to thank Ms. Farzana Yaqoob, Minister for Social Welfare and Women’s Development, Government of Azad Jammu & Kashmir, and Haji Muhammad Wakeel, Minister of Forest, Wildlife and Environment, Government of Gilgit-Baltistan, for their support and presence during all three days of the conference. The organisers specially thank the former Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting and senator, and presently the chairman of Water Environment Forum, Mr. Nisar A. Memon, for his active participation in the conference and facilitating the sessions.
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The Conference was organized under the Himalayan Climate Change Adaptation Programme (HICAP) which is implemented jointly by ICIMOD, CICERO, and Grid-Arendal in collaboration with local partners in Pakistan (Ministry of National Food Security and Research, Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC), Ministry of Climate Change, WWF Pakistan and the Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI)). HICAP is funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway, and Swedish International Development Agency (Sida).
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Hussain, A., Agrawal, N.K. & Leikanger, I. Action for Adaptation: Bringing climate change science to policy makers - a synthesis report of a conference held in Islamabad on 23–25 July 2015. Food Sec. 8, 285–289 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-015-0529-7
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