Christian Nellemann, UNEP/GRID-Arendal Ritu Verma, ICIMOD Lawrence Hislop, UNEP/GRID-Arendal
CARTOGRAPHY Riccardo Pravettoni
CONTRIBUTORS AND REVIEWERS Manohara Khadka, Hari Krishna, Eklabya Sharma, Neera Shrestha Pradhan, Andrea Perlis, Michael Kollmair – ICIMOD, Kathmandu, Nepal Ilan Kelman, Asuncion Lera St. Clair – CICERO, Norway Björn Alfthan, Kathrine Johnsen, Bjørn Petter Kaltenborn, Riccardo Pravettoni, Petter Sevaldsen, Janet Fernandez Skaalvik – UNEP/GRID-Arendal, Norway
Sabin Gurung, Anuradha Koirala, Bishwo Khadka – Maiti Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal Anmol Jain, Independent consultant, India Kanchan Lama, Independent consultant, Nepal Eve Crowley, FAO, Rome, Italy Fatima Denton, IDRC, Ottawa Canada Interpol General Secretariat, Lyon, France Jay Silverman, Division of Global Public Health, University of California, San Diego, USA Reena Marwah, Delhi University, India Mariel Aguilar-Støen, University of Oslo Marlene Attzs, University of West Indies Frances Klatzel, Independent consultant, Nepal
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This report is funded by Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It is part of a consortium programme comprised of ICIMOD, CICERO and UNEP/GRID-Arendal entitled HICAP: Himalayan Climate Change Adaptation Programme. The co-editors would like to thank women from the remote mountain villages who participated in the fieldwork for this study, and especially for sharing their precious time, openness and warmth with the field team. LIBIRD and ACAP in Nepal assisted the field team with their in-depth knowledge about the changing environments and with cultural guidance.
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