Healthy water ecosystems simultaneously serve multiple aspects
of human well-being, especially among poor communities living
close to the land-water interface. Ecosystem services have real
economic value today and special importance in mitigating future
problems and economic losses related to climate change.

Water storage has a vital role to play in improving global food security and building resilience for adaptation to climate change. A wide range of storage options are available, each with strengths and weaknesses.

The booklet Mountain Biodiversity and Climate Change was developed from the contributions made at the International Mountain Biodiversity Conference in November 2008 in Kathmandu, Nepal, which brought together representatives from the eight countries of the Hindu Kush-Himalayan region with representatives of global programmes with experience related to data collection and biodiversity conservation

This booklet contains several examples of projects in the land degradation focal area and notes synergies in combating climate change. Land degradation affects more than 33 percent of the planet