The Kailash Sacred Landscape (KSL) is a vast, very remote, and rugged mountainous region containing a diverse array of ecosystems, biomes, indigenous and endemic species, local cultures, and ethnic communities, and home to a broad range of endemic flora and fauna. It has special significance for five religions and hundreds of millions of people, as well as being the source of four of Asia’s most important rivers. This report describes the outcomes of the Inception Workshop for the Kailash Sacred Landscape Conservation Initiative (KSLCI) held from 22 to 24 June 2009 in Kathmandu to share experiences using landscape approaches in biodiversity conservation and plan for the development of a ‘Regional Cooperation Framework’ among the three countries – China, India and Nepal – that share this unique Landscape.