The Kangchenjunga Landscape Conservation and Development Initiative (KLCDI) is one of ICIMOD’s four transboundary landscapes initiatives currently being implemented in the Hindu Kush Himalayas. The initiative was formally initiated in August 2012 in the First KLCDI Regional Meeting in Gangtok, Sikkim, India, by representatives from the three participating countries - Bhutan, India and Nepal. Over the last three years, this initiative has progressed through rigorous national and regional consultations and prepared and finalized both national and regional Feasibility Assessment Reports (FARs) and Conservation and Development Strategies (CDS), national Implementation Plans, and a Regional Cooperation Framework (RCF). All these documents were discussed and approved during the 3rd Regional Meeting hosted jointly by the Government of Nepal’s Ministry of Forests and Soil Conservation (MFSC) and ICIMOD in February 2015. Considering the significance and need for a regional initiative, the KL countries - Bhutan, India and Nepal - with support from ICIMOD, are preparing for programme implementation envisaged for 20 years with focus on the first phase of implementation for five years (2016-2020).
