A five-year program to reduce the impacts of a changing climate and  threats to biodiversity and local people in Nepal, called Hariyo Ban,  was launched this week in Kathmandu. The program, funded by USAID, is  being led by World Wildlife Fund (WWF) in partnership with a consortium  of leading conservation organizations in Nepal – CARE, the Federation of  Community Forestry Users in Nepal (FECOFUN) and the National Trust for  Nature Conservation (NTNC).  Climate change poses a major threat to the people and biodiversity of  Nepal. More than 10 million people are vulnerable to the impacts of  climate change in Nepal. Glacier retreat in the Himalayas has increased  the risk of glacier lake outburst floods, which could have devastating  consequences for downstream communities, infrastructure, property and  wild animals. Increasingly intense and frequent forest fires, floods and  landslides also threaten biodiversity and livelihoods in the region.  Hariyo Ban, which means “green forests” ...
 
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