A team from the Kailash Sacred Landscape Conservation and Development Initiative (KSLCDI) travelled to Bhopal, India, in December 2017 to participate in the 6th International Herbal Trade Fair organized by the Madhya Pradesh State Minor Forest Produce (Trade and Development) Federation Ltd. This marked the second time

The Kailash Sacred Landscape Conservation and Development Initiative (KSLCDI) is a transboundary collaborative programme that works in western Nepal, northeastern Uttarakhand in India, and the south-western part of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) in China.

A team from the Kailash Sacred Landscape Conservation and Development Initiative (KSLCDI) travelled to Bhopal, India, in December 2017 to participate in the 6th International Herbal Trade Fair organized by the Madhya Pradesh State Minor Forest Produce (Trade and Development) Federation Ltd. This marked the second time KSLCDI participated in the event, the first being in 2016

More and more products and services today pass through a global value chain to reach consumers. The goal of optimising productivity at each level of the chain impacts natural resource use at different stages. Through value chain, resources begin, are transformed or used as inputs, and then return to the same natural environment for final disposal.

The ‘Kailash’ brand endorsed as “Kailash-Truly Sacred” was launched during the 13th National Handicraft Exhibitionat Bhrikuti Mandap Exhibition Hall in Kathmandu, Nepal, on 5th May 2016. Dignitaries and guests from the Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Industry,

Allo (Girardinia diversifolia), or Himalayan nettle, is traditionally used in Nepal to make cloth. Its bark contains fibres that are strong and smooth, with a silky lustre. In 2014, the Kailash Sacred Landscape Conservation and Development Initiative (KSLCDI), under its livelihood component, identified the allo value chain in Khar VDC as an entry point for increasing the income of the poor through value addition, capacity building and forming market linkages.

Former U.S. President John F. Kennedy once said, “Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.” And while we know this idea to be true, still many of us struggle to accept the idea of change. It is human nature to protest against transformation

“You won’t have to walk. I’ll drop you off at the doorstep of a homestay in Dallekh,” the driver said to me when we reached Khalanga in Darchula. This came as quite a surprise. Up until then, all research teams I had been part of had hiked for 45 minutes to five hours to reach Dallekh

We often fail to implement this in our everyday lives. Be it our daily chores or a big development project, it is always better to prepare for success rather than failure. The Kailash Sacred Landscape Conservation and Development Initiative (KSLCDI) team shared Franklin’s philosophy with the Khar community with regard to their outlook on climate change and its effect on allo value chain development in Darchula district of Nepa