Outlook on climate change adaptation in the Hindu Kush Himalaya

Consideration of mountain-relevant hazards in forest policies Acknowledgement/identification of the issue No mention of the issue

Strategies to address the issue

Dominant regulatory authority

Main policy

Mountain-relevant climate hazards

Transboundary consideration Indigenous communities Cross-cutting considerations

Rising temperatures

Floods and flash floods

Heavy snow and cold extremes

Reduced snow cover

Droughts / low river flow

Land slides

Heat waves

Wild fires

Ecosystems degradation

GLOFs

Avalanches Glacial melting

Gender

National Environmental Protection Agency

Afghanistan

Forest Law 2013

Ministry of Environment and Forests

Environment Conservation (Amendment) Act 2010

Bangladesh

Forest and Nature Conservation Rules and Regulations, 2017

Ministry of Agriculture and Forests

Bhutan

Forestry Climate Change Adaptation

State Forestry Administration

China

Action Plan (2016-2020)

Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

National Forest Policy (draft) 2018

India

Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry

Environmental Conservation Rules 2014

Myanmar

Ministry of Forest and Soil Conservation

Forestry Sector Policy 2000

Nepal

Ministry of Climate Change

National Forest Policy 2015

Pakistan

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