The Last Straw

Acknowledgements

Editorial team Tiina Kurvits (Editor), GRID-Arendal

Bjørn Kaltenborn (Editor), The Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) Sarah Nischalke, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) Bhaskar Karky, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) Matthias Jurek, GRID-Arendal Tor Halfdan Aase, Center for International Climate and Environmental Research-Oslo (CICERO)

Cartography Riccardo Pravettoni, GRID-Arendal

Contributing authors, reviewers, and advisors Nand Kishor Agrawal, ICIMOD Peter Andersen, University of Bergen, Norway Birendra Bajracharya, ICIMOD Sagar Bajracharya, ICIMOD Sanne Bakker, World Food Programme Suman Bisht, ICIMOD Prem Sagar Chapagain, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu Ram Prasad Chaudhary, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu Lawrence Hislop, GRID-Arendal Utsav Maden, ICIMOD Judith Maréchal, GRID-Arendal Christian Nelleman, GRID-Arendal Chiara Pichierri, University of Bologna, Italy Faisal Mueen Qamer, ICIMOD Golam Rasul, ICIMOD K.G. Saxena, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi Arun Shrestha, ICIMOD Anne Solgaard, GRID-Arendal Prakash C. Tiwari, Kumaon University, Uttarakhand, India Amy Sellmyer, ICIMOD Anja Rasmussen, ICIMOD

Photos 1 Bjørn Kaltenborg 4 Nabin Baral 5 Sarah Nischalke 6 Nabin Baral 8 Sharad P Joshi 14 Lawrence Hislop 15 Lawrence Hislop 16 ICIMOD 19 Riccardo Pravettoni 20 Nabin Baral 22 Lawrence Hislop 23 Alex Treadway 29 Alex Treadway 30 Lawrence Hislop 35 Sarah Nischalke 38 Lawrence Hislop 39 Alex Treadway 40 Sarah Nischalke 43 Sarah Nischalke 44 Lawrence Hislop 45 Lawrence Hislop 46 Laxmi Dutt Bhatta 49 Alex Treadway 50 Xu Jianchu 54 Riccardo Pravettoni 58 Sarah Nischalke 60 Riccardo Pravettoni

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