This document titled “From Policy to Practice” is a process documentation of Water and Energy Commission Secretariat (WECS) and World Wildlife Fund’s (WWF) joint initiative for the first field piloting of Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) approach as prioritized by the National Water Plan 2005 in Koshi River Basin, Nepal.

This pictoral document explains the effort to translate policy into practice by showcasing Koshi River Basin Management Program as a model for conservation and wise use of water and its resources to secure life and livelihoods of generations to come by addressing the impacts of climate change.

Being the largest river basin in Nepal, which feeds Ganga in India, and with diverse issues of significance, the Government of Nepal prioritized Koshi River Basin for the first field piloting of NWP 2005. WWF Nepal’s prior engagement within the Sacred Himalayan Landscape with major land area covered by Koshi River Basin, provided a basis for WWF Nepal’s Freshwater Program’s engagement in Koshi.

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