The Community Development and Knowledge Management for the Satoyama Initiative Project (COMDEKS) is a unique global project implemented by UNDP, in partnership with the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, the United Nations University, and the Ministry of Environment of Japan as the flagship of the International Partnership for the Satoyama Initiative.
Nepal is one of the countries taking part in this global pilot, together with Bhutan, Brazil, Cambodia, Cameroon, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Malawi, Namibia,, Niger, Slovakia and Turkey.The Community Development and Knowledge Management for the Satoyama Initiative (COMDEKS) Project is a unique global project implemented by UNDP as the flagship of the International Partnership for the Satoyama Initiative (IPSI).
An area compromised of 10 villages of the north-west Makawanpur district in central Nepal has been selected as the target landscape forCOMDEKS activities in Nepal. The landscape, which is a watershed section of the Manahari river, is threatened by extreme environmental challenges, including landslides, flooding, and wildfires