In 2022, under the Government of Nepal with the support of a team of water experts and a Task Force Team, a number of consultation workshops were organised with the participation of stakeholders from the government, non-government, academia, private sector and multi-lateral development partners. As a result, the Action Plan was developed with the objective to optimise the utilization of its water resources for a socially equitable and inclusive, environmentally secure and economically prosperous Nepal and to implement concrete actions for advancing Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM). The following action was defined as part of that process and identified as a priority action included in the action plan.
The purpose of this action is to create a set of indicators that can be used to monitor the ecosystem health of various types of freshwater ecosystems in the country. It aims to achieve this goal by establishing a multidisciplinary team consisting of freshwater biologists, ecologists, hydrologists, water quality and environment specialists who will recommend an appropriate set of indicators. In addition, it sets up a monitoring system, a monitoring mechanism and a data analysis system.
