Specific Objectives:
1) Provide tools and instruments to facilitate the consistency of various national-level actions in area based planning and management, within the framework of regional level systemic planning and monitoring.
2) Establish a process of application of the acquired capacities and a Decision Support System (DSS) by individual countries in systemic planning and management of mountain areas at a local/ national or transboundary level, within the framework of sustainable mountain development.

Ev-K2-CNR has made significant contributions to the development of the Decision Support Toolbox conceptual framework and approach.  A preliminary analysis and conceptual modeling of the dynamics of key socio-ecosystem processes in the Sagarmatha National Park has been carried out, including identification of key indicators and selection of priority research themes for supporting the management processes.
Innovative and collaborative management-oriented research has been carried out in SNP in collaboration with local research institutions on: water quality, solid waste management, energy, forestry and climate change.

In Pakistan, new basic data sets are being produced in line with the priorities identified for implementation of the Central Karakorum National Park.  In China, research is being carried out with local institutions on tourism and climate change in the Qomolongma Nature Preserve.

In all three  countries, capacity building in environmental monitoring (training, lectures, seminars, workshops with local scientific partners) has been given high priority.