Franco Salerno,^1,2,* Emanuele Cuccillato,³ Paolo Caroli,⁴ Birendra Bajracharya,⁵ Emanuela Chiara Manfredi,^1,2 Gaetano Viviano,^1,2 Sudeep Thakuri,¹ Bastian Flury,¹ Marcello Basani,¹ Francesco Giannino,⁶ Daniele Panzeri<sup>4

1</sup>1Ev-K2-CNR Committee, Via San Bernardino 145, 24126 Bergamo, Italy
²2Water Research Institute–National Research Council (IRSA–CNR), Via del Mulino 19, 20047 Brugherio (
³3Project Management Unit, HKKH Partnership Project, International Union for the Conservation of Natu
⁴4CESVI Cooperazione e Sviluppo, via Broseta 68/a, 24128 Bergamo, Italy
⁵5Mountain Environment and Natural Resources Information System (MENRIS), International Centre for In
⁶6University Federico II, Department of Agricultural Engineering and Agronomy, Via Università 100, 80

^**Corresponding author: salerno@irsa.cnr.it