In this EU-funded project, Insight worked with four high-altitude nomad and farming communities in the Karakoram-Hindu Kush-Himalayan region. Using participatory video techniques, the villagers were able to express their views on what they saw as the key areas for research to support natural resource management, and to communicate them directly to scientists, policy makers and donors.

Community representatives were invited to attend a multi-stakeholder workshop in Aviemore, Scotland, where they presented edited versions of their videos. The workshop participants then worked in small groups and the films were used to guide discussions to identify the main research needs in the region, develop strategies to achieve them, and assess the likelihood of success. Videos of the workshop (including video messages from scientists) were translated into local languages and sent back to the communities concerned, along with translated versions of some of the videos produced. The feedback from the communities was positive – they felt their knowledge and opinions were being listened to and were having an impact.

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