The Government of Nepal emphasizes on integrated management of land and water resources while ensuring multiple uses of water (i.e. energy and irrigation), reduction of climate and water-induced disasters, and sustainable development through integrated river basin management.
READ MOREThe Far-Eastern Himalayan Landscape (FHL) spanning China, India, and Myanmar is rich in biodiversity. However, it faces issues such as habitat loss and fragmentation, unsustainable use of natural resources, illegal hunting, and lack of regional collaboration for the conservation and development of the landscape. Cross-border trade of wildlife products is a major threat to many key protected species in the landscape.
READ MOREThe overall objective of the convention is to initiate the preparation of a national framework to guide provincial and local governments in formulating their provincial and local level environmental policies.
READ MOREThe Hindu Kush Himalayan Monitoring and Assessment Programme (HIMAP) is a long-term, integrated science-policy initiative coordinated by ICIMOD that aims to support enabling policies and sustainable solutions, and promote regional cooperation to address some of the region’s most immediate challenges.
READ MOREThe Himalayan Adaptation, Water and Resilience (HI-AWARE) Research on Glacier and Snowpack Dependent River Basins for Improving Livelihoods is part of The Collaborative Adaptation Research Initiative in Africa and Asia (CARIAA) programme funded by Canada’s International Development Research Centre and the UK’s Department of Foreign Affairs and International Development.
READ MOREThe Far-Eastern Himalayan Landscape (FHL) spanning China, India, and Myanmar is rich in biodiversity. However, it faces issues such as habitat loss and fragmentation, unsustainable use of natural resources, illegal hunting, and lack of regional collaboration for the conservation and development of the landscape.
READ MOREThe International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) will participate in the Fifth Adaptation Futures 2018 in Cape Town, on 19–21 June 2018. Building on the legacy and key messages that emerged from the previous conferences, the event will aim to facilitate dialogues for solutions between key actors from diverse perspectives and regions.
READ MOREICIMOD will also participate in a marketplace activity to showcase scientific information on climate change impacts, vulnerability, and policy measures and adaptation actions, with a special focus on mountains.
READ MOREICIMOD is participating in the Global Solutions Summit 2018 taking place during 28-29 May 2018 in Berlin, Germany. The summit brings together leading think tanks from around the world, global policy-makers, business leaders and constructive NGOs with only one aim: to find solutions for global challenges.
READ MOREThe symposium will try to address critical questions such as: How do irrigation systems manage risks emanating from climate and other social-demographic changes? While the problems are well known and much dwelt upon, the solutions are not as well known. It will also lead discussions on emerging solutions in the arena of technological and institutional innovations and the various ways of managing risks so that a more sustainable irrigation sector can be obtained in the future.
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