Upcoming Conferences/Symposia
Technical Session on Conservation of Primates, and Workshop on Development of Technical Protocol for Regional Monitoring of Key Species and Habitats at the 6th Asian Primates Symposium
20 Oct 2018 - 21 Oct 2018, Dali, Yunnan, ChinaThe 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 MOREFirst Hindu Kush Himalaya Science-Policy Forum: Actions to Sustain a Global Asset for Benefits at Multiple Scales
13 Nov 2018 - 14 Nov 2018, ICIMOD Headquarters, Kathmandu, NepalThe 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 MORESymposium on Monitoring and Conservation of Asian Primates and Habitats
20 Oct 2018 - 21 Oct 2018, Dali, Yunnan, ChinaThe 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.
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ICIMOD at Adaptation Futures 2018
19 Jun 2018 - 21 Jun 2018, Cape Town International Convention Centre, Cape Town, South AfricaThe 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 at the Mountain Futures Conference 2018
06 Jun 2018 - 07 Jun 2018, Kunming, Yunnan, ChinaICIMOD 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 at Global Solutions Summit 2018
28 May 2018 - 29 May 2018, Berlin, GermanyICIMOD 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 MORESymposium on Sustainable Irrigation
03 May 2018, Regal 2 Hall, The Lal Durbar Convention Center, Yak & Yeti Hotel, Kathmandu, NepalThe 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.
READ MOREMountain agroforestry, Traditional crops and Livelihoods in the Hindu Kush Himalayas
28 Apr 2018, Hotel View Bhrikutti, GodawariHindu Kush Himalayas (HKH), is a global asset with rich cultural and biological diversity. The region is also characterized by diverse ecosystems with rich natural resources but with limited accessibility, and remoteness leading to poverty. Traditional agroforestry system together traditional crops play important role in mountain livelihoods. However, with changing climate and socioeconomic changes, these systems and crops are considered ‘’neglected’’. This need innovative approaches to manage mountain agroforestry system while conserving traditional crops, as their subsistence livelihood options mostly based on agricultural system.
READ MOREICIMOD at the Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD) 2018
28 Mar 2018 - 30 Mar 2018, Meeting Room G, United Nations Conference Centre (UNCC), Bangkok, ThailandICIMOD will have an exhibit booth that will display scientific information on climate change impacts, vulnerability and policy measures, and adaptation actions with a special focus on mountains. ICIMOD will also be screening selective documentaries during the event.
READ MOREICIMOD at the 8th World Water Forum
18 Mar 2018 - 23 Mar 2018, Convention Center Ulysses Guimaraes, Brasilia, BrazilThis region is home to the Hindu Kush Himalayas – also called the Water Tower of Asia or the Third Pole as this region is the third largest repository of ice and snow after the two Poles. The HKH is referred to as the water towers of Asia the ten major rivers of Asia, namely, the Amu Darya, Indus, Ganges, Brahmaputra (Yarlungtsanpo), Irrawaddy, Salween (Nu), Mekong (Lancang), Yangtse (Jinsha), Yellow River (Huanghe), and Tarim (Dayan) originate here. These ten large Asian river systems provide water, ecosystem services, and the basis for direct livelihoods to a population of around 210.5 million people in the HKH.
READ MOREFourth Climate Change Adaptation Policy and Science Conference (CCAPS)
26 Feb 2018 - 27 Feb 2018, Islamabad Hotel, Islamabad, PakistanThe CCAPS conference is a series of events held annually by Himalayan Adaptation, Water and Resilience (HI-AWARE) Research on Glacier and Snowpack Dependent River Basins for Improving Livelihoods. HI-AWARE is one of the four consortia supported by the Collaborative Adaptation Research Initiative in Africa and Asia (CARIAA), which is jointly funded by Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID).
READ MORERegional Symposium on Ecosystem Services and Poverty Alleviation in South Asia
13 Mar 2018 - 14 Mar 2018, ICIMOD, Kathmandu, NepalOver the past eight years, the global, interdisciplinary Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation (ESPA) research programme has set out to provide the evidence that decision-makers and natural resource users need to deal with this challenge. The result has been the production of a range of decision-support and management tools and frameworks that allow optimal choices to be identified between otherwise, ‘hidden’ trade-offs.
READ MOREICIMOD at the Arctic Frontiers: Himalaya Yak and Arctic Reindeer Herders: Resilience & Cooperation
23 Jan 2018, Arctic Frontiers Conference, Radisson Blu Hotel, Tromsø, NorwayYak herding and reindeer herding are practiced by Indigenous Peoples at the highest altitudes and at the highest latitudes on Earth. These cultures, while from vastly different regions, are now dealing with rapid environmental changes, including rates of warming faster than the global average, while simultaneously feeling the effects of globalization and both its positive and negative consequences.
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