Preserving Traditions and Strengthening Livelihoods through Transboundary Yak Conservation

Nepal, India, and Bhutan – which share the transboundary Kangchenjunga landscape in the eastern Himalaya – have been connected through ...

Myanmar Builds Ground for REDD+

Since the inception of the Initiative in Myanmar, partners have participated in a range of REDD+ Himalaya activities including a ...

ICIMOD Regional Board Member Ding Zhongli Elected Vice Chairperson of China National People’s Congress Standing Committee

Born in 1957, Ding is a Chinese geologist and an academician at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). He ...

Asia-Pacific Youth Forum and Training Workshop on Mountain Adaptation

Participants included high-level bureaucrats, youth leaders, researchers, and tech innovators from the region. They engaged in capacity building, ...

International Day for Biological Diversity-2015: ‘Biodiversity and Sustainable Development’

Training focuses on vegetable products for Bhutan

The Rural Livelihoods and Climate Change Adaptation (Himalica) programme has been implementing a pilot project at Barshong Geog of Tsirang ...

Hand in hand for global biodiversity data sharing

The 2018 Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) Asia Regional Nodes Meeting was held in Kathmandu, Nepal, from 17 to 18 ...

Reducing Pollution from Motorcycles

The air in Kathmandu is extremely polluted, with fine particles (PM2.5) being the major cause of concern.  If you ask ...