Reducing Koshi Water Vulnerability

  Discussing solutions around water security and water-induced disasters in the Koshi basin, specialists from the Koshi region gathered in Patna, ...

HILIFE team conducts ethnobotanical study in nine villages in Myanmar

The study was conducted with a joint team from the Forest Department (FD) under the Ministry of Natural Resources and ...

International forum spotlights need for collaborative, transdisciplinary cryosphere research in the Hindu Kush Himalaya

One hundred and twenty leading experts, practitioners, and stakeholders from the region and beyond attended the three-day forum. They discussed ...

Academic Collaboration in Hindu Kush Himalaya Reinforced HKH Universities Sign a New Charter for Collaboration and Development

Partnering with private enterprise and communities to manage flood risk

Zarnash Bibi, a teacher from Pakistan says that flood early warning systems have put vulnerable communities at ease: “Earlier, we ...

Hope for Kyaung Taung’s water woes

The village of Kyaung Taung in the Inle Lake area in Myanmar sits atop a hill overlooking Heho city. And ...

Strengthening capacity for disaster risk reduction and management in the hydropower sector

The Hydropower Transboundary Working Group (TWG) under the Koshi Disaster Risk Reduction Knowledge Hub (KDKH) focuses on assessing multi-hazard vulnerability ...

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, ...