ADAPTHIMAL Partners on the Job Training at ICIMOD

Partners Uttarakhand Gramya Vikas Samiti, Integrated Livelihood Support Project (UGVS-ILSP), India and High Value Agriculture Project in Hill ...

珠峰上的垃圾堆。在今年的＃世界环境日，是时候纠正我们的行为了

#塑战速决 (#BeatPlasticPollution) –今年世界环境日的三项行动 似乎没有任何地方可以免受塑料污染浪潮的影响：即使是地球之巅。上周在当地社区、登山者和政要前往纪念珠峰人类首登 70 周年时，ICIMOD 发起了我们新的 #拯救我们的雪（#SaveOurSnow）活动——一段视频显示被留在珠峰（南坡）大本营的堆积如山的塑料制品和其他垃圾的消息迅速传播开来。 但我们这代人可以扭转塑料潮流吗？随着谈判代表离开巴黎，同意起草一份具有国际法律约束力的条约草案以终结塑料污染，而在设立世界环境日的50周年呼吁采取集体行动来抵制它，有充分的理由充满希望。 同样重要的是，我们有充分的理由采取行动：塑料工业不仅是世界上增长最快的工业温室气体来源，而且塑料废物极大地加剧了兴都库什-喜马拉雅地区现有的气候变化、生物多样性丧失和污染等问题，ICIMOD 的 南亚网络开发和环境经济学（South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics ，简称SANDEE)。原因如下： 气候：固体废物——其中大部分是塑料——堵塞了排水系统，并增加了破坏性洪水，即由全球变暖引发的更频繁且更强烈的降雨事件引发的洪水。 生物多样性：塑料垃圾可能需要数百年才能分解，它们堵塞水道，其中的有害化学物质渗入土壤和水中，影响陆地和水生生物、生态系统和人类健康。 ...

International Workshop on the Conservation of Flagship Wildlife Species and Their Habitats in the Hindu Kush Himalayan Region

River basin approach demands coordination among multidisciplinary agencies: interview with Prem Paudel, Chief of the Planning Section, DSCWM

Prem Paudel is Chief of the Planning Section, Department of Soil Conservation and Watershed Management, Ministry of ...

Micro-planning Workshop Organized for Gups and Gewog Administrative Officers in Tsirang, Bhutan

The Support to Rural Livelihoods and Climate Change Adaptation in the Himalaya (Himalica) programme, in partnership with the 

Dispelling Air Pollution Myths in Kathmandu

People in the region have taken a great interest in air pollution. The risks of air pollution affecting people may ...

Scoping REDD+ site in Myanmar

Part I: Kabani, Bagan On 26 March 2015, Thursday, an ICIMOD team comprising REDD+ Initiative Coordinator Bhaskar Karky and Communications Specialist ...

ICIMOD Joins Hand for Tourism Development in Bahundangi

A day-long long national level campaign to promote tourism in Bahundangi was held 13 April 2016 in Bahundangi, Jhapa. The ...