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A steep climb to cleaner air in South Asia

In the Hindu Kush and Himalayan mountain ranges, the stunning landscape that makes the region so iconic is also creating a serious obstacle for public health – but NASA atmospheric scientists and the SERVIR programme are working to help keep mountain communities breathing easy.

Meryl Kruskopf & Jacob Ramthun

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HEROES data – weather data from Bhutan – now available for public download

The Ugyen Wangchuck Institute for Conservation and Environmental Research (UWICER) has made weather data from Bhutan available ...

Bhutan’s first training on Google Earth Engine

The Google Earth Engine (GEE) platform is increasingly finding acceptance across academic, business, non-profit, and government users for scientific analysis ...

ICIMOD showcases its Regional Database System at the Open Data Expo

The expo also saw participation from open data initiatives/collectives – Clean Up Nepal, Open Knowledge Nepal, 

25 Jun 2018 SERVIR-HKH
Capacity building on Earth observation leads to Afghanistan’s first glacier inventory

In Afghanistan, glaciers serve as the headwaters of the Amu Darya River Basin and contribute to the Indus River Basin. ...

29 Mar 2024 SERVIR-HKH
Request for proposals: Consultancy services to revamp the SERVIR-HKH website

ICIMOD is looking for consultancy services to revamp the SERVIR-Hindu Kush Himalaya website. To provide you more details of the ...

3 Nov 2017 Press releases
MoAD, WFP and ICIMOD launch online food security information system for Nepal

The Ministry of Agricultural Development, Nepal (MoAD), with the support of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the ...