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Dear Friends,
I am pleased to announce the release of the below listed ICIMOD knowledge products.
These products are available online and can be accessed and downloaded from our digital repository, HimalDoc.
We hope that you find them useful and would be happy to receive your comments.
You may also be interested in the new datasets which are available from our open access data repository, the Regional Database System Portal.
Happy reading!
Best regards,
Shiva Hari Khatri
Communication and Distribution Associate
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This open access book documents the many ways in which community-based climate change adaptation and resilience programmes are being implemented in South
Asian countries. The narrative style of writing in this volume makes it accessible to a diverse audience from academics and researchers to practitioners in
various governmental, non-governmental and international agencies. At a time when climate change presents humanity with a gloomy future, the stories of innovation,
creativity, grassroots engagement and locally applicable solutions highlighted in this book provides insights into hopeful ways of approaching climate solutions.
South Asian countries have been dealing with the impact of climate change for decades and thus offer valuable learning opportunities for developing countries
within and beyond the region as well as many western countries that are confronting the wrath of climate induced natural disasters more recently.
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This book, which features 16 primate species from the landscape, as well as information on their conservation status, is aimed at general readers and specialists
alike. It is hoped that readers will appreciate the diversity and beauty of the primates in the region, be informed of key aspects of their ecology, their
place in the ecosystems and in folklore, the threats to their survival, and ongoing conservation efforts.
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The Kailash Consortium of Academics and Researchers for Experience-sharing (Kailash CAFE) is a digital platform that brings together researchers working across
multiple disciplines within the Kailash Sacred Landscape. It provides them with an opportunity to share their findings with peers and other interested stakeholders,
exchanges ideas and methodologies, and explore research collaboration and networking opportunities. Researchers are also able to assess ongoing research in
the landscape, avoid duplication, and explore possibilities for joint research. This publication is a collection of abstracts presented at a Kailash CAFE
event in April 2021.
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ICIMOD contributed to the development of this watershed management plan for the Nibuwa-Tankhuwa Watershed in the Koshi River basin. This management plan aims to
ensure watershed-friendly development activities to sustain water sources and ensure the quality of water for local and downstream users. The watershed, which
is rich in natural resources and provides ecosystem services vital to the wellbeing of communities living in the basin, faces multiple challenges from both
climatic and socio-economic drivers.
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The Indus Forum is a multi-stakeholder platform that brings together leading governments and academic and research institutions from the four riparian countries
of the Indus River basin – Afghanistan, China, India, Pakistan – to address knowledge gaps in water resource management, and to inform policy makers about
basin-wide water availability, its potential impacts on communities, and possible adaptation strategies. Since 2019, ICIMOD has been the Secretariat of the
Forum, coordinating programme activities, and providing secretarial and administrative support.
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This document describes the methodology used in carrying out real time acquisition of air quality and meteorological data from the Air Quality Monitoring Stations
in the HKH. It emphasizes the need for such a system and highlights its several benefits.
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Land cover change is a significant contributor to environmental change. The degradation of forests and conversion of natural areas, forests, and farmlands to other land use impact
ecosystem services and biodiversity significantly. Using multiple methodologies and input data sources, national agencies in different countries of the Hindu Kush Himalayan
region have conducted land cover mapping at various times. Due to the differences in classification schema, methodologies, and input data sources used, currently available
land cover data is not suitable for analysis of land cover changes over time.
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As part of climate change impact monitoring program on biodiversity, Ugyen Wangchuck Institute for Conservation and Environment Research (UWICER) has initiated HEROES program
in 2015. 17 schools covering different altitudinal gradient and geographic region were selected as monitoring sites. In each school, weather station was installed that logs
weather data such as temperature, precipitation, solar radiation, soil moisture, wind speed and wind direction every 10 minutes.
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