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HYCOS

The Establishment of a Regional Flood Information System in the Hindu Kush Himalayan Region (HKH-HYCOS) project promotes the timely exchange of flood data and information for the reduction of flood vulnerability within and among the participating countries through an established and agreed platform...

International Day for Biological Diversity 2013

We all know that water is essential for life and is a basic requirement for the health and wellbeing of humans, ecosystems, and the natural processes upon which all living beings depend. What is perplexing is that, given this knowledge, why we do not take better care of water, and by extension, better care of mountains as the source of water.

Koshi Basin

The Koshi Basin Initiative is a collaborative and policy-relevant applied research programme to enhance the regionally coordinated management of the Koshi River basin for the improved wellbeing of local communities and the sustainable use of ecosystem goods and services...

Mountain GeoPortal

The Mountain GeoPortal provides a gateway for geo-information and knowledge resources to support mountain development policies and practices in the Hindu-Kush Himalayan region...

PVAT 2011

In an attempt to better understand the specificities of mountain poverty and vulnerability, the Poverty and Vulnerability Assessment Tool (PVAT) was developed to capture the micro-level perspective of mountain peoples’ experiences with poverty and vulnerability and to monitor poverty and vulnerability trends on the ground using current data...

News and Events

Writeshop Kicks off Koshi Basin Programme Research Study

Lessons from the Barahchhetra community in the Koshi River Basin of Nepal

Workshop on Tools for Developing Water Availability and Demand Scenarios

Strategic Workshop to Revitalize the Himalayan University Consortium

Kathmandu Hackathon Calls on Youth to Address Global and Regional Challenges

Wireless Flood Early Warning System Tested

ICIMOD Hosts Borlaung-Ruan Intern for the First Time

Project Meeting with Chinese Partners on Water-related Hazards in the Koshi River Basin

Workshop on the Integrated Modelling Framework for the Koshi River Basin

Field Excursion of Upper Indus Basin Monitoring Working Group

Regional information

Regional Programmes

Regional Programmes are formulated with a view to the long-term testing, piloting, and monitoring of innovative approaches; demonstrating transboundary cooperation on landscapes and river basins.

Followings are the Regional Programmes:

Thematic Areas

Thematic Areas focus on discipline-specific knowledge products and are seen as ICIMOD's core competencies. Followings are the four thematic areas:

Initiatives

The objectives of the regional programmes are achieved through different initiatives.

himcaldoc

HIMALDOC

It provides bibliographic information on resources related to sustainable mountain development...

Photo gallery

Collection of ICIMOD photos...

A collaborative effort to build, share, and disseminate geo-information and knowledge resources...

Publications

Photo Contest Gallery

ICIMOD Digital Photo Contest Gallery 2013

'Water and Life' theme

Vacancies