Media Coverage
Climate change threatens 1,000-year-old monastery in remote Nepal
24 Jan 2019, Published in AljazeeraThe monastery tries to keep the community intact because if the village becomes empty, then there will be no one left to look after this important institution upholding Tibetan Buddhism in this remote valley.
READ MOREIgnoring climate change in the Himalayas
09 Jan 2019, Published in The Third Pole Net“Most of the agriculture in the mountains is rain fed and therefore highly vulnerable to rainfall variability,” stated The Himalayan Climate and Water Atlas, published by ICIMOD.
READ MOREClimate denial in the Himalaya
09 Jan 2019, Published in Nepali TimesA 2015 report by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development(ICIMOD) reviewed the impacts of climate change in the Hindu Kush Himalayan region, including Nepal: ‘The changing probabilities and magnitudes of extreme events can place additional risk on power generation infrastructure (dams and hydropower plants) as well as secondary infrastructure (roads and transmission lines). Further, hazards associated with shrinking glaciers, such as glacial lake outburst floods, can jeopardise large infrastructure investment.’
READ MOREWith erratic rain and snowfall, Humla struggles to adapt to a changing climate
05 Jan 2019, Published in The Kathmandu PostIn these mountains, the mean temperature is higher than the global average—according to a report by ICIMOD, from 1951 to 2010, the global average temperature rise was 0.6 degrees Celsius, but it was 1.5 degrees Celsius in the Hindu Kush Himalayan region. Here, climate-induced hazards are more likely to occur than anywhere else in the country.
READ MORE‘विविधता हमारी पहचान हमारी धरोहर’ थीम पर धारचूला में तीन दिवसीय ‘विविधता मेला’ का आयोजन शुरु
21 Dec 2018, Published in Uttarakhand Joshपवित्र कैलास भू-क्षेत्र के संरक्षण एवं विकास पहल हेतु भारत एवं मित्र राष्ट्र नेपाल के मध्य धारचूला में तीन दिवसीय ‘विविधता मेला’ का आयोजन गोविन्द बल्लभ पंत हिमालय पर्यावरण एवं विकास संस्थान कोसी कटारमल के समन्वयन से 19 से 21 दिसम्बर 2018 को आयोजित हुआ।
READ MOREICIMOD convenes a regional conference in Nepal
21 Nov 2018, Published in Global Transboundary Conservation NetworkA conference, ‘Strengthening Regional Cooperation Across Transboundary River Basins and Landscapes in the Hindu Kush Himalaya’, held from 15 to 16 November 2018 in Kathmandu, Nepal, was organised by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD).
READ MORE“It’s difficult to govern a place if you don’t understand its ecology”
04 Nov 2018, Published in the RECORDKathmandu needs to build a lot of bridges – not just literal but also mental, educational and political – to Karnali. We have highlands and lowlands here in Nepal. But it is us who come from the periphery who are failures.
READ MORECan agriculture be profitable and sustainable?
16 Oct 2018, Published in The Thirdpole.netWhile commercialisation of agriculture has led to an increase in profits in South Asia – a region marred by poverty and child malnutrition – short-term benefits may hide long-term risks, argues Lipy Adhikari
READ MOREWorld Food Day: Achieving zero hunger by 2030 difficult, not impossible
16 Oct 2018, Published in Down to EarthFighting hunger is a global mission and zero hunger is also one of the main Sustainable Development Goals, achieving which requires strong determination and commitment from individual nations.
READ MOREBishnu, Bikas and Limi
05 Oct 2018, Published in The Kathmandu PostWith modern political borders and geopolitical sensitivities, the trade of the past has collapsed. Even if one does not vie to return to the past, one must seek out new advantages. In Limi, these advantages lie across the border. For the periphery to develop, the centre must not hold.
READ MOREलिमीको विकास आकांक्षा
05 Oct 2018, Published in Kantipur Dailyआधुनिक भूराजनीतिको संवेदनशीलताले विगतको व्यापार सम्बन्ध र सम्पर्क शिथिल भएका हुन् । विगतमै फर्केर जाने अभिलाषा नराखे पनि नयाँ अवसर खोज्ने दायित्व भने बाँकी रहन्छ । लिमीका लागि नयाँ अवसरहरू सीमापारि छन् । मोफसलमा विकास ल्याउने हो भने केन्द्रले आफ्नो पकड छाड्नुपर्छ ।
READ MOREOver the hills and far away
21 Sep 2018, Published in The Kathmandu PostIn our conversations with several stakeholders and government officials, it was apparent that much is needed to be done in Limi and similar trans-Himalayan regions, despite the opportunities in tourism and commercial agriculture.
READ MOREPromoting Sustainable Tourism In West Nepal Opportunities For Economic Development
05 Sep 2018, Published in New Spotlight NepalThe area is linked through culture and trade routes in the transboundary landscape around Mt. Kailash to Pulan County in China and Pithoragarh District in India. This landscape is conserved and developed through efforts of ICIMOD and GDC.
READ MOREलिमीमा पर्यटन महोत्सव हुने
01 Sep 2018, Published in Kantipur Dailyविश्वमा दुर्लभ र संवेदनशील मानिएको वन चौंरी लिमीमा भेटिएको थियो । गाउँपालिकाका अनुसार महोत्सवमा इसिमोड र नेपाल पर्यटन बोर्डले प्रायोजन गरेका छन् ।
READ MOREFolk and flawed
01 Sep 2018, Published in The Kathmandu PostOf course, these gods are folk gods (as the title of the book suggests), and are, therefore, as flawed as the humans who imagined them. And in their flaws lies the book’s worth. Folk Gods, released recently on August 25, is the product of a three-year collaboration between the New School in New York, the Henry Luce Foundation, and ICIMOD in Kathmandu.
READ MOREरेडियो कार्यक्रम -आनुवंशिक स्रोतमा पहुँच र लाभको बांडफाँड
16 Jun 2018, Published in Nature Khabarविश्व वातावरण सुविधा (जेफ) को आर्थिक सहयोगमा कार्यान्वयन भईरहेको “नेपालमा नागोया अभिसन्धि कार्यान्वयनको लागि क्षमता अभिबृद्धि परियोजना” अन्तर्गत नेचर मिडिया नेटवर्कले यो रेडियो कार्यक्रम तयार पारेको हो ।
READ MORE25 years of conserving biodiversity in the Hindu Kush Himalayas
22 May 2018, Published in maeeshat.inThis year marks a quarter century of the ratification of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) - an agreement among 196 countries to conserve the earth's biological diversity while ensuring it is used sustainably and that the benefits from using genetic resources are shared fairly.
READ MORE25 years of conserving biodiversity in the Hindu Kush Himalayas
22 May 2018, Published in newkerala.comThis year marks a quarter century of the ratification of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) - an agreement among 196 countries to conserve the earth's biological diversity while ensuring it is used sustainably and that the benefits from using genetic resources are shared fairly.
READ MORE25 years of conserving biodiversity in the Hindu Kush Himalayas
22 May 2018, Published in Nerve.inThis year marks a quarter century of the ratification of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) - an agreement among 196 countries to conserve the earth's biological diversity while ensuring it is used sustainably and that the benefits from using genetic resources are shared fairly.
READ MORE25 years of conserving biodiversity in the Hindu Kush Himalayas
22 May 2018, Published in daijiworldThis year marks a quarter century of the ratification of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) - an agreement among 196 countries to conserve the earth's biological diversity while ensuring it is used sustainably and that the benefits from using genetic resources are shared fairly.
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