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Natural heritage in the Hindu Kush Himalaya

17 Jun 2019, Published in Technology Times

To assist in moving forward, the planned assessment report will contain a roadmap with gaps and recommendations for future decision making. Based on these and the interest of countries in the region, ICIMOD and other meeting participants will act to better conserve the region’s natural and cultural heritage.

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The Heritage Gap In Hindu Kush

13 Jun 2019, Published in Spotlight Nepal

articular focus during the meeting was given to exploring sites in landscapes shared by multiple countries where the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) is currently working with governments, practitioners, and local communities to promote transboundary landscape management.

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Conserving world heritage sites in HKH region stressed

10 Jun 2019, Published in Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS)

The Wild Heritage, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), and ICIMOD with support from the National Geographic Society recently organised the two-day meeting on “Leveraging the World Heritage Convention for Transboundary Conservation in the Hindu Kush Himalaya” in Kathmandu, according to an ICIMOD press release received here today.

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The heritage gap

10 Jun 2019, Published in Nepal Today

To assist in moving forward, the planned assessment report will contain a roadmap with gaps and recommendations for future decision making. Based on these and the interest of countries in the region, ICIMOD and other meeting participants will act to better conserve the region’s natural and cultural heritage.

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संकटमा जैविक विविधताः संरक्षणमा त्रि–देशीय सहकार्यको खाँचो

08 Mar 2019, Published in Haka-Haki

तराई भू–परिधि कार्यक्रम (ताल), कैलाश पवित्र भू–परिधि, कञ्चनजंघा भू–परिधि संरक्षणका लागि गरिएका अन्तर्देशीय प्रयास हुन्। तराई भू परिधि कार्यक्रमले नेपालको बागमतीदेखि कैलाली कञ्चनपुरसम्म तराईका १४ जिल्लाका साथै नेपालसँग सीमा जोडिएका भारतीय जिल्लालाई जोड्छ।

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Himalayan project to help map climate change, create livelihood in hills

02 Mar 2019, Published in Hindustan Times

Being implemented in parts of India, China and Nepal, Kailash Sacred Landscape Conservation and Development Initiative (KSLCDI) is the first trans-border project being implemented in the Himalayan Hindukush area, said Gajendra Singh, a botanist at Uttarakhand Space Application Centre (USAC).

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This remote Tibetan valley in Nepal looks to India and China for sustenance

23 Feb 2019, Published in The Hindu

Limi lies almost cut off with little or no access to modern developments, infrastructure or government support. But in the past, the valley was hardly an outlier. It was at the heart of a thriving caravan trade with its neighbours, India and Tibet.

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Climate change threatens 1,000-year-old monastery in remote Nepal

24 Jan 2019, Published in Aljazeera

The 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.

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Ignoring 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.

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Climate denial in the Himalaya

09 Jan 2019, Published in Nepali Times

A 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.’

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With erratic rain and snowfall, Humla struggles to adapt to a changing climate

05 Jan 2019, Published in The Kathmandu Post

In 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.

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‘विविधता हमारी पहचान हमारी धरोहर’ थीम पर धारचूला में तीन दिवसीय ‘विविधता मेला’ का आयोजन शुरु

21 Dec 2018, Published in Uttarakhand Josh

पवित्र 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।

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ICIMOD convenes a regional conference in Nepal

21 Nov 2018, Published in Global Transboundary Conservation Network

A 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).

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“It’s difficult to govern a place if you don’t understand its ecology”

04 Nov 2018, Published in the RECORD

Kathmandu 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.

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Can agriculture be profitable and sustainable?

16 Oct 2018, Published in The Thirdpole.net

While 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

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World Food Day: Achieving zero hunger by 2030 difficult, not impossible

16 Oct 2018, Published in Down to Earth

Fighting 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.

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Bishnu, Bikas and Limi

05 Oct 2018, Published in The Kathmandu Post

With 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.

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लिमीको विकास आकांक्षा

05 Oct 2018, Published in Kantipur Daily

आधुनिक 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 ।

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Over the hills and far away

21 Sep 2018, Published in The Kathmandu Post

In 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.

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Promoting Sustainable Tourism In West Nepal Opportunities For Economic Development

05 Sep 2018, Published in New Spotlight Nepal

The 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.

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A journey to Mt Kailash and Mansarovar Tibet

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A journey to Mt Kailash and Mansarovar Tibet

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