Events

Cross Learning on Community Forestry for Resilience Building

Forest ecosystems in Myanmar have been heavily exploited, leading to deterioration of ecosystem services and putting increasing pressure on women and girls who spend enormous amounts of time and effort on chores such as collecting fodder, fuelwood, and spring water. The degradation of forest ecosystems has also adversely impacted agro-forestry and freshwater ecosystems, both upstream and downstream.

HILIFE Partnership Building and Programme Monitoring Trip to Putao, Mynamar

The Putao trip aims to monitor the progress of HILIFE activities, assess current energy use and demand, and identify potential sites for demonstration of energy technologies. The three experts plan to meet with key representatives of the Hkakaborazi National Park of Myanmar; Wildlife Conservation Society (Myanmar); Forest Department of Putao, General Administration Department (GAD); local departments related to energy use; and local communities.

Knowledge Exchange and Exposure Visit Programme

ICIMOD is working in the region on the Policy and Advocacy Network—regional policy and capacity building activities. The goal is to provide decision makers, national governments and sub-national entities with tools, information, and programmatic support to develop comprehensive policy frameworks to improve brick kiln conditions and energy efficient operations.

Exposure visit of HUC members to Water studying Institutions in India

A proposed exposure visit of HUC member delegations from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, and Nepal, to be co-organized by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) and TSAS, aims to provide an opportunity for mid-/senior- career scholars in under-represented countries to interact with leading higher education and research institutions in India working on issues of water use, management, and policy. It will also be the kick-off meeting of the HUC TWG on Water.

Peer Learning and Exposure Visit on Managing Transformations in Shifting Cultivation

To understand the changes implicit in transformations in shifting cultivation and to learn from successful practices in the region, ICIMOD and the North Eastern Region Community Resource Management Project(NERCORMP), will facilitate a peer-learning, experiential workshop for practitioners dealing with the management of transformations in shifting cultivation across the Eastern Himalayas.

Field Visit for Sediment Data Collection in the Koshi River basin

ICIMOD’s Koshi Basin Programme (KBP), in partnership with the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology (DHM), Nepal and Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK), India, are conducting a state-of-the-art study on the sediment dynamics in the Koshi River Basin.

Experts’ Field Visit to Upper Indus Basin

Approximately 45 national and international experts on the Upper Indus Basin and media persons will observe glacier monitoring stations, hydrological stations, and weather stations installed by the Pakistan Meteorological Department, Water and Power Development Authority, and other organizations.

Visit of Dr Rajiv Shah, USAID Administrator

KSLCDI Mentorship Programme of Country Partners to Germany and Neighbouring Alpine Countries

Study Visit of Kailash Sacred Landscape Conservation and Development Initiative (KSLCDI)’s Programme Steering Committee Members & National Coordinators in the Upstream Landscape of Tibetan Autonomous Region of China