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ICIMOD and KHDC Organize Training on Beekeeping in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh
02 Feb 2017
A seven-day training of lead farmers on beekeeping was organized from 5 -11 January 2017 with the main objective of supporting locals in Baganbari, an AdaptHimal pilot site in Bangladesh’s Chittagong Hill Tracts. The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) is supporting beekeeping as an enterprise for the enhancement of resilient livelihoods in Baganbari.
READ MOREHimalica Pilot Partners Meet to Review 2016 Progress and Plan for 2017
02 Feb 2017At the regional review and planning workshop held in Kathmandu, Nepal, this January, Himalica pilot implementing partners from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, and Nepal met to review their progress in 2016. They used the workshop as a sounding board for developing their 2017 action plans.
READ MOREICIMOD Scientists Share Glacier Knowledge in Switzerland
02 Feb 2017
Several scientists from ICIMOD recently traveled to Switzerland for a knowledge exchange study tour for climate change and glacier monitoring. The meeting, which moved between Zurich and Zermatt in October 2016, offered an opportunity for hydrologists, glaciologists, and cryosphere experts from the Alps and the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) to share their ideas and experience.
READ MOREIncentivizing Mountain Communities for Ecosystem Services in the Context of a Changing Climate
06 Feb 2017The International Conference on Biodiversity, Climate Change Assessment, and Impacts on Livelihood was organized in Kathmandu from 10-12 January 2017. The three-day event brought together 300 national and 100 international scientists, policy makers, and development workers to facilitate the integration of science, technology, policy, and action.
READ MOREEmissions Study in Lumbini Analyzes the Effects the Agricultural Crop Residue Burning
15 Feb 2017
Open burning is common in the HKH and a convenient way for farmers to eliminate of large quantities of crop residue. This practice also serves to prepare fields for the next crop cycle – wheat in spring and rice in summer.
READ MOREFacilitators Trained on District REDD+ Action Plan (DRAP)
20 Feb 2017A DRAP is a sub-national plan designed to help implement the national REDD strategy by addressing local drivers of deforestation and forest degradation in a given district, and finding opportunities for carbon enhancement at the local landscape level through a multi-stakeholder consultative process.
READ MOREBrief Introduction of CNICIMOD
22 Feb 2017Chinese Committee on International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (CNICIMOD), officially established on 26 April, 2006 by Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) is considered as a national representative of ICIMOD’s Chinese partners, with three offices in Chengdu, Kunming and Lhasa respectively.
READ MOREWorkshop on Climate Smart Mountain Livelihood Diversification Options Held in Islamabad
22 Feb 2017The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), in partnership with WWF Gilgit-Baltistan, organized a three-day training of trainers (ToT) workshop in Islamabad as an activity under its Himalica programme.
READ MOREREDD+ Promotes Agroforestry in Selected Hotspots in Chitwan, Nepal
28 Feb 2017The REDD+ team from ICIMOD conducted a field visit to Chitwan district from 9-12 February 2017. The purpose of the visit was to provide further orientation of the District REDD+ Action Plan (DRAP), and to discuss the preparation of an agro-forestry plan with local cooperative members.
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