Back to news
13 Sep 2018 | Regional Database System

ICIMOD makes available more datasets for download

The Regional Database System (RDS) of the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) has made available a new tranche of datasets for free download. All 16 data layers/tables listed below can be downloaded free from ICIMOD’s RDS portal. Visitors can view the detailed metadata for each data layer by clicking on any of the links below. To download the corresponding dataset, a visitor has to follow a simple registration process.

1 min Read

70% Complete
Photo Credit: Srijana Joshi
Hindu Kush Karakoram Pamir Landscape (HKPL)

Birds Species of Wakhan Corridor

Birds Species of Wakhan and Big Pamir

Vegetation Species in Pamirs of China 

Mammal Species of Taxkorgan Nature Reserve

Bird Species of Zorkul Nature Reserve

Fish Species of Zorkul Nature Reserve

Mammal Species of Zorkul Nature Reserve

Vegetation Species of Zorkul Nature Reserve

Koshi Basin Initiative

Landslides in Koshi Basin 1990

Landslides in Koshi Basin 2010

Land cover of Koshi Basin 1990

Land cover of Koshi Basin 2000

Land cover of Koshi Basin 2010

Soil loss in Koshi Basin 1990

Soil loss in Koshi Basin 2010

Mountain Peaks of Koshi Basin


Photo Credit: Tao Zhang

The datasets were developed under the Hindu Kush Karakoram Pamir Landscape (HKPL) and the Koshi Basin Initiative. The datasets can also be accessed from the corresponding initiative websites. Data layers from the Koshi Basin Initiative can be visualized in the Koshi Basin Information System (KBIS).

ICIMOD’s RDS acts as a central data repository for different thematic areas in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) and provides easy access to these data. The portal supports free search text, and advanced search based on the title, abstract, keyword, or category, or within a user-defined geographic extent.

The RDS is an initiative and is housed under ICIMOD’s Mountain Environment Regional Information System (MENRIS) programme. The RDS has put in place ICIMOD’s Data Sharing Policy, data and metadata standards, and necessary hardware and software infrastructure. The Data Sharing Policy facilitates data sharing in the region and among the global community, enabling data use beyond the original research, and has been aligned with the philosophy of open and free access to scientific information and knowledge.

Stay current

Stay up to date on what’s happening around the HKH with our most recent publications and find out how you can help by subscribing to our mailing list.

Sign Up

RELATED CONTENTS

Continue exploring this topic

7 Feb 2016 News
Disaster Risk Reduction Training

The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Eduardo Mondlane University (UEM) in Mozambique, and the Danida Fellowship Centre (DFC) held a running a ...

8 Mar 2015 News
The Unresolved Equation

As we were schooling and grooming ourselves to become career women, the issues of ...

4 Feb 2016 Himalica
Myanmar Journalists Learn Climate Change Communication

A five-day training for 20 Myanmar journalists on reporting climate change adaptation was organised by the International Centre for Integrated ...

8 Mar 2019 Gender in Koshi
Breaking Taboos: My Parents’ Stand for Gender Equality

Growing up, our sense of the world – all that is right in it and all that is wrong – ...

25 Jun 2018 CryoHub
Regional Dialogue on Cryosphere Monitoring

Over 50 cryosphere researchers attended the conference. Participants aimed to develop a policy framework where scientific research might help develop ...

1 Jun 2018 KDKH
Knowledge hub proposed for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation in the Koshi basin

As part of a wider effort between Nepal, India, and China to strengthen disaster risk reduction (DRR) in the Koshi ...

3 Apr 2018 CBFEWS
Gilgit-Baltistan partnership in disaster risk management: key effort in enabling mountain people understand and respond to consequences of climate change

ICIMOD, AKAH, and GB-DMA signed a tripartite agreement at a partnership-signing ceremony in Islamabad on 27 February 2018. The team ...

30 Sep 2016 News
Demystifying Hydrogeology at the 43rd IAH Congress, in Montpellier, France

Water is a primary life-giving resource, and its availability is an essential component in socioeconomic development and poverty reduction .The ...