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Dear Friends,
ICIMOD is pleased to announce the release of the following knowledge products.
These products are available online and can be accessed/downloaded from HIMALDOC. We hope that you find them useful and would be happy to receive your comments.
New datasets are available from our Regional Database System Portal.
Happy reading!
Best regards,
Shiva
Shiva Hari Khatri
Communication and Distribution Associate
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This HKH Call to Action is based on the HKH Assessment, which was drafted in response to requests from governments in the region, meeting a demand for a comprehensive assessment of the region’s mountains, environments, and livelihoods and proposes actions towards a shared vision for the future of the HKH region, in which its societies and its people are prosperous, healthy, peaceful, and resilient in a healthy environment.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted life in the HKH and compounded the vulnerabilities of mountain communities already impacted by climate change. However, it also presents an opportunity for concrete actions toward the transformation necessary for a more resilient and inclusive HKH. In this comprehensive policy paper, we assess the impacts of the pandemic, the risks and vulnerabilities, and provide policy responses and actions required for countries and more robust regional and international cooperation for the mountains.
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This study identifies the temporal and spatial gaps in the available hydrometeorological data pertaining to precipitation, temperature, relative humidity, and river discharge in the Kabul River Basin. Glaciers cover about 3% of the total drainage area of the basin. Though most of the glaciers lie between elevations of 4,800–5,300 masl, the hydrometeorological stations are located below 2,300 masl, resulting in a lack of glacio-hydrological information to complement cryosphere monitoring in the region.
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This working paper outlines the steps for springshed monitoring and revival based on a detailed study of four springs in Charghare VDC – Ghatera Dhara, Bato Muni ko Mul, Bhalu Khola ko Kuwa, and Asine Mul – in Nepal’s mid-hills. Following a robust springshed monitoring methodology with active participation of the local community and other stakeholders, the study offers detailed technical and other management recommendations for spring revival, with an aim to recharge these springs in a sustainable way.
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The adoption of organic farming practices could help countries across the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals. In December 2019, our Resilient Mountain Solutions initiative collaborated with the Agriculture Research and Development Centre, Bhutan to organize a regional symposium on “Organic agriculture: Youth engagement and enterprise development”. It culminated in a 10-point resolution supportive of enabling policy environments for the aggregation, branding, investment, and market development of organic products from the region.
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In 2018, the KSLCDI conducted a ‘Cross-Border Sharing of Experiences on Biodiversity Management in Kailash Sacred Landscape – Nepal and India’ in Khalanga, Darchula district, Nepal. Participants of the event had agreed to continue the practice of exchange and dialogue set up between the communities of the two countries. On December 2019, KSLCDI organized a second cross-border forum under the title ‘Prakriti Ahwaan’ in Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand, India. The main aim was to revisit the 2018 Community Agreement and reaffirm actions for sustainable biodiversity management including addressing illegal trade of flora and fauna.
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In 2018, the KSLCDI conducted a ‘Cross-Border Sharing of Experiences on Biodiversity Management in Kailash Sacred Landscape – Nepal and India’ in Khalanga, Darchula district, Nepal. Participants of the event had agreed to continue the practice of exchange and dialogue set up between the communities of the two countries. On December 2019, KSLCDI organized a second cross-border forum under the title ‘Prakriti Ahwaan’ in Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand, India. The flyer focuses on the key issues for biodiversity management in the landscape along with a roadmap for biodiversity conservation and sustainable management.
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The National Water Affairs Regulation Authority (NWARA) and ICIMOD worked together to develop information on glaciers and glacial lakes in Afghanistan through ICIMOD’s SERVIR Hindu Kush Himalaya (SERVIR-HKH) Initiative. Afghanistan’s glacier dataset (1990–2015) was released in 2018. The General Directorate of Water Resources of NWARA and ICIMOD then prepared datasets on glacial lakes in Afghanistan (1990–2015). This is a first-of-its-kind dataset on the distribution of glacial lakes in Afghanistan and observed changes since the 1990s that covers the whole of Afghanistan using consistent data sources and methods.
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Land cover data of Hindu Kush Himalayan region of Myanmar for 2010. This dataset is created using the LandSat 30 meter spatial resolution satellite image of 2010 and includes land cover information for Chin, Kachin, Rakhine and Shan states of Myanmar.
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The comprehensive baseline information on the glaciers of the HKH region was generated semi-automatically using more than 200 Landsat 7 ETM+ images of 2005 ± 3 years with minimum cloud and snow coverage. The glacier outlines were derived by using object-based image classification method separately for clean-ice and debris-covered glaciers with some manual intervention. The attribute data were assigned to each glacier using 90m resolution SRTM DEM. This data does not cover the China part.
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