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Protect the pulse.

The Hindu Kush Himalaya is the pulse of the planet. Being at the top of the world, changes happen here before they happen anywhere else and the beat of this place vibrates across the globe. We are ICIMOD. Together with our partners, we protect the pulse. 

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The pandemic’s long shadow

As this news digest reaches you in this first month of 2022 and we while we continue to hope for relief from COVID-19, I’d like to reflect back on all that we were able to accomplish in 2021 despite the limitations. As I reflect back on this year past, I see that the world over, institutions explored new working conditions and many people adopted completely different ways of living. Here at ICIMOD, we embraced the hybrid working environment to ensure the safety of our families, co-workers, and partners. We became better at some things, like organizing webinars and moving training events online, but these are not without their limitations. We witnessed how the development divide reflects starkly in the digital divide and we missed the field work and in-person events that are critically important to our work.

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Featured events

Date: 22 Jan 2022

Understanding the WEFE nexus approach from river basin and transboundary landscape perspectives


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Date: 31 Jan 2022

Two Punjabs, One Atmosphere


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Featured news/articles

STAFF ARTICLE

Improving food security in the Indo-Gangetic Basin using satellite data

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STAFF ARTICLE

The gendered impacts of indoor air pollution in Nepal’s Koshi basin

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NEWS

A partnership for livelihoods and conservation

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PRESS RELEASE

IUCN report identifies sites with World Heritage potential in Himalaya and beyond

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Featured videos

 

International Mountain Day 2021: Towards Sustainable Mountain Tourism Futures in the HKH Region

CryoDiscussion: What does the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report say about cryosphere change in the HKH?

Demonstration of the flood inundation web application – Sudip Pradhan, ICIMOD                              

Launch event: Regional Land Cover Monitoring System for the Hindu Kush Himalaya

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Featured dataset

Mushrooms Flora of Nepal at Central Department of Botany, Tribhuvan University, Nepal

This occurrence database contains records of the mushrooms based on the herbarium specimens deposited at the Tribhuvan University Central Herbarium (TUCH) managed by the Central Department of Botany, Tribhuvan University Nepal. TUCH is registered in Index Herbarium in 2001 and posses over 22,000 specimens.

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Publications

Interpreting mountain treelines in a changing world

Surendra P. Singh, Ripu Daman Singh, Surabhi Gumber

Though the highest treelines of the northern hemisphere occur in the Himalaya, the terms treeline and timberline have until very recently been missing from the literature on this region. This book, largely based on research in the Indian Himalaya, attempts to fill the gap on Himalayan treelines.

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Harnessing the comparative advantage of large cardamom - Policy brief

Large cardamom (Amomum subulatum Roxb) is endemic to Bhutan, India, and Nepal. The three countries can work together to create a common branding and marketing message to profile and promote large cardamom as a niche product of the Eastern Himalaya, and establish common product standards, production guidelines, and support systems to ensure quality and authenticity of the product.

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Journal articles

Kaur, N; Sharma, D; Rana, PJB; Mishra, U; Shrestha, AB; Koziell, I; Gyamtsho, P (2021). 'HKH2Glasgow: Promoting ambitious climate action for the Hindu Kush Himalayas.' In Mountain Research and Development 41.

Rasul, G; Nepal, AK; Hussain, A; Maharjan, A; Joshi, S; Lama, A; Gurung, P; Ahmad, F; Mishra, A; Sharma, E (2021). 'Socio-economic implications of COVID-19 pandemic in South Asia: Emerging risks and growing challenges.' In Frontiers in Sociology 6

Rasul, G; Neupane, N; Hussain, A; Pasakhala, B (2021). 'Beyond hydropower: Towards an integrated solution for water, energy and food security in South Asia.' In International Journal of Water Resources Development 37: 466-490

Chettri, N; Aryal, K; Thapa, S; Uddin, K; Kandel, P; Karki, S (2021). 'Contribution of ecosystem services to rural livelihoods in a changing landscape: A case study from the eastern Himalaya.' In Land Use Policy 109: 105643.

Bajracharya, SB; Mishra, A; Maharjan, A (2021). 'Determinants of crop residue burning practice in the Terai region of Nepal.' In PLOS ONE 16: e0253939

Ali, G; Abbas, S; Qamer, FM; Irteza, SM (2021). 'Environmental spatial heterogeneity of the impacts of COVID-19 on the top-20 metropolitan cities of Asia-Pacific.' In Scientific Reports 11: 20339

Ali, S; Saeed, A; Kiani, RS; Muhammad, S; Khan, F; Babar, R; Khan, A; Iqbal, MS; Goheer, MA; Naseem, W; Fahad, S (2021). 'Future climatic changes, extreme events, related uncertainties, and policy recommendations in the Hindu Kush sub-regions of Pakistan.' In Theoretical and Applied Climatology 143: 193-209

Beekma, J; Bird, J; Mersha, AN; Reinhard, S; Prathapar, SA; Rasul, G; Richey, J; Campen, JV; Ragab, R; Perry, C; Mohtar, R; Tollefson, L; Tian, F (2021). 'Enabling policy environment for water, food and energy security.' In Irrigation and Drainage 70: 392-409

Hassan, J; Chen, X; Muhammad, S; Bazai, NA (2021). 'Rock glacier inventory, permafrost probability distribution modeling and associated hazards in the Hunza river basin, western Karakoram, Pakistan.' In Science of The Total Environment 782: 146833

Hayat, H; Saifullah, M; Ashraf, M; Liu, S; Muhammad, S; Khan, R; Tahir, AA (2021). 'Flood hazard mapping of rivers in snow- and glacier-fed basins of different hydrological regimes using a hydrodynamic model under rcp scenarios.' In Water 13: 2806

Islam, MR; Li, T; Mahata, K; Khanal, N; Werden, B; Giordano, MR; Praveen, PS; Dhital, NB; Gurung, A; Panday, AK; Joshi, IB; Poudel, SP; Wang, Y; Saikawa, E; Yokelson, RJ; DeCarlo, PF; Stone, EA (2021). 'Wintertime air quality in Lumbini, Nepal: Sources of fine particle organic carbon.' In ACS Earth and Space Chemistry 5: 226-238

Khadka, A; Matthews, T; Perry, LB; Koch, I; Wagnon, P; Shrestha, D; Sherpa, TC; Aryal, D; Tait, A; Sherpa, TG; Tuladhar, S; Baidya, SK; Elvin, S; Elmore, AC; Gajurel, A; Mayewski, PA (2021). 'Weather on mount everest during the 2019 summer monsoon.' In Weather 76: 205-207

Kiani, RS; Ali, S; Ashfaq, M; Khan, F; Muhammad, S; Reboita, MS; Farooqi, A (2021). 'Hydrological projections over the Upper Indus basin at 1.5 °c and 2.0 °c temperature increase.' In Science of The Total Environment 788: 147759

Kroner, RG; Barbier, EB; Chassot, O; Chaudhary, S; Cordova, L, Jr.; Cruz-Trinidad, A; Cumming, T; Howard, J; Said, CK; Kun, Z; Ogena, A; Palla, F; Valiente, RS; Troëng, S; Valverde, A; Wijethunga, R; Wong, M (2021). 'COVID-era policies and economic recovery plans: Are governments building back better for protected and conserved areas?' In Parks 27: 135-148

Saifullah, M; Liu, S; Adnan, M; Zaman, M; Muhammad, S; Babur, M; Zhu, Y; Wu, K (2021). 'Assessment of spatial and temporal pattern of hydrological droughts in the Upper Indus Basin, Pakistan.' In Polish Journal of Environmental Studies 30: 4633-4645

Sharma, P; Chettri, N; Wangchuk, K (2021). 'Human–wildlife conflict in the roof of the world: Understanding multidimensional perspectives through a systematic review.' In Ecology and Evolution 11: 11569-11586

Shrestha, AB; Shukla, D; Pradhan, NS; Dhungana, S; Azizi, F; Memon, N; Mohtadullah, K; Lotia, H; Ali, A; Molden, D; Daming, H; Dimri, AP; Huggel, C (2021). 'Developing a science-based policy network over the Upper Indus Basin.' In Science of The Total Environment 784: 147067

Sigdel, SR; Pandey, J; Liang, E; Muhammad, S; Babst, F; Leavitt, SW; Shen, M; Zhu, H; Salerno, F; Piao, S; Camarero, JJ; Peñuelas, J (2021). 'No benefits from warming even for subnival vegetation in the central Himalayas.' In Science Bulletin 66: 1825-1829

Stigter, EE; Steiner, JF; Koch, I; Saloranta, TM; Kirkham, JD; Immerzeel, WW (2021). 'Energy and mass balance dynamics of the seasonal snowpack at two high-altitude sites in the Himalaya.' In Cold Regions Science and Technology 183: 103233

Uddin, K; Matin, MA (2021). 'Potential flood hazard zonation and flood shelter suitability mapping for disaster risk mitigation in Bangladesh using geospatial technology.' In Progress in Disaster Science 11: 100185

Uprety, Y; Chettri, N; Dhakal, M; Asselin, H; Chand, R; Chaudhary, RP (2021). 'Illegal wildlife trade is threatening conservation in the transboundary landscape of western Himalaya.' In Journal for Nature Conservation 59: 125952

Vaidya, RA; Yadav, N; Rai, N; Neupane, S; Mukherji, A (2021). 'Electricity trade and cooperation in the BBIN region: Lessons from global experience.' In International Journal of Water Resources Development 37: 439-465

Wagle, N; Dhakal, MP; Shrestha, AB (2021). 'Adaptation strategies to address challenges of traditional agricultural water management in the Upper Indus Basin.' In Mountain Research and Development 41

Wang, J; Xu, B; Wu, Y; Gao, J; Shi, F; Wu, N (2021). 'Effect of inflorescence litter from distinct species and life forms on soil nutrients and microbial biomass in the eastern Tibetan Plateau.' In Global Ecology and Conservation 31: e01825

Book chapter

Udas, PB; Prakash, A; Goodrich, CG (2021) 'Gendered vulnerabilities in diaras: Struggles with floods in the Gandak river basin in Bihar, India.' In (eds), Engendering climate change: Learnings from south asia, 38-57.

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