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International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)
- Organization type:Academic & Research Institution
General contact information
- URL: http://www.icimod.org
- Address: ICIMOD, Khumaltar, Lalitpur
PO Box: 3226
Kathmandu - Postal Code: 44700
- City: Kathmandu
- Country: Nepal
- Telephone: +977 15003222
- Fax: +977 15003299
- Email: hkrishna@icimod.org
- Head of the organization: David Molden
Mission & Disaster Reduction Profile
The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, ICIMOD, is a regional intergovernmental learning and knowledge sharing centre serving the eight
regional member countries of the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region – Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and ...
regional member countries of the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region – Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and ...
- Celebrating World Water Day – ‘Water cooperation’
22 Mar 2013 - China: New programme in Salween-Mekong basin targets women’s adaptation to climate change
29 Mar 2012 - Successful completion of space-based information for disaster preparedness and risk assessment training
17 Apr 2011 - Finland supports ICIMOD to establish a regional flood information system in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan region
22 Dec 2009 - ICIMOD announces theme 'Disaster Risk Management in Mountain' for International Mountain Day
11 Dec 2009 - Remote sensing technology for high mountain ecosystems
12 Sep 2008 - The Himalayan Wetlands Initiative Strategy constituted
4 Sep 2008
Statements & Presentations
- Application of remote sensing and GIS for flood hazard management: a case study from Sindh Province, Pakistan
2013 - Case studies on flash flood risk management in the himalayas: in support of specific flash flood policies
2013 - International conference on the cryosphere of the hindu kush himalayas, Kathmandu, Nepal: conference and workshop report
2012 - Resource manual on flash flood risk management - module 3: structural measures
2012 - Role of policy and institutions in local adaptation to climate change: case studies on responses to too much and too little water in the Hindu Kush Himalayas
2012 - Flash flood risk management: a training of trainers manual
2012 - Knowledge management for mountain development: knowledge and technologies for mountain development
2011 - Proceedings of the international symposium: Benefiting from earth observation - Bridging the data gap for adaptation to climate change in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan region
2011 - Snow-cover mapping and monitoring in the Hindu Kush-Himalayas
2011 - The status of glaciers in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan region
2011 - Climate change in the Hindu Kush-Himalayas: the state of current knowledge
2011 - Framework for community-based climate vulnerability and capacity assessment in mountain areas
2011 - Labour migration as a response strategy to water hazards in the Hindu Kush-Himalayas
2011 - Space-based information for disaster preparedness and risk management
2010 - Climate change vulnerability of mountain ecosystems in the Eastern Himalayas
2010 - Formation of glacial lakes in the Hindu Kush-Himalayas and GLOF risk assessment (2010)
2010 - Glacial lakes and associated floods in the Hindu Kush-Himalayas
2010 - Managing flash flood risk in the Himalayas
2010 - Diversified livelihoods in changing socio-ecological systems of Yunnan province, China
2009 - Adjusting to floods on the Brahmaputra plains, Assam, India
2009 - Life in the shadow of embankments: turning lost lands into assets in the Koshi basin of Bihar, India
2009 - Living with water stress in the hills of the Koshi basin, Nepal
2009 - Traditional knowledge and local institutions support adaptation to water-induced hazards in Chitral, Pakistan
2009 - Local responses to too much and too little water in the greater Himalayan region
2009 - The changing Himalayas: impact of climate change on water resources and livelihoods in the greater Himalayas
2009 - Culture and risk: understanding the sociocultural settings that influence risk from natural hazards
2009 - Resource manual on flash flood risk management: module 1, community-based management
2008 - Resource manual on flash flood risk management: module 2, non-structural measures
2008 - Sharing knowledge on disaster risk reduction in the Himalayan region
2008 - Preparing for flood disaster: mapping and assessing hazard in the Ratu watershed, Nepal
2007 - Local knowledge for disaster preparedness: a literature review
2007 - Disaster preparedness for natural hazards. Current status in Bangladesh
2007 - Disaster preparedness for natural hazards: current status in India
2007 - Preparing for flood disaster: mapping and assessing hazard in the Ratu watershed, Nepal
2007 - Herders of Chitral, the lost messengers?: local knowledge on disaster preparedness in Chitral district, Pakistan
2007 - Snake and the river don't run straight: local knowledge on disaster preparedness in the eastern Terai of Nepal
2007 - Disaster preparedness for natural hazards: current status in Nepal
2007 - Gender matters: lessons for disaster risk reduction in South Asia
2007 - Managing flash floods and sustainable development in the Himalayas: report of an international workshop held in Lhasa, PRC, October 23-28, 2005
2006 - Environment assessment of Nepal: emerging issues and challenges
2006 - Landslide hazard mitigation in the Hindu Kush-Himalayas
2001 - Inventory of glaciers, glacial lakes and glacial lake outburst floods: monitoring and early warning systems in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan region, Bhutan
2001 - Land policies, land management and land degradation in the Hindu Kush - Himalayas
2000
- International conference on global challenges, strategies and solutions in engineering, business and disaster management
08-09 Mar 2013 - Bhutan+10 - International conference - Gender and sustainable mountain development in a changing world
15-19 Oct 2012 - ICIMOD workshops for the International Day for Disaster Reduction
12 Oct 2012 - Himalayan climate change adaptation programme upper Salween-Mekong basin
27-28 Mar 2012 - Experts consultation to develop future strategic programme for transboundary biodiversity management and climate change adaptation initiative in the Brahmaputra Salween Landscape
21-23 Dec 2011 - Mountain day 2011 - highlighting the critical role of mountain ecosystems for climate adaptation and sustainable development
04 Dec 2011 - Exhibition/showcase: Connecting from space to village - Enabling climate policy and actions in the Himalayas
17-19 Nov 2011 - Earth observation: Empowering youth for climate actions in the Himalayas
14-19 Nov 2011 - HKH Regional media workshop on green economy and climate change adaptation
02-04 Nov 2011 - ICIMOD day: Challenges in climate change resilience and adaptation - potential for collaboration between ICIMOD and India
30 Sep 2011 - Green economy and sustainable mountain development – opportunities and challenges in view of Rio+20
05-07 Sep 2011 - Bhutan summit water regional meeting
02-03 Jul 2011 - South Asia media workshop on adaptation to climate change
18-20 May 2011 - Space-based information for disaster preparedness and risk assessment
09-13 Apr 2011 - ICIMOD open house
12 Mar 2011 - ICIMOD day 2011
11 Mar 2011 - COP16 side event: Mountains in peril - Mainstreaming sustainable mountain development into climate change agreements
02 Dec 2010 - Training for trainers workshop on integrated approach to flash flood and flood management
25 Oct - 02 Nov 2010 - International symposium - Benefiting from earth observation: bridging the data gap for adaptation to climate change in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan region
04-06 Oct 2010 - Climate and environment change impact in the Indus basin and implications on future water scenario
02-04 Jul 2010 - State of the art in flash flood risk management in the Himalaya
15-16 Feb 2010 - Focusing on climate change and adaptation in the Himalayas: celebrating 25 years of ICIMOD for mountains and people
24 Mar - 11 Dec 2008
- Resource manual on flash flood risk management: community-based management (module 1)
2008 - Resource manual on flash flood risk management: non-structural measures (module 2)
2008 - The snake and the river, don’t run straight: Local knowledge on disaster preparedness in the Eastern Terai of Nepal
2007 - Gender matters: Lessons for disaster risk reduction in South Asia
2007 - Herders of Chitral:The lost messengers? Local knowledge on disaster preparedness in Chitral district, Pakistan
2007 - Lhasa Declaration
2006 - Living with risk: sharing knowledge on disaster preparedness in the Himalayan Region
2006
- Senior climate change adaptation specialist
10 Oct 2011 - Glacio-hydrologist, integrated water and hazard management programme
8 Jul 2011 - Programme coordinator
26 Jun 2011 - Gender and climate change expert
19 Jun 2011 - Hazard and community adaptation specialist
12 Feb 2010 - Action area team leader, disaster risk reduction specialist
5 Feb 2010 - Director of programme operations
31 Mar 2009 - Wetland specialist
28 Feb 2009 - Action area team leader: disaster risk reduction
28 Feb 2009 - Research assistant
16 Feb 2009 - Watershed management specialist
31 Jan 2009
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