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Proceedings of The Regional Policy Workshop on Adaptation Outlook for the Hindu Kush Himalaya, 2–3 February 2017, Kathmandu, Nepal

Posted:Fri, 22 Sep 2017 03:29:09 +0000

The HICAP regional workshop on ‘Adaptation Outlook for the Hindu Kush Himalaya’ brought together experts, policymakers, researchers and practitioners working on climate change policies in the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) countries.
Community-led Micro-Planning: Building Capacity of Local Leaders for Participatory Planning in Bhutan, 8 –10 February 2017, Tsirang Dzongkhag, Bhutan

Posted:Thu, 21 Sep 2017 11:03:58 +0000

Bottom-up participatory planning is an ongoing practice within and outside government planning processes in the Hindu Kush Himalaya. Community-led micro-planning begins at the grassroots level.
In situ monitoring of mountain glaciers: experiences from mountain ranges around the world and recommendations for the Hindu Kush Himalaya

Posted:Thu, 21 Sep 2017 10:53:04 +0000

Mountain glaciers are important climate indicators and glaciers are considered essential climate variables (ECV) by the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS).
Workshop report. Strengthening landscape governance capacities in Bhutan: UWICE-Bumthang, Bhutan, 13–19 March, 2017

Posted:Wed, 20 Sep 2017 12:52:42 +0000

The Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) represent one of the world’s most diverse ecoregions, with ecosystems ranging from tropical humid forests to arid, alpine grasslands.
Mitigating human-wildlife conflict in Nepal: a case study of fences around Chitwan National Park

Posted:Wed, 20 Sep 2017 12:37:30 +0000

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Contributions by the private sector to climate change mitigation: lessons from the Plantec Coffee Estate in Nepal

Posted:Wed, 20 Sep 2017 10:39:25 +0000

Agroforestry in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) is a suitable biological mitigation intervention that contributes to NDC targets and REDD+ objectives.
The development of REDD+ safeguards in the Hindu Kush Himalaya: recent experiences and processes

Posted:Wed, 20 Sep 2017 02:42:02 +0000

In the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH), countries have initiated their work on REDD+ safeguards but no country has yet made a formal submission to the UNFCCC.
Workshop on Opportunities for Transboundary Collaboration for Conservation and Development along the Northern Section of the China-Myanmar Border 13–14 December 2016, Kunming, China

Posted:Tue, 19 Sep 2017 04:43:58 +0000

The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), the Management Bureaus (Baoshan and Nujiang) of Gaoligongshan National Nature Reserve (GNNR), and related institutions of the Chinese Academy of Sciences jointly orga
Framework for integrated ecosystem management in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (for pilot testing within transboundary landscapes)

Posted:Mon, 04 Sep 2017 02:10:07 +0000

Management of ecosystems for sustaining services is a major focus area of the transboundary landscapes programme of ICIMOD.
Upper Indus Basin Network and Indus Forum Collaboration Meeting 22-–25 May 2017, Kathmandu, Nepal

Posted:Fri, 01 Sep 2017 01:34:23 +0000

The Upper Indus Basin Network and Indus Forum Collaboration Meeting, a joint workshop, was conducted from 22–25 May 2017.
Vulnerability to climate change and adaptation strategies of local communities in Malawi: experiences of women fish-processing groups in the Lake Chilwa Basin

Posted:Tue, 03 Jan 2017 11:11:51 +0000

In recent years, research on climate change and human security has received much attention among policy makers and academia alike.
Impact of a peer-counseling intervention on breastfeeding practices in different socioeconomic strata: results from the equity analysis of the PROMISE-EBF trial in Uganda

Posted:Fri, 23 Dec 2016 12:15:37 +0000

Background: Undernutrition is highly prevalent among infants in Uganda. Optimal infant feeding practices may improve nutritional status, health, and survival among children.
Combining long-lasting insecticidal nets and indoor residual spraying for malaria prevention in Ethiopia: study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial

Posted:Fri, 23 Dec 2016 12:01:22 +0000

Background: Long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) and indoor residual spraying (IRS) are the main malaria prevention interventions in Ethiopia.
Listening to women and girls diplaced to urban Afghanistan

Posted:Tue, 20 Dec 2016 03:55:49 +0000

Growing numbers of internally displaced people (IDPs) live  in  informal  settlements  in  major  Afghan  urban  centres.
Land conflict and food security in the Liberian-Ivorian border region

Posted:Tue, 20 Dec 2016 03:29:04 +0000

In the fall of 2010, Ivoirians went to the polls to elect a new president, to end years of political stalemate, and to unify a geographically divided country.  Disputes over the election results instead led to a violent post-electio
Energy: the missing link in globalization

Posted:Mon, 19 Dec 2016 03:02:24 +0000

Energy resources are transported long distances and create powerful interlinkages between countries. Energy thus contributes to the globalization of the world, but has received little attention in the globalization literature.
Turkey in the geopolitics of natural gas

Posted:Mon, 19 Dec 2016 02:51:47 +0000

This paper outlines the role of Turkey as an increasingly more important natural gas consuming country while at the same time strategically located as a transit country between major consuming areas in the EU and suppliers in the Middle
Lebanon poised at the brink

Posted:Mon, 19 Dec 2016 02:37:13 +0000

Gravely affected by the Syrian crisis, Lebanon has remained relatively stable against all odds â despite the influx of some 1.5 million Syrian refugees and an internal political crisis involving supporters of oppos- ing Syrian factions
Emissions trading and climate diplomacy between Europe and China

Posted:Mon, 19 Dec 2016 02:26:01 +0000

Over the past decade, the EU has been following a “policy of unconditional  engagement”  vis-à-vis  the  People’s  Republic  of China, pursuing its promotion of effective multilateralism.
Food price differences across Indian states: patterns and determinants

Posted:Mon, 19 Dec 2016 02:13:56 +0000

The paper examines food price differences across Indian states during 2004-2014 using food consumer prices from household surveys and wholesale/retail prices for selected goods.