ICIMOD pilots first Forest Carbon Trust Fund in NepalnewsUnder the first-ever pilot Forest Carbon Trust Fund in Nepal, representatives from three watersheds in Dolakha, Gorkha, and Chitwan districts received a total sum of US$ 95,000 on behalf of community forest user groups at a ceremony organized at the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) on 15 June...
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International Symposium on Pastoralism in Central AsiaeventThe University of Central Asia (UCA) and the National Centre for Competency in Research North-South (NCCR-NS) co-hosted an International Symposium on “Pastoralism in Central Asia: Status, Challenges and Opportunities in Mountain Areas”. His Excellency Torogul Bekov, Minister of Agriculture, Kyrgyz Republic delivered the opening remarks highlighting the importance of the...
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UN Climate Change Conference June 2011eventMountain Partnership Event
On 3 June 2011 FAO and the Mountain Partnership organized a meeting on mountains and climate change in the context of the UNFCCC. The countries who participated were Armenia, Bhutan, Colombia, Kyrgyzstan, Lesotho, Morocco, Nepal, Peru, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Bangladesh, as well as the International...
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World Environment Day 2011 - Forests: Nature at Your Service - 5 JunenewsThe World Environment Day (WED) has been launched by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) since 1972 and celebrated every year on 5 June. WED aims to stimulate public awareness on environmental issues and to urge politics to act in favour of these. This year’s theme is dedicated to: “Forests:...
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Dr. David Molden Selected as Future Director General of ICIMODnewsDr. David Molden has been selected by the full Board of Governors of ICIMOD to become the new Director General designate of ICIMOD. He will succeed Dr. Andreas Schild, current Director General of ICIMOD, from 1 December 2011. Dr. Molden, a national of the USA, is currently the Deputy Director...
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Greenland Glaciers Lose Enough Ice to Fill Lake Erie, Study SaysnewsThe rate of ice loss at two of Greenland’s largest glaciers has increased so much over the last decade that, if melted, the amount would be enough to fill Lake Erie, according to a new study published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters. Researchers found that the rate of ice...
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