Asia-Pacific
Youth from the Asia-Pacific region gathered at the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) in Kathmandu, Nepal to raise a strong voice for mountain issues in the Post-2015 Development Agenda.
The five-day event, held from 30 September to 4 October 2013, culminated with the Asia-Pacific Youth Declaration on Mountain Issues and Post-2015 Development Agenda,...
Kathmandu, Nepal
30 September - 4 October 2013
Through its Asia-Pacific Mountain Network (APMN), the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) has been engaging youth and building their capacity to bring about positive changes in society through several different initiatives. Since it began in...
Publicación que recopila prácticas ancestrales de crianza del agua (como los camellones, galerías filtrantes, reservorios, terrazas, etc.) de diferentes lugares de la región Andina y otras regiones mas. El libro se organiza por apítulos temáticos que se van abordando a través de las siguientes preguntas:
- CAPÍTULO 1:...
The 2014 International Conference and Utility Exhibition on “Green Energy for Sustainable Development” being organized by the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand will be held on 19-21 March 2014 at the Jomtien Palm Beach Resort and Hotel, Pattaya City, Thailand. ICUE 2014’s timely central theme of “Green Energy for Sustainable Development” will undertake...
Water levels of the critical rivers that originate in the Himalayan glaciers will not drop over the next century, say scientists.
The latest research led by Dr Walter Immerzeel, a scientist from Utrecht University in the Netherlands and visiting scientist at the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) in Nepal, indicates that increasing rains would...
A series of publications from the UN-REDD National Programme for Indonesia focussing on REDD+ and its potential to achieve multiple social and environmental benefits are now available.
These four brochures include a guide to decision-support tools for REDD+ and the use of spatial information to promote multiple benefits from REDD+. All the brochures, including translated versions...
Come September, Kohima will be host to the third Sustainable Mountain Development Summit (SMDS-III), an annual key activity of the Indian Mountain Initiative (IMI) that aims to provide a platform for the mountain states of the Indian Himalayan Region to come together, share experiences, discuss issues of concern and evolve consensus on how to address them.
The first two summits...
Over the last decade, market practitioners working for Practical Action across South Asia, Eastern and South Africa, Latin America and the UK have developed, tested and improved a participatory and systematic approach to markets that reduces poverty as scale - PMSD. Participatory Market System Development (PMSD) is Practical Action’s approach to inclusive markets that reduce poverty on a...
The “Asia-Pacific Ministerial Dialogue: From the Millennium Development Goals to the United Nations Development Agenda beyond 2015” will be held in Bangkok during 26-28 August 2013 at the United Nations Conference Centre in Bangkok, Thailand, and will be the first regional Ministerial-level event to discuss the United Nations development agenda beyond 2015...
Eucalyptus is becoming a dominant tree in the highlands of Ethiopia. The flowering trees that originated in Australia are surprisingly well suited to the region, says a Cornell graduate student. They grow quickly and do not require fertile soil. In Ethiopia, most eucalyptus species do not reseed on their own, so they do not become invasive. They provide shade and can be sold or used for...
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