Asia-Pacific

ICIMOD is pleased to announce the release of a new publication, ‘Resource Manual on Flash Flood Risk Management - Module 3: Structural Measures’.

Flash floods are among the most destructive natural disasters in the Hindu Kush Himalayan region. They are sudden events that allow very little time to react, and they often occur in remote and isolated mountain catchments...

Conservation Science, a new journal in the nature conservation, calls for submissions of research paper/review/short communication/essay for a special issue on “Conservation Biology of the Himalaya”. The issue is scheduled to publish on April 2013 (http://www.thenaturefoundation.org/...

The Institute of Water Policy is inviting submissions of paper proposals for a workshop on water policy analysis, hosted by the Institute of Water Policy at the National University of Singapore.

The workshop will follow a small-group format that will enable in-depth discussion of current water policy issues, research design, and empirical research methods. We would be delighted also to...

The position is currently occupied by Mr Tiéga Anada, whose contract finishes in July 2013. 

IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, provides administrative services for the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands. More information and online application for this post are available on the IUCN website at: ...