Hindu-Kush
KASHMIR INSTITUTE OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (KIND)
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Poverty alleviation and sustainable development of the mountain people in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan (HKH) region have been the main agenda of the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD). Realizing the potential of geographic information (GI) for sustainable mountain development, ICIMOD through its Mountain Environment and Natural Resources Information Systems (MENRIS)...
The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) through its Mountain Environment and Natural Resources Information Systems (MENRIS) program has been focusing on GIS capacity building and networking of the national institutions in the HKH region to promote the development of GIS and its application for sustainable mountain development since early 1990. Developing human...
The Hindu Kush-Hiamalayas (HKH), extending from the mountains of Afghanistan to Myanmar, represents world's highest mountain ecosystems with youngest geological formation and a land of diverse human cultures, religions, indigenous traditional systems, and socio-economic conditions. Majority of the population in the region live in poverty and depend upon the fragile natural resources for...
This presentation “GIS Educational Trends” was given by Mr. Basanta Shrestha on the occasion of the International GIS Day Celebration at Birendra International Conventional Centre (BICC), Kathmandu on 15 November 2006.The Hindu Kush-Himalayan region extends over 3500 km from Afghanistan to Myanmar. Altogether eight countries namely Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, China, Bhutan, Bangladesh...




