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This presentation has been provided by Dr. ZHU Yunqiang from IGSNRR-CAS, China. In his presentation, he describes the Current Status of Scientific Data Sharing and Spatial Data Services in China.
The scientific dataset should not be considered as the private dataset but the value and benefits of scientific data will be embodied only in its exchange and sharing. Chinese Academy of...
MRD, the leading interdisciplinary and development-oriented journal specifically devoted to the world’s mountain regions, has now transitioned to an innovative, online, and open-access form and reaches an even broader public beyond the mountain community. Founded in 1981, MRD advances knowledge of crucial environmental, social and economic issues, within the framework of a sustainable...
<p>Over the past few decades, Bhutan has seen tremendous developments, stemming in part from modern education. At the same time the country has endeavoured to preserve its culture and identity. However, whereas modern education makes the younger generation think in new terms and concepts, the essence of culture is still presented in essentially the same way as in the past. As a result...
Mountains are dynamic in nature compare to the plains and thus they posses some distinct temporal and spatial characteristics in a unique socio-cultural setting. There is also an ever increasing need for spatial and temporal data in planning and management activities for which GIS is being recognised more and more as a common platform for integrating social, economic and environmental data and...
This paper is concerned with the gender and poverty implications of globalisation in the context of the transition to the market economy in Vietnam. As elsewhere, the export oriented garment industry in Vietnam is a major source of employment for women. Women are also actively engaged in the domestic market, both in the formal state and private sector as well as in the informal economy. The...
<p>FEATURES Towards a Low-Carbon Society and its Relevance to Mountainous Regions - Shobhakar Dhakal & Anil K. Raut; Coordinator's Note Interview - Jian Liu</p>
<p>MOUNTAIN HIGHLIGHTS The Need to Synchronise Global Climate Policy with CFM Policy: Experiences from the Himalayan Region - Bhaskar Singh Karky</p>
<p>APMN NEWS Mountain GIS E-...
<p>For more than twenty years, the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development – ICIMOD – has been developing, testing, demonstrating, and disseminating information about approaches to improve the livelihoods of mountain people in an environmentally sound manner. This book provides a candid reflection of the experiences gained – achievements and...
This book contains the proceedings of an international conference on Sustainable Rural Development in Mountainous Regions with a Focus on Agriculture in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) held in July 2004 in Lhasa, hosted by the Tibetan Academy of Agriculture and Animal Sciences (TAAAS) and organised by InWEnt Capacity Building International, Germany, the European Union supported Panam...
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