Hindu Kush-Himalyan
We would like to invite our learned and esteemed partners to actively participate in the Hindu Kush-Himalaya regional e-discussion on Sustainable Mountain Development (SMD), scheduled from 4th till 24th April 2011. The e-discussion is a preliminary brainstorming session for preparing the Hindu Kush-Himalayan status report on challenges and opportunities faced by the region in promoting...
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...

