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Just over a month after launching the ICIMOD Digital Photo Contest on ‘Water and Life’, we received nearly 3,000 entries from across the region covering the three categories.
A panel of judges has already selected the ‘best’ photo overall, first runner-up, and second runner-up, which will be announced on World Environment Day 5 June 2013.
The next top 30 entries (10 from each...
Over the weekend, 60 young, innovative software developers, engineers, designers, and technologists from Kathmandu came together at the NASA International Space Apps Challenge: Kathmandu Hackathon to develop solutions to pressing global problems. The winning team, Mars Odyssey, consisting of Binayak Dhakal, Roshan Bhatta, and Sakar Pudasaini, developed an easy-to-use tool to teach children...
The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) is organizing a Digital Photo Contest on the theme of 'Water and Life' to celebrate its 30th Anniversary. This contest also coincides with the United Nation’s International Year of Water Cooperation 2013.
The photo contest aims to draw the attention of the public, policymakers and relevant stakeholders to the...
In the series of Mountain Voice project the Climate Himalaya team interviewed Dr. David J Molden, Director General of International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD, Nepal) and discussed about the climate related issues in Himalayan region and about scientific communications and policy making processes.
- Climate Himalaya: Barring exceptions...
ICIMOD is in the process of preparing ICIMOD Calendar 2013 with thematic focus on ‘Water’ covering 10 major river basins of the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region marking ‘2013: International Year of Water Cooperation for UNESCO’. To make this process participatory, we invite suitable pictures from our network members focusing any of 10 major river basins - Amu Darya, Tarim, Bramhaputra, Indus...
Warm greetings on the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples 2012!
The International Day of the World’s Indigenous People has been celebrated every year on 9 August since 1995, the first year of the First International Decade of the World's Indigenous People (1995–2004). In 2004, the UN General Assembly proclaimed a Second International Decade of the...
ICIMOD is a regional knowledge development and learning centre serving the eight regional member countries (RMC’s) of the Hindu Kush-Himalayas (HKH) –Afghanistan, Bangladesh, ...
We are pleased to present this special issue of Asia Pacific Mountain Courier on ‘Youth and Climate Change’ theme highlighting significance of use of ‘Art’ in communicating climate change messages.
Art in all its forms is a powerful means of communication. The arts help overcome barriers of...
PRESS RELEASE: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(30th May 2011, Kathmandu)
The Chair of the ICIMOD Board of Governors, Mr. Tishya Chatterjee, announced in the Board of Governors meeting held on 28th May that <strong>Dr. David Molden</strong> has been selected as the new Director General designate of ICIMOD. He will succeed Dr. Andreas Schild, current Director General of ICIMOD,...
ICIMOD is pleased to announce the release of its Annual Report 2010.
The Report reflects on ICIMOD’s continuing evolution over the past year, as exemplified in the three topics of biodiversity, youth engagement, and remote sensing. It includes an account of ICIMOD’s role in support of the Convention on Biological Diversity, and especially advocacy for mountain biodiversity and...
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