Central-Asia
Since 2006, ICIMOD has commissioned various case studies as part of a study on flash flood risk reduction in the Hindu Kush Himalayan region. The purpose of these studies was to create a knowledge base on flash flood processes in different parts of the region with diverse climatic and socioeconomic conditions in order to understand existing flash flood risk management mechanisms, including...
The Mongolian University of Science and Technology (MUST) and the Ministry of Environment and Green Development (MEGD) organize the International Conference on Climate Change in Arid and Semi-Arid Region, which will be hosted from September 19 to 21, 2013, at the Mongolian University of Science and Technology in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
The main theme of this International Conference is...
" The other day I received an email from Dr. Thomas Hofer, the interim coordinator of the Mountain Partnership Secretariat based at the Rome home office of the Food and Agriculture Organization.
As the focal point in Southeast Asia, I was requested to provide an input for the next United Nations Secretary General Report on sustainable mountain development. Getting...
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: ...
For the first time in the history of Mountain Research and Development, an entire issue has been translated. Translation of Vol 32, No 3 into Russian was made possible and carried out by the University of Central Asia’s Mountain Societies Research Centre, who also served as guest editor of this special issue on “Central Asian Mountain Societies in Transition”. Mountain...
The University of Central Asia’s (UCA) Mountain Societies Research Centre (MSRC) and Mountain Partnership Central Asia Hub launched the Sustainable Mountain Development in Central Asia – From Rio 1992 to Rio2012 and beyond Report and a special issue of the journal Mountain Research and Development (MRD) on Central Asian Mountain Societies in...
A new report is available now in the Mountain Pavilion website. This is the "Sustainable Mountain Development Green Economy and Institutions: From Rio 1992 to Rio 2012 and beyond. Global Report 2012 - Final Draft for Rio 2012".
This report presents the key role that mountain societies and resources play in the global green economy. It illustrates the manifold opportunities that mountain...
Mountain societies in Central Asia have experienced systemic economic, political, social, and environmental changes since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, confronting them with accentuated development challenges as well as promising opportunities. This special issue of MRD helps to fill recognized gaps and expose blind spots in knowledge and sustainable development practice for...
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