The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) is an independent regional knowledge, learning and enabling centre serving the eight regional member countries of the Hindu Kush-Himalayas (HKH) – Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Pakistan – and the global mountain community. Founded in 1983, ICIMOD is based in Kathmandu, Nepal, and brings together a partnership of regional member countries, partner institutions, and donors with a commitment for development action to secure a better future for the people and environment of the Hindu Kush-Himalayas.
The Board of Governors of the
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development approved the new
five-year Strategic Framework and Medium Term Action Plan for 2008-2012 at a
meeting held in Dhulikhel near Kathmandu,
Nepal, from 26 to 28 November. The new strategy foresees three strategic
programmes – Integrated Water and Hazard Management, Environmental Change and
Ecosystem Services, and Sustainable Livelihoods and Poverty Reduction –
supported by a strong knowledge management group and specialists in gender,
equity, governance, and economics, and working together on programmes designed
to help people adapt to climate change and improve their livelihoods while
protecting the environment.
download the strategic framework: pdf version (229kb)
Eco Everest Trust Fund - Joint Appeal
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Natural Resource Management – approaches and technologies in Nepal In the present publication, thirty technologies and approaches from the Nepal Conservation Approaches and Technologies (NEPCAT) database, documented using the WOCAT tool, are being published as printed fact sheets to facilitate sharing with a wider audience. The fact sheets are designed to support the... more
Sharing Knowledge on Disaster Risk Reduction in the Himalayan Region This report is the last in a series of publications prepared under the project ‘Living with Risk — Sharing Knowledge on Disaster Preparedness in the Himalayan Region’, implemented by ICIMOD during 2006 and 2007 and funded mainly by the European Commission through their Humanitarian Aid department... more
Advocacy Strategies and Approaches: A Training of Trainers Manual These two manuals have been developed for potential trainers of community-based organisations (CBOs) in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan region as well as for advocates themselves. The Training Manual provides a guide for conducting training on advocacy applicable to a variety of mountain development issues... more
Advocacy Strategies and Approaches: A Resource Manual These two manuals have been developed for potential trainers of community-based organisations (CBOs) in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan region as well as for advocates themselves. The Training Manual provides a guide for conducting training on advocacy applicable to a variety of mountain development issues... more
Linguistic Diversity and the Preservation of Endangered Languages While many of us worry about the increasing loss of biodiversity from our planet, another kind of diversity loss – less widely publicised but equally disturbing – is affecting the world’s languages and cultures. Over the course of this century, many spoken languages, especially minority languages... more
Participatory Forest Management in South Asia Several participatory forest management approaches have emerged in different countries in South Asia in the effort to develop an effective institutional framework and mechanisms for the management of forest resources. These different approaches have different features, characteristics, and degrees of... more
Newsletter 53 This issue of Sustainable Mountain Development consists of insights and views of eminent scholars and authorities from the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and representative perspectives and experiences of governments... more
Disaster Risk Reduction Conclusions from two workshops on planning processes, social inclusion, and local knowledge for disaster preparedness... more
The Melting Himalayas Regional Challenges and Local Impacts of Climate Change on Mountain Ecosystems and Livelihoods... more
