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Community training manual: management of invasive alien plant species in the Hindu Kush Himalaya
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, (ICIMOD), Nepal, 2017About Transboundary Landscape Initiatives in the Hindu Kush Himalaya:DocumentProceedings of Landscape Governance Training of Trainers, 25 September–5 October 2016, Chitwan, Nepal
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, (ICIMOD), Nepal, 2017The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), in collaboration with the Wageningen UR Centre for Development Innovation (CDI), organized a ‘Landscape Governance Training of Trainers’ in Chitwan, Nepal, from 25 September-5 October 2016.DocumentNatural resource governance at multiple scales in the Hindu Kush Himalaya
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, (ICIMOD), Nepal, 2017Human efforts to address poverty, enhance welfare, and conserve natural resources and the environment often fail because of faulty governance and implementation. Improvements in governance are consistently viewed as means to address the failures of sustainable development and natural resource management.DocumentNorway's Climate and Forest Initiative: Lessons learned and recommendations
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2017This report presents a synthesis of the main findings identified from the external assessments and evaluations carried out since 2009 to date by Norad on Norway’s International Climate and Forest Initiative (NICFI).DocumentProceedings of the Symposium Incentivizing Mountain Communities for Ecosystem Services in the Context of a Changing Climate: International Conference on Biodiversity, Climate Change Assessment and Impacts on Livelihoods
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, (ICIMOD), Nepal, 2017The Context:DocumentTraditional practice and knowledge of indigenous and local communities in Kailash Sacred Landscape, Nepal
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, (ICIMOD), Nepal, 2017The Kailash Sacred Landscape (KSL) is a transboundary landscape (area: 31,252 sq.km) around Mount Kailash. KSL is exceptionally rich in cultural and ecological diversity and has its own traditional systems of resource use and management. KSL Nepal comprises approximately 42.5% of the total landscape area, and covers Baitadi, Darchula, Bajhang and Humla districts.DocumentCosts and benefits of reducing deforestation and forest degradation in Nepal
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, (ICIMOD), Nepal, 2017The purpose of this study was to estimate the benefits and costs of reducing deforestation and forest degradation in different landscapes and management regimes in Nepal, and to provide associated opportunity costs of carbon that can be used as inputs for planning the implementation of REDD+ in Nepal.DocumentThe place of the oceans in Nor way’s foreign and development policy. Meld. St. 22 (2016–2017). Report to the Storting (white paper)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway, 2017This is the first time a Norwegian government has presented a white paper on the place of the seas and oceans in the country’s foreign and development policy. Its aim is to highlight the opportDocumentApplication of eight-step methodology for reviving springs and improving springshed management in the Mid-hills of Nepal
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, (ICIMOD), Nepal, 2017Springs are the main source of water for millions of people in the mid-hills of the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH). Both rural and urban communities depend on springs to meet their drinking, domestic and agricultural water needs. There is increasing evidence that springs are drying up, or their discharge is reducing throughout the HKH. As a result, communities are facing unprecedented water stress.DocumentParticipatory ecosystem-based planning and management: a resource manual for mid-level technicians and development workers
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, (ICIMOD), Nepal, 2017Management of natural resources (land, water, soil, vegetation) has multiple benefits. It not only provides ecosystem goods such as food, timber, fuelwood but also services like regulation of hydrological flows, erosion control, carbon sequestration and conservation of biodiversity.Pages