Events

SANDEE Summer School on Environmental and Resource Economics - 2019

The South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics (SANDEE), an initiative of the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) under its Regional Programme on Mountain Knowledge and Action Networks, is organizing a three-week Summer School on Environmental and Natural Resource Economics from 5–19 May 2019. The main objective of the Summer School is to provide economists the basic skills necessary to teach and conduct research in environmental and natural resource economics.

Fourth Partnership Certified Training

The Fourth Partnership Certified Training is scheduled to be held from 11 to 14 February 2019 in Thimphu, Bhutan. The Partnership Brokers Association (PBA) is delivering the training in partnership with the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD).

Regional Editors’ Meet and Launch of the Hindu Kush Himalaya Assessment: Mountains, Climate Change, Sustainability and People

The Hindu Kush Himalayan Monitoring and Assessment Programme (HIMAP) is a long-term, integrated science-policy initiative coordinated by ICIMOD that aims to promote enabling policies, sustainable solutions, and more robust regional cooperation in the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region to sustain mountains, environments, and livelihoods.

Training on Land Cover Mapping Using Earth Observation Data

Regional Land Cover Production Workshop on Primitive Assembly and Accuracy Assessment

The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD); the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC); the Geospatial Service and Technology Center (GTAC), United States Forest Services (USFS); and SilvaCarbon are co- developing a flexible regional land cover monitoring system (RLCMS).

Regional Workshop on Future Climate Projections and Their Applications in South Asia

South Asia is a region highly sensitive to climate variability and change. With a strong international emphasis now on the formulation of national adaptation plans (NAPs) to increase resilience to climate change, questions arise as to whether decision- and policy-makers in the region have access to quality future climate projections that are fit for purpose.