Full coverage: Impacts of climate change on Hindu Kush Himalayan region
The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development assessed the ecologically important but fragile region for the very first time. Here'…
Nepal landslide was a disaster waiting to happen, say experts
Local people had alerted authorities to persisting threat; landslides in the region have claimed 150 lives since 1990
Imbalances need to be improved
Egbert Pelinck , director general, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Kathmandu, spoke to Prakash Khanal on …
Himalayan meltdown: Number of glaciers in Hindu Kush Himalayan region is rising
Rapid warming of the region leads to not only melting of glaciers but also fragmentation, says the area’s first-ever assessment
Water harvesting
Participants from five countries, including India, discuss ways to improve water harvesting systems
ICFRE-ICIMOD’s REDD+ Himalayan programme extended till 2020
Launched in January 2016 in Mizoram, the project addressed the drivers of deforestation and forest degradation in India's Himalayan states
Plastic crisis in the mountains: Will extended producer responsibility bring in change
EPR initiatives so far have been few and far, and in no way keeping up with the levels of plastic pollution they cause
Glacier through drone's eye
Researchers use new technology to gather data in rugged, inaccessible Himalayan terrain
The Himalayan waters: complex challenges and regional solutions
Countries in the Hindu Kush Himalayan region should recognise the potential of water resources for sustainable development
Nepal: dams, ill-planned development have made Sun koshi valley vulnerable
Five hydropower projects and large human settlement along Araniko highway should not have been there in the first place, says expert
Mountaineer, ecologist and now champion of women's rights
Harshwanti Bisht, who will receive the Edmund Hillary medal this month for conservation work around Gangotri, has set out on a new mission—…
Himalayan states also face risk of glacial lake outburst floods
The region is surrounded by 8000 glacial lakes, 200 of them potentially dangerous
Sikkim at risk of devastating floods from glacial lake outbursts
State drags its feet over installing early warning systems
How to contain Himalayan tsunamis
The Himalaya has one of the most fragile topographies among mountain ranges of the world on account of being the youngest. Even though its phase …