Ramesh Kathariya, ICIMOD
ICIMOD
For mountains and people
The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) is a regional intergovernmental learning and knowledge-sharing centre founded in 1983. It serves eight countries of the Hindu Kush Himalaya region: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Pakistan.
ICIMOD works to improve the lives and livelihoods of mountain communities by promoting regional cooperation and sustainable development. Its mission is to foster partnerships among member countries to secure a better future for the people and environment of the HKH region.
The organisation supports research, policy development, and innovation in areas such as climate change adaptation, biodiversity conservation, disaster risk reduction, and transboundary landscape management
ICIMOD’s mission is to foster partnerships among member countries to secure a better future for the people and environment of the HKH region. It envisions a resilient and inclusive mountain society supported by knowledge and innovation.
ICIMOD hosts the Hindu Kush Himalayan Biodiversity Information Facility (HKHBIF), a regional node of GBIF. Through HKHBIF, ICIMOD mobilises biodiversity data and strengthens regional capacity for conservation and sustainable development.
ICIMOD collaborates with national governments, international organisations, research institutions, and local communities to drive innovation and knowledge sharing.
The Living Mountain Lab (formerly known as the ICIMOD Knowledge Park at Godavari) is a training and demonstration centre established by ICIMOD in 1993. Located in Godavari, Lalitpur, Nepal, the Lab spans 30 hectares and serves as a practical extension of ICIMOD’s research and innovation efforts.
Its primary goal is to promote sustainable mountain development by testing, showcasing, and disseminating technologies and practices that support climate change adaptation, biodiversity conservation, and improved livelihoods in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) region.
Key Features
Key Focus Area
ICIMOD works for regional cooperation with the following key focus areas and actions
Unprecedented and accelerating changes to water, cryosphere, land and air across the Hindu Kush Himalayas pose a major threat to people, nature and economies in Asia. We are setting out to build greater understanding of these risks locally, nationally, regionally and globally, and to increase communities’ and governments’ resilience and capacity to respond.
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Wildlife, rivers and springs, rangelands and forests across the Hindu Kush Himalaya are in crisis, compounding the existing socio-economic vulnerability of millions of people in the mountains. ICIMOD’s mountain economies and landscapes strategic group works with governments and communities to encourage and sustain low-carbon, mountain livelihoods, enterprises and settlements, and to regenerate and restore biodiversity and ecosystems with and for the mountain peoples who rely on nature.
With scientists predicting devastating near-term impacts of climate change on people’s water and food security, livelihoods and energy sources, and nature already in rapid decline across the Hindu Kush Himalaya, urgent international action, financial support and regional cooperation is needed to help communities and governments prepare and adapt. We are working to ensure the crises faced by the Hindu Kush Himalaya are met with the commensurate urgency nationally, regionally and globally.
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