Centre News
Workshops, meetings and training events (April – September 2009)
Event Date Place
Training on Non-Timber Forest Products’ Survey Techniques 5 – 9 April Kunduz, Afghanistan
NEPCAT Training on Documentation and Dissemination of Sustainable Land 6 – 11 April Dhulikhel, Nepal
Management (SLM) Technologies and Approaches using WOCAT Tools
Blue Bag Seminar: World Water Forum by Andreas Schild, Ramesh Ananda Vaidya, 10 April Kathmandu, Nepal
Mats Eriksson, and Basanta Shrestha, ICIMOD
ERDAS APOLLO Server Training 20 – 24 April Kathmandu, Nepal
Regional Training Course on Glacier Mass Balancing Monitoring 27 April – 15 May Kathmandu, Nepal
National Consultation on Gaoligangshan National Nature Reserve 26 – 27 May CAS, Kunming
Value Chain Expert Meeting 27 – 28 April Kathmandu, Nepal
Training on Documentation and Dissemination of Sustainable Land Management 28 April – 3 May Islamabad, Pakistan
Technologies and Approaches Using WOCAT Tools
ICIMOD Discussion Series: Himalayan Glacier Caves by Mr. Maurice Duchene, 28 April Kathmandu, Nepal
Chairman of the Himalpyramis Association and Honorary Member and Technical
Advisor of the Nepal Canyoning Association
Training on Low Cost Soil and Water Conservation Techniques and Watershed 29 April – 5 May Takhar, Afghanistan
Management Activities
Brown Bag Seminar: Incentive-based Mechanisms for Ecosystem Services by Ines Freier, 6 May Kathmandu, Nepal
ICIMOD
Innovative Asia-Pacifi c Symposium 4 – 7 May Kathmandu, Nepal
ICIMOD Discussion Series: Blending in with the Natural Beauty of Afghanistan – 8 May Kathmandu, Nepal
Experience Sharing of the Establishment of the First National Park Band-i-Amir and the
First Botanical Garden of Afghanistan at Kabul University by Mr. Anne Feenstra, Visiting
Professor, School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi, India
Training on Low Cost Soil and Water Conservation Techniques and Watershed 9 – 16 May Parwan, Afghanistan
Management Activities
Dissemination Workshop on Decision Support Tools and Approaches for Integrated 14 – 15 May Kathmandu, Nepal
Mountain Development
Nepal’s East Regional Rangeland Policy Consultation Workshop 17 May Biratnagar, Nepal
International Workshop on Sustainable Land Management in the Highland of Asia 18 – 22 May Northwest Yunnan,
China
Brown Bag Seminar: Climate Change Adaptation by Mirjam Macchi, ICIMOD 20 May Kathmandu, Nepal
Regional Experience Sharing Consultation on Landscape Approach to Biodiversity 24 – 28 May Yunnan Province,
Conservation and Management in the Eastern Himalayas China
ICIMOD Discussion Series: Experience Implementing a Watershed Programme in 26 May Kathmandu, Nepal
Afghanistan by Sanjeev Bhuchar, HELVETAS, Afghanistan
Photo Exhibition: Himalaya — Changing Landscapes 1 – 12 June Bonn, Germany
Regional Consultation on Sacred Himalayan Landscape Interim Implementation Plan 7 June Ilam, Nepal
Brown Bag Seminar: Impact Assessment in the CGIAR and World Agroforestry 9 June Kathmandu, Nepal
Centre: Current Practice and Remaining Challenges by Dr. Frank Place, Principal
Economist, World Agroforestry Centre Nairobi, Kenya
World Environment Day and Imja Tsho Action Event: Interschool Art and Letter Writing 5 – 8 June & 19 Khumbu Valley, Nepal
Competition June
Regional Workshop on Integrated Tourism Concepts to Contribute to Sustainable 15 – 22 June Kathmandu and
Development in Mountain Regions Mustang, Nepal
Training on Watershed and Flood Risk Management for Engineers from Arunanchal, 16 – 19 June Kathmandu, Nepal
India
Inception Workshop on the Kailash Sacred Landscape Conservation Initiative: 22 – 24 June Kathmandu, Nepal
Developing a Transboundary Framework for Conservation and Sustainable Development
in the Greater Mt. Kailash landscape of China, India, and Nepal
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