This list contains 295 entry(ies).
This highly topical book considers the important question of how best to protect the environment of the Third Pole – the area comprising the Hindu Kush Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau – using the tool of international law.
The Ganges River Basin is shared by four countries – Bangladesh, China, India and Nepal – and though it lacks a regional basin-level cooperation agreement to facilitate its joint management and address common challenges such as floods and climate change, there are four bilateral agreements on the
Author(s):
- Siddiqui, Shawahiq
- Chohan, Shilpa
- Sinha, Vishwa
This publication offers nature lovers and visitors to tropical Asia an intriguing insight into the natural history of some of the continent's least known and most threatened species.
The World Heritage community is currently adopting policies to mainstream human rights as part of a wider sustainability agenda.
Despite increasing recognition of the importance of ecosystem-based approaches for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation, implementation remains mostly underdeveloped worldwide. Lack of knowledge on the implementation process present an important barrier.
Author(s):
- Buyck, Camille
- Miththapala, Sriyanie
- Monty, Fabiola
- Murti, Radhika
Organization(s):
- IUCN Global Ecosystem Management Programme
The objective of this publication is to present lessons learned throughout the process of ‘making the case for ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) ’ to government and other stakeholders, encouraging them to include EbA approaches in broader adaptation strategies, and to bring about the required shif
Using case studies from Nepal, India and Thailand, this paper explores challenges and governance options that can accept social and physical uncertainties and build synergy across the water, energy, and food sectors.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- International Water Association (IWA)
- World Resources Institute (WRI)
The Responsive Forest Governance Initiative (RFGI) is an Africa-wide environmental-governance research and training program focusing on enabling responsive and accountable decentralization to strengthen the representation of forest-based rural people in local-government decision making.
Author(s):
- Jusrut, Poonam
- Mandondo, A. (Alois)
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Council for the Development of Social Sciences Research in Africa (CODESRIA)
- Sweden, SIDA
- University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (UIUC)
Asia has a rich cultural and natural heritage, but rapid development, population growth and an erosion of traditional practices are resulting in habitat loss and degradation, which is putting protected areas in Asia at risk and leading to serious decline in the biodiversity they harbour.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
- Protected Planet
- UNEP
A vast number of national parks and protected areas throughout the world have been established in the customary territories of indigenous peoples.
Author(s):
- Huber, Michael
- Jungmeier, Michael
- Lange, Sigrun
- Chaudhary, Sunita
Author(s):
- Pervushina, Natalia
- Stoner, Sarah
This report provides the findings of biodiversity resource inventory of Bhadaure Tamagi VDC of Kaski district of Western Nepal, with clear mapping of all important ecosystems, including forest, agriculture, wetland and bodies of water.
An eye-opening tour of the rare and exotic, The Kingdom of Rarities offers us a new understanding of the natural world, one that places rarity at the center of conservation biology.
Participatory Learning and Action is the world's leading informal journal on participatory approaches and methods.
Organization(s):
- IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development)
This publication shares IUCN's experiences in developing the world's first gender-responsive national strategies and roadmaps on climate change.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN, Gender and Environment
- Global Gender and Climate Alliance
This report is a systematic and comprehensive study of the status of glacial lakes in Nepal and an assessment of the hazard they pose and of the vulnerability of downstream people and property.
Organization(s):
- Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR)
- International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), NP
- World Bank
A knowledge management study was undertaken in the IUCN Asia Region by Rod Abson, Science and Knowledge Management Officer in the Science and Knowledge Management Unit of IUCN from the 25th of October to 12th of November 2010.
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Science and Knowledge Management Unit
Humla is a remote and mountainous district situated in the north-west corner of Nepal, bordering with China.
Biodiversity within inland water ecosystems in the Eastern Himalaya region is both highly diverse and of great regional importance to livelihoods and economies.
Author(s):
- Allen, D. J.
- Daniel, B. A.
- Molur, Sanjay
Organization(s):
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
- Zoo Outreach Organisation (ZOO), IN
Films included in this compilation are "Mekong: Watch That River!" (2009); "Small Islands, Big Impact" (2009); "South Asia: Crowded Land, Drying Rivers" (2009); and "Yellow River Blues" (2009).
The Himalayas are the water tower of Asia and are a precious resource to be used wisely and protected for human welfare, research and eduction.
Author(s):
- Bhandari, Bishnu
- Suh, Seungh Oh
- Woo, Sung-Hoon
Organization(s):
- Gyeongnam Ramsar Environmental Foundation, KR
- IUCN Nepal
Author(s):
- Fisher, Robert
- McDougall, Cynthia
- Prabhu, Ravi
Organization(s):
- Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), ID
Organization(s):
- CARE International
- IUCN
- IUCN Nepal
- WWF
In recent decades "participatory" approaches to forest management have been introduced around the world. This book assesses their implementation in the highly politicized environments of India and Nepal.
Author(s):
- Blaikie, Piers
- Springate-Baginski, Oliver
Access to justice in environmental law is a worldwide movement dedicated to assisting members of rural communities to achieve redress for environmental harms.This publication contains a review of the rural environmental justice movement in India and Nepal, illustrated with case studies.
Author(s):
- Vani, M. S.
- Asthana, Rohit
- Belbase, Narayan
- Thapa, L. B.
- Moore, Patricia
- Pastakia, Firuza
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Asia Regional Office (ARO)
This collection includes essays on the themes of legislation, landscape, diversity, subsistence, and management. Five chapters focus on Slovenia, seven on other European countries, and four on countries elsewhere in the world.
Organization(s):
- University of Ljubljana, SI
The compendium shows how the scope of research has evolved at IFPRI, as well as in the wider development community.
Author(s):
- Zeller, Manfred
- Schrieder, Gertrud
- Braum, Joachim von
- Heidhues, Franz
Organization(s):
- International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), US
Author(s):
- Shakya, Mangal Man
- Chitrakar, Anil
The report "Dams in Nepal: Ensuring Compliance" summarises findings of a study on ensuring compliance conducted by WAFED-Nepal.
Author(s):
- Chintan, Gopal Siwakoti
- Shrestha, Neeru
Organization(s):
- Germany, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ)
- IUCN Nepal
- Water and Energy Users' Federation (WAFED), NP
This publication is the result of a scoping study undertaken as part of the dialogue on Dams and Development.
Author(s):
- Basnet, Shreshna
- Dixit, Ajaya
Organization(s):
- Germany, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ)
- IUCN Nepal
- Nepal Water Conservation Foundation, NP
This report Gaining Public Acceptance is one of the four products of the dialogue on dams and development Phase II facilitated by IUCN Nepal since 2002 and participated in by government institutions, national and international non-governmental organizations, academicians, private companies, and
Author(s):
- Shrestha, Sugam
- Singh, Anju
- Singh, D. B.
Organization(s):
- Development Based Services Consultancy
- Germany, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ)
- IUCN Nepal
The Comprehensive Options Assessment for Electricity Sector in Nepal analyzes the demand and supply scenario of electricity, water resources policies, environmental concerns of funding agencies, and the comprehensive options assessment in relation to different guidelines.
Organization(s):
- IUCN Nepal
- Winrock International Institute for Agricultural Development, US
- Germany, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ)
It is widely acknowledged that Nepal is one of the rich biological treasure chests of South Asia. There are several hotspots of biodiversity areas of high species richness and species diversity, as well as high levels of rare, endangered and endemic species of plants and animals.
Author(s):
- Joshi, Deependra
- Bhattarai, Badri
- Tiwari, Sagendra
- Shresta, Tirtha B.
- Karki, Sameer
- Amatya, Giridhar
- Aryal, Dwarika
Biological diversity faces many threats throughout the world. One of the major threats to native biological diversity is caused by Invasive Alien Species (IAS) which can damage or replace native animal and plant populations, as well as the health of our ecosystems.
Author(s):
- Adhikari, Bhaskar
- Siwakoti, Mohan
- Subedi, Kanchana
- Tiwari, Sagendra
Author(s):
- Gurung, Om
- Knowler, Duncan
- Wood, Jesse
Organization(s):
- Simon Fraser University, CA
Author(s):
- Shah, Karan Bahadur
- Tiwari, Sagendra
Organization(s):
- IUCN Nepal
- IUCN, Ecosystem and Livelihoods Group, Asia
This document consists of Volume 1, a detailed discussion of some of the available resources on natural resource management concerning the monitoring of gender, poverty, and social equality issues that can be considered best resources or best practices, and Volume 2, an annotated bibliography of
Author(s):
- Gurung, Radha R.
- Koirala, Indira
- Sharma, Devraj
Author(s):
- Baral, Hem Sagar
- Inskipp, Carol
Organization(s):
- Nepal, Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation
- Bird Conservation Nepal, NP
- IUCN Nepal
- Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, UK
Author(s):
- Adhikari, Pradeep
- Bisangkhe, Shiva
- Dixit, Ajaya
Organization(s):
- IUCN Nepal
- Nepal Water Conservation Foundation, NP
IUCN has been working to raise awareness regarding the values of wetland ecosystems, the threats to wetlands, wetland dependent peoples and species, and to build capacity for conservation and sustainable use of wetlands in Nepal.
Author(s):
- Karki, Sameer
- Thomas, Samuel
Organization(s):
- IUCN Nepal
- IUCN, Wetlands and Water Resources Programme
The National Register of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (NRMAP) was put together in the year 2000 to assist His Majestys Government of Nepal in building up a national register of biological diversity.
Organization(s):
- IUCN Nepal
- Nepal, Ministry of Forests and Soil Conservation
Deteriorating air quality is a growing concern in most countries, including Nepal. Many factors are responsible for changing air quality and this varies from one location to another.
IUCNs 5th World Parks Congress (2003) concluded that parks should not exist as unique islands, but need to be planned and managed as an integral part of the broader landscape.
Organization(s):
- IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM)
- Syzygy, NL
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