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Category: Regional data, networks and institutions

13 August 2024
Satellite imagery in rice crop mapping: Sowing the seeds for stronger food security

In 2022 – 2023, Nepal achieved a remarkable 4.33 per cent increase in paddy production, churning out 5.72 million metric tons. The images captured by the satellites provided the crucial baseline information that was required to develop this production data. This technology is known as ‘remote sensing-supported crop area mapping ’, and was conducted by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) in collaboration with Nepal’s Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Department (MoALD).

13 August 2024
ICIMOD and MoALD: Cultivating an effective partnership through state-of-the-art technologies

The SERVIR Hindu Kush Himalaya (SERVIR-HKH) Initiative of the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) and Nepal’s Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Department (MoALD) have been using remote sensing (RS) and machine learning (ML) techniques to adopt new technologies in food security assessment since 2019.

12 August 2024
Regional institutional collaboration and geospatial research: Students lead the way

The Institute of Remote Sensing and GIS of Bangladesh’s Jahangirnagar University leads the way in geospatial research in the country, thanks to its ties with ICIMOD, USAID, and NASA.

12 August 2024
Harnessing Earth observation technology for Bangladesh’s agricultural resilience

As Bangladesh’s Department of Agricultural Extension and ICIMOD firm up a partnership on using remote sensing and Geospatial Information System technologies in the country’s agricultural sphere, crop mapping and flood and drought risk management will now be on a stronger footing.

26 June 2024
Glacial dialogues in China: Uniting minds on climate change 

In the midst of a peak climbing season, a host of cryosphere policymakers, scientists, researchers, students, media personnel, and other stakeholders convened in Chengdu and Sichuan for open conversations and examination of a pressing global issue: climate change and its impact on the Earth’s cryosphere.

6 June 2024
Paying true costs to nature could change capitalism, and the world

Isn’t it time businesses paid for what they use?

Excerpts from Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta’s research on The Economics of Biodiversity (2021), delivered at SANDEE Summer School in Bangkok, Thailand.

16 May 2024
“Places that have been safe for centuries will soon no longer be so” – Arnico Panday

Panday, Academic and Nepal’s National Planning Commission member, argues that higher education institutions urgently need to rethink their role in the context of global temperature rise.

8 February 2024
Continuing to empower women in geospatial information technology and Earth observation

The 2023 iteration of our flagship ‘Empowering women in geospatial information technology’ training successfully built the capacities of over 642 women from across the HKH region.

8 February 2024
Land cover mapping leads Nepal’s climate action strategy through data innovation

Nepal’s National Land Cover Monitoring System (NLCMS) represents a pivotal achievement and is poised to […]

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