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OTHER INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS

OTHER INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS EnvironmEntal Policy and law, 38/6 (2008) OTHER INTERNA TIONAL DEVELOPMENTS ICIMOD The Hindu Kush Himalayan Region – Addressing Mountain Challenges – by Krishna Prasad Oli and Madhav Bahadur Karki* The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) was established in 1983 under a common charter signed by UNESCO and the eight regional member countries of the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region. The Government of Nepal enacted the ICIMOD Act through its Parliament in accordance with the agreements reached between it and UNESCO. The Centre’s primary objectives are to develop an economically and environmentally sound mountain ecosystem and to improve the living standards of mountain people in HKH region. The HKH region sustains over 210 million people as well as impacting on the lives of another three times as many people living on the plains and in the river basins below the mountains themselves. It is the world’s highest mountain region, and also contains its poorest people and most complex societal systems. Geographically, the HKH region extends over 3,500 kilometres from Afghanistan in the west to Myanmar in the east, and ranges from the plateau regions of Tibet and other mountain areas of China in the north to the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Environmental Policy and Law IOS Press

OTHER INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS

Environmental Policy and Law , Volume 38 (6) – Jan 1, 2008

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EnvironmEntal Policy and law, 38/6 (2008) OTHER INTERNA TIONAL DEVELOPMENTS ICIMOD The Hindu Kush Himalayan Region – Addressing Mountain Challenges – by Krishna Prasad Oli and Madhav Bahadur Karki* The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) was established in 1983 under a common charter signed by UNESCO and the eight regional member countries of the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region. The Government of Nepal enacted the ICIMOD Act through its Parliament in accordance with the agreements reached between it and UNESCO. The Centre’s primary objectives are to develop an economically and environmentally sound mountain ecosystem and to improve the living standards of mountain people in HKH region. The HKH region sustains over 210 million people as well as impacting on the lives of another three times as many people living on the plains and in the river basins below the mountains themselves. It is the world’s highest mountain region, and also contains its poorest people and most complex societal systems. Geographically, the HKH region extends over 3,500 kilometres from Afghanistan in the west to Myanmar in the east, and ranges from the plateau regions of Tibet and other mountain areas of China in the north to the

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