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Annual Report 2006 IInternationalnternational CCentreentre fforor IIntegratedntegrated MMountainountain DDevelopmentevelopment AAnnualnnual RReporteport 22006006 wwww.icimod.orgww.icimod.org Copyright© 2007 Published by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development All rights reserved ISSN: 1019-1356 Editorial team Binod Bhattarai (Consultant), A. Beatrice Murray, Joyce M. Mendez, Nira Gurung, Asha Kaji Thaku with contributions from all the ICIMOD Programmes Layout design and execution: Payas Chhetri Cover photo by Xu Jianchu Tibetan women harvest barley in Linzhi County, Tibet Autonomous Region of China Please direct all enquires and comments to: the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development GPO Box 3226, Kathmandu, Nepal Telephone (977-1) 5003222 Fax (977-1) 5003299 / 5003277 Email: [email protected] Web: www.icimod.org Printed by: Hillside Press Pvt. Ltd., Kathmandu, Nepal The views and interpretations in this report do not imply the expression of any opinion concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area of its authorities, or concerning the delimination of its frontiers or boundaries. Annual Report 2006 IInternationalnternational CCentreentre fforor IIntegratedntegrated MMountainountain DDevelopmentevelopment KKathmandu,athmandu, NNepalepal Contents DDirectorirector GGeneral’seneral’s RReporteport TThehe MMediumedium TTermerm PPlanlan 22003-2007003-2007 IICIMOD’sCIMOD’s Pro-mountainPro-mountain PPolicyolicy TThrusthrust HHighlightsighlights ooff IIndicativendicative AAchievements:chievements: KKeyey SStrategictrategic OOutcomesutcomes 4 PPromotingromoting pproductiveroductive aandnd ssustainableustainable ccommunity-basedommunity-based mmanagementanagement ooff 5 vvulnerableulnerable mmountainountain nnaturalatural rresourcesesources Rangeland co-management 5 Livelihood needs and conservation concerns 6 Low cost, low tech watershed management 8 Policy case studies 8 PPromotingromoting iincreasedncreased rregionalegional aandnd llocalocal cconservationonservation ooff mmountainountain 09 bbiologicaliological aandnd cculturalultural hheritageeritage Collaborative policies for transboundary conservation 9 Promoting a ‘shift’ in shifting cultivation 11 Developing a Mountain Knowledge Hub portal 12 PPromotingromoting iimprovedmproved aandnd ddiversiiversifi eedd iincomesncomes fforor vvulnerableulnerable aandnd 1133 mmarginalisedarginalised mmountainountain ppeopleeople Diversifying farmer incomes 13 Conservation and sustainable use of medicinal and aromatic plants 15 Women, energy, and water in the Himalaya 16 Promoting community-based mountain tourism 16 PPromotingromoting ddecreasedecreased pphysicalhysical vvulnerabilityulnerability wwithinithin wwatershedsatersheds aandnd 1177 rregionalegional rriveriver bbasinsasins Integrated and regional approach to vulnerability management 17 Sharing information for fl ood risk mitigation 17 Glacial lake outburst fl oods 18 Improving health related to the environment 18 Climate change and environmental services 19 Preparing for earthquakes 19 PPromotingromoting ggreaterreater vvoiceoice aandnd iinnfl uuence,ence, ddignity,ignity, ssecurity,ecurity, aandnd ssocialocial 2211 eequalityquality fforor aallll mmountainountain ppeopleeople Inclusive research and development 21 Rights to livelihood resources 22 Pro-poor policies 22 Coalitions for people-centred advocacy 23 Information and knowledge sharing 24 Integration of gender approaches 24 Access and benefi t sharing 24 IICIMODCIMOD BBookshelfookshelf 22006006 2255 SStafftaff PPublicationsublications 22006006 2277 CCountryountry RReportseports 3311 AAfghanistanfghanistan 3322 BBangladeshangladesh 3344 BBhutanhutan 3366 CChinahina 3388 IIndiandia 4411 MMyanmaryanmar 4444 NNepalepal 4455 PPakistanakistan 4499 SSpecialpecial ttheme:heme: MMountainountain FForumorum 5522 IInternationalnternational CCollaboratingollaborating IInstitutionsnstitutions 5555 SSignedigned MMemorandaemoranda ooff UUnderstandingnderstanding aandnd LLettersetters ooff AAgreementgreement 5577 IICIMODCIMOD DDonorsonors 22006006 5599 IICIMODCIMOD BBoardoard ooff GGovernorsovernors 22006006 6600 SStafftaff MMembersembers ooff IICIMODCIMOD 22006006 6611 IICIMODCIMOD IIncomencome aandnd EExpenditurexpenditure AAccounts,ccounts, 11997-2006997-2006 6666 AAuditudit RReporteport 6699 Xu Jianchu A Tibetan mountain lad Director General’s Report he Annual Report for 2006 highlights ICIMOD’s plants, disaster management tools, and others that Twork through the lens of policy. are highlighted here as an illustrative selection. As the mechanism whereby knowledge is translated ICIMOD’s strategy also recognises that policy has into action, supporting the development and regional and global dimensions. ICIMOD’s work in implementation of good policy is central to ICIMOD’s supporting policy making has involved providing the mission of serving the peoples and environments platform for sharing, comparing, and harmonising of the Himalaya. Incorporation of the results of policies on a regional – and even global basis. applied and multidisciplinary research conducted by Sharing information on fl ood forecasting in real time, ICIMOD and our partners into appropriate policy is understanding climate change impacts, coordinating essential for enabling widespread applications and policies on transboundary biodiversity conservation good impacts – for making a real difference in the or medicinal plant cultivation and marketing, lives of mountain communities and their millions of following vectors of disease related to land use, downstream neighbours. supporting decentralised energy production are all examples of policy areas that demand – or at Policy is primarily the mandate of national and least greatly benefi t from – regional and global sub-national governments. ICIMOD is a non-political cooperation and capacity building. Through its inter-governmental centre whose principal job is to support for the global Mountain Forum Secretariat help identify, test, and disseminate knowledge on hosted at ICIMOD, mountain minds from all over the mountain development approaches that enhance world contribute to the fund of ideas and solutions livelihoods, equity, and environmental sustainability. available. With the new strategy adopted in the current In a world where increasingly strident voices and medium term action plan, ICIMOD recognises a baffl ing array of knowledge sources battle for that this role could no longer be served only the attention of decision makers, ICIMOD’s role of by publishing and disseminating knowledge to working with its partners to keep the needs and key government decision makers – but shall also opportunities of marginalised mountain women and more directly support policy. As the agents for men in clear scientifi c focus becomes increasingly disseminating and shaping policy are many, this has important. The Centre’s work has shown that there required a multi-pronged approach. Grassroots are a number of policies affecting natural resource groups and federations, elected representatives, management and diverse economic options for responsible NGOs, development agencies and mountain areas that can increase incomes and projects, media and electronic networks, and forums environmental sustainability. Maintaining this are all key actors in developing, debating, and balance between livelihoods and conservation, while adopting policies that effect mountain livelihoods. also ensuring that policies are more socially inclusive Each of these actors are increasingly being drawn and equitable, will continue to be ICIMOD’s primary more effectively into ICIMOD’s strategic activities. challenge well into the future. It is a challenge well ICIMOD has learned that its role is to support these worth taking. partners’ knowledge base, their advocacy, and their implementation capacity for more effective policies. For example, opening up national and regional debates and developing new legislation affecting shifting cultivation is one of many examples reported on here. As a rotational agroforestry system with a burn cycle, ICIMOD research has shown that shifting cultivation often contains elements of technical innovation, equitable redistribution, biodiversity J. Gabriel Campbell Ph.D conservation, and pollution prevention that are worthy of support rather than suppression. Networks of scientists, grassroots advocates, and high level policy makers have shown that they can galvanise major policy changes based on ICIMOD’s facilitation. There are similar examples for indigenous honeybees, rangeland co-management, medicinal The Medium Term Plan 2003-2007 ICIMOD’s strategic approach during the phase Agriculture and Rural Income Diversifi cation (ARID); 2003-2007 is outlined in its strategy document Water, Hazards and Environmental Management ‘Partnerships in Sustainable Mountain Development (WHEM); Culture, Equity, Gender and Governance – Securing the Future of the Hindu Kush-Himalayas’, (CEGG); Policy and Partnership Development (PPD); and the implementation process in the Medium Term and Information and Knowledge Management (IKM). Action Plan 2003-2007 (MTAP). The focus of each programme and some of the salient contributions to the long-term strategic goals The strategy describes fi ve long-term strategic are summarised below. objectives. • Productive and sustainable community-based NNaturalatural RResourcesesources MManagementanagement management of vulnerable mountain natural resources ((NRM)NRM) • Increased regional and local conservation of Programme Focus: Institutional, technological,
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