In this episode we listen to Pema Gyamtsho, Director General of ICIMOD, the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development discuss the role of ICIMOD and the Hindu Kush Himalaya Report. Following his speech representatives from three Himalayan Countries share Scientific Perspectives from their countries.

They are:

Ganesh Paudel, Joint Secretary and Deputy Director General, Department of Forests and Soil Conservation, Ministry of Forests and Environment, Nepal
Ghulam Muhammad, HKH High-Level Task Force Member; Chairman, the Pakistan Agricultural Research Council
Huzur Ali, HKH High-Level Task Force Member; Joint Secretary, Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs, Bangladesh

The Panel is chaired by by Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, Chairman of Arctic Circle and former President of Iceland.

This event originally took place at the 2023 Arctic Circle Abu Dhabi Forum.

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The Hindu Kush Himalaya Report and Scientific Perspectives from Himalayan Countries