Kathmandu, Nov. 18
Newly
appointed Director General of the International Centre for Integrated Mountain
Development (ICIMOD) Dr. Pema Gyamtsho has taken up his role, beginning
his tenure as part of a major Ministerial Mountain Summit held on 15 October.
He is
the first Director General of ICIMOD who hails from the region.
He
brings to the position a deep passion for the people of the HKH and a
commitment to help address the challenges across the diversity of the
region’s mountain environments, said the ICIMOD in a statement on Wednesday.
Dr.
Gyamtsho’s past achievements span areas, including linking public financing for
environmental sustainability; enactment of legislation focusing on
environmental stewardship, conservation and climate change mitigation; ensuring
an enabling policy environment and community-level readiness for the expansion
of community owned and managed forests.
Likewise,
he had contribution to the establishment of institutions and efforts promoting
high quality research and evidence-based decision making on conservation and
environmental issues; strategic programmatic visioning, planning,
implementation and evaluation; and representation within globally significant
platforms.
Dr
Gyamtsho has expressed his excitement about and commitment to work towards achieving
the mission of ICIMOD for mountains and people of the Hindu Kush Himalaya.
Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 19 November 2020.
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