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Development of an Assessment System to Evaluate the Ecological Status of Rivers in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan Region
Start date:2005-04-15
End date:2008-04-14
Project Acronym:ASSESS-HKH
Project status:Completed
Coordinator
| Organization name:UNIVERSITAET FUER BODENKULTUR WIEN (UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES VIENNA) | |
| Administrative contact | Address |
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Name:Otto |
DEPT. OF WATER, ATMOSPHERE, ENVIRONMENT; INST. OF HYDROBIOLOGY AND AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT Gregor Mendel Strasse 33 VIENNA ÖSTERREICH Region:OSTÖSTERREICH WIEN |
| Tel:+43-1476545211 | |
| Fax:+43-1476545217 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
| URL:http://www.boku.ac.at/hfa | Organization Type:Education |
Description
Objective:
The Hindu Kush-Himalayan region is not only the world's highest mountain region, but also the most populous, covering some 3,500 km² over eight countries from Pakistan in the west to Mynamar in the east. It sustains approximately 140 million people and affects the lives of more than three times as many in the plains and river basins below. The HKH region is a vast storehouse of hydropower, timber, firewood, medicinal plants, rich minerals and last, but not least, water. The specific and verifiable objectives of the ASSESS-HKH Project are: 1. Develop and validate a three-tier methodology to identify environmental hot spots in rivers of the HKH region. For incrementally complex ecological assessment using benthic invertebrates from a manually calculated overview method to computer-aided detail analyses of selected regions or sites. 2. Adapt and further develop an information management tool (application software and databases) to perform analysis calculations for quantification and rating of eco-logical status of rivers based on biotic data. 3. To interpret ecological data collected in the HKH region to validate the assessment methodology and information management tool and provide a basis for policy rec-ommendation, transnational water resource planning and ecosystem management. 4. Capacity Building of local scientists in the field of recognition and application of criteria for biological indicators in ecosystem management. 5. Dissemination and awareness creation on the importance and usefulness of biologi-cal indicators in ecosystem management. The ASSESS-HKH Project addresses research priority A.2.1. (managing humid and semi-humid ecosystems), which is part of the chapter 10.3.1.A of the specific measures in support of international co-operation in developing countries. '
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Project Details
Start date:2005-04-15
End date:2008-04-14
Duration:36 months
Project Reference:3659
Project cost:1329412 EURO
Project Funding:1329412 EURO
Programme Acronym:
FP6-INCO
Programme type:Sixth Framework Programme
Subprogramme Area:Rational use of natural resources, Managing humid and semi-humid ecosystems
Contract type:Specific Targeted Research Project
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Subject index:Earth Sciences, Legislation, Regulations, Policies, Environmental Protection, Coordination, Cooperation, Evaluation, Life Sciences, Education, Training
Other participants
| Organization name:INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT | |
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Name:Mandira |
WATER, HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PO Box 3226 Khumaltar, Lalitpur KATHMANDU NEPAL Region: |
| Tel:+977-1-5525313 | |
| Fax:+977-1-5524509 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
| URL:http://www.icimod.org | Organization Type:Research |
| Organization name:KATHMANDU UNIVERSITY | |
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Name:Subodh |
DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE PO Box 6250 Dhulikhel 7 6250 DHULIKHEL NEPAL Region: |
| Tel:+977-11-661339 | |
| Fax:+977-11-661443 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
| URL:http://www.ku.edu.np | Organization Type:Education |
| Organization name:ALTERNATE HYDRO ENERGY CENTRE, INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE | |
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Name:Mahendra Pal |
AHEC - BIOMASS AND ECOSYSTEM LABORATORY ROORKEE INDIA Region: |
| Tel:+91-1332285836 | |
| Fax:+91-1332272349 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
| URL:http://www.ahec.org.in; http://www.iitr.ernet.in/acads/centers/ahec | Organization Type:Education |
| Organization name:MASARYKOVA UNIVERZITA V BRNE (MASARYK UNIVERSITY IN BRNO) | |
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Name:Karel |
DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY AND ECOLOGY / FACULTY OF SCIENCE / MASARYK UNIVERSITY Zerotinovo nam. 9 BRNO CESKA REPUBLIKA Region:CESKA REPUBLIKA JIHOVYCHOD Jihomoravsky |
| Tel:+420-549493260 | |
| Fax:+420-541211214 | |
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| URL:http://www.muni.cz/toiso-8859-2.en/ | Organization Type:Education |
| Organization name:OTTO-VON-GUERICKE UNIVERSITY MAGDEBURG | |
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Name:Andreas |
FACULTY OF ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT, CHAIR OF ECONOMIC POLICY (VWLIII) Postfach 4120 Universitaetsplatz 2 MAGDEBURG DEUTSCHLAND Region:SACHSEN-ANHALT MAGDEBURG Magdeburg, Kreisfreie Stadt |
| Tel:+49-3916712945 | |
| Fax:+49-3916712971 | |
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| URL:http://www.uni-magdeburg.de/vwl3/ | Organization Type:Education |
| Organization name:BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY | |
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Name:Muhammad Fazlul |
DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES ENGINEERING AND DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING BUET, Ramna DHAKA BANGLADESH Region: |
| Tel:+880-96656507285 | |
| Fax:+880-286130268613046 | |
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| URL:http://www.buet.ac.bd | Organization Type:Education |
| Organization name:NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT COMMISSION SECRETARIAT - THE ROYAL GOVERNEMENT OF BHUTAN | |
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Name:G.karma |
RESEARCH MONITORING & STATISTICS SECTION (RMSS), NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT COMMISSION (NECS) PO Box 466 THIMPU BHUTAN Region: |
| Tel:+975-2323384324323 | |
| Fax:+975-2323385 | |
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| URL:http://www.nec.gov.bt | Organization Type:Other |
| Organization name:UNIVERSITÄT DUISBURG-ESSEN | |
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Name:Daniel |
UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG-ESSEN, CENTRE FOR MICROSCALE ECOSYSTEM (CME), DEPARTMENT OF HYDROBIOLOGY Universitaetsstrasse 2 ESSEN DEUTSCHLAND Region:NORDRHEIN-WESTFALEN DÜSSELDORF Essen, Kreisfreie Stadt |
| Tel:+49-2011833084 | |
| Fax:+49-2011834442 | |
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| URL:http://www.uni-duisburg-essen.de | Organization Type:Education |
| Organization name:PAKISTAN COUNCIL OF RESEARCH IN WATER RESOURCES | |
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Name:Muhammad Arkam |
WATER QUALITY LABORATORY WATER QUALITY LABORATORY PO Box 1849 Khayaban-johar road sector H-8/1 ISLAMABAD PAKISTAN Region: |
| Tel:+92-51-9218992 | |
| Fax:+92-51-9218939 | |
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| URL:http://www.pcrwr.gov.pk | Organization Type: |
Record control number:75147
