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"Searching for Shangri-la" will run at Tsinghua University's Fine Arts Museum until May 9, a joint exhibition presenting the work of Himalayan explorers Laurence Brahm and Feng Jianguo .
Laurence Brahm is a documentary film director as well as an explorer. At the launch of the Shangri-la exhibition he announced his next Himalayan expedition, which will provide the material for his documentary: “Searching for the Lotus Master”.
UNDP and Himalayan Consensus to establish an early warning facility to help Nepal respond to disaster and prevent crisis
14 November 2017
Kathmandu, Nepal
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Nepal and Himalayan Consensus Institute (HCI) have entered a partnership to collaborate in the areas of crisis prevention and conflict mitigation.
In an event organized at the Patan Museum on 14 November, UNDP Nepal Country Director Renaud Meyer and HCI Founder Laurence Brahm signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to mark the establishment of a joint initiative for crisis and conflict mitigation in the Himalayan region, highly impacted by climate change. The partnership will focus, among other things, on developing systematic early warning systems ahead of environmental catastrophe to aid governments and communities in their response.
Hon Wai Wai, Institute for the Research of Tibetan Buddhist Heritage, Palace Museum, announced cooperation with UNESCO in digital archiving of Nepal's great religious heritage sites. The collaboration extends to the Department of Archaeology in order to archive the murals, artifacts and architecture of Nepal. Along with the conservation of heritage...
Eckart Roth, Chief Risk Of cer, Peak Re, announced plans to establish an insurance program for earthquake-prone regions of the Himalayas, focusing mainly on emergency relief and reconstruction. As insurance is believed to be essential for stable economic growth,
