1. Landslides in Koshi Basin
Challenges and Opportunities
Dr. Prem Paudel,
Department of Forest and Soil Conservation,
Government of Nepal
Dr. Jianqiang Zhang,
Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment,
China
Ms. Kripa Shrestha,
ICIMOD,
Nepal
Mr. Deo Raj Gurung,
Aga Khan Agency for Habitat,
Tajikistan

2. Rationale Zhang et al., 2016 Zhangmu Landslide Landslides in 1992:
3559
Landslides in 2010:
3402
Total:
5902
0.5 billion m3
Jure Landslide
Zhang et al., 2016
5.5 million m3

3. Existing situation Data:
Historical landslide inventory (1960s, 1992, 2010)
Pre-EQ nation wide landslide inventory of Nepal (CDES-TU, 2015)
NASA Global Landslide Catalog

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5. Existing situation………
Knowledge:
Distribution (inventory) and impact (disaster and loss database) of landslides
Factors inducing landslide
Basin scale landslide susceptible situation – not useful for operational level interventions

6. Existing situation…… Policy Partnership
Policies for environmental protection and DRR exits
No clause specific to landslide risk management
Partnership
Project specific research level partnership (unlike flood where country level joint team exists). ICIMOD’s role to facilitate technical exchanges on landslide risk management through establishment of knowledge hub is important.

7. Gaps Data/sharing platform
Historical landslide lacks metadata (time, trigger mechanism, etc.)
No dynamic landslide inventory system
Common data collection and sharing mechanisms/protocols

8. Gaps Knowledge gap Complex mechanism of landslide genesis
Understanding of landslide – sedimentation – flood nexus
Socio-economics of landside and risk (understanding underlying vulnerability)
Landslide forecasting and early warning

9. Gaps….. Knowledge gap Framework and methodologies not site specific
Effective prevention and mitigation measures
Community based landslide risk management (unlike flood where strong CBDRM practice exits)

10. Gaps….. Policy/framework/guideline
Policies/clauses on control of landslide
Coherent inter-agency guideline to streamline landslide risk management activities
Inter- and intra country framework/instrument on landslide risk management for transboundary situation

11. Gaps…..
Partnership
Partnership between research agencies (academia) and implementing agencies, and national level agencies and community level agencies

12. Opportunities Research & collaboration
Broaden research scope (socio-economic, landslide-sedimentation-flood nexus, control and mitigation)
Transboundary basin wide research
Cross-learning and capacity building through sharing of best practices

13. Opportunities Projects & collaboration
Transboundary basin wide projects on landslide risk management
Formation of Koshi Basin landslide technical team (multi county experts)
Formation of Koshi Basin forum/ knowledge hub

14. Key actions for Koshi DRR Knowledge Hub
Facilitate development, and promote common landslide inventory methods/protocols, and methods to identify critical/priority watersheds/hotspots in Koshi basin, through technical/scientific exchanges
Promote exchange of good practices in landslide risk management across China, Nepal and China

15. Key actions for Koshi DRR Knowledge Hub
Bridge gap between science and policy through:
Promoting research that addresses policy questions
Science – policy forum
Policy brief
Promote trans-boundary and trans-disciplinary exchange of scientific data, information, for scientific research through common knowledge hub

16. Thank you very much!