Indrajit Pal

Asian Institute of Technology
Village mobility and local resource utilisation are adaptation strategies in Nepal’s Koshi Floodplain
Keywords:

Community wisdom · Coping strategy · Disaster risk management · Disaster risk reduction · Local and traditional knowledge

Village mobility and local resource utilisation are adaptation strategies in Nepal’s Koshi Floodplain

Rivers have historically been vital to human civilisation, fostering growth and societal evolution. While there has been a shift in population elsewhere, rivers remain hubs of activity, with the advent of new technologies and infrastructure development to attenuate the risk of hazards. However, many traditional communities are still living in river floodplains that routinely face...

Paudel, P.K., Timilsina, R.R.C., Sinha, R., Parajuli, S., Abedin, M.A., Adhikari, B.R., ... Huntington, H.P. (2025). Village mobility and local resource utilisation are adaptation strategies in Nepal’s Koshi Floodplain. APN Science Bulletin, 15(1). doi:10.30852/sb.2025.3075

Sustaining livelihoods and building resilience: Policy implications for the Lower Mekong Basin
Keywords:

Livelihood · Lower Mekong Basin · Resilience · Tool framework

Sustaining livelihoods and building resilience: Policy implications for the Lower Mekong Basin

The diverse agricultural landscape in the Lower Mekong Basin (LMB) encompasses vulnerable smallholder farmers, whose livelihoods are exposed to the impacts of natural hazards, environmental degradation and climate change. This paper aims to understand the vulnerability and risk drivers to agricultural livelihoods in the LMB and the existing capacities, policies and strategies to strengthen livelihoods....

Pal, I., Baskota, A., Dhungana, G., Banerjee, S., Udmale, P., Gadhawe, M.A., ... Sophat, S. (2024). Sustaining livelihoods and building resilience: Policy implications for the Lower Mekong Basin. APN Science Bulletin, 14(1). doi:10.30852/sb.2024.2723

Fostering the Regional Circulating and Ecological Sphere approach to translate global goals into local actions: Lessons from national scoping workshops in ASEAN countries
Keywords:

Regional Circular and Ecological Sphere (Regional-CES) · Regional development · Resiliency · Resources management · Rural-urban linkage · Sustainable development · Urban-rural

Fostering the Regional Circulating and Ecological Sphere approach to translate global goals into local actions: Lessons from national scoping workshops in ASEAN countries

The Regional Circulating and Ecological Sphere (Regional-CES) is a guiding concept for environmental policies to support the achievement of the sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in urban and rural communities with maximum utilisation of local strengths and resources. To promote the Regional-CES concept as a useful guiding principle, a scoping project was designed to engage key...

Kojima, S., Mitra, B.K., Tachibana, M., Pulhin, J.M., Anders, C., Pal, I., ... Imanari, Y. (2024). Fostering the Regional Circulating and Ecological Sphere approach to translate global goals into local actions: Lessons from national scoping workshops in ASEAN countries. APN Science Bulletin, 14(1). doi:10.30852/sb.2024.2633