The PRESHINE project is part of the ANR research programme "Societies and Environmental Changes", édition 2013
The impact of global warming on water resources and human activities in the Dudh Koshi river basin (Everest region, Nepal)
Project coordinator : Isabelle Sacareau (Université Bordeaux Montaigne)
This pluridisciplinary research project (geography, hydrology, glaciology, climatology) sets out to compare climate data (melting of snow and glaciers, precipitation variability) with the discourses, uses and water resource management of the local population who have growing needs (domestic consumption, new irrigated cultures, micro-hydrolectricity development projects) on a territory henceforth governed by the tourist economy.
Permanent membres of CEH who contribute to this research project :
Olivia Aubriot
Joëlle Smadja
International conference
Within the framework of the project ANR PRESHINE, CEH took part in the organisation of the "International Conference on Mountain Development in a Context of Global Change with Special Focus on the Himalayas", which was held on 21-26 April 2018 in Kathmandu.