Public Products - Project outcome

On this site you will find all products, which are generated directly from the ASSESS-HKH research work.


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Proceedings of the Scientific Conference Rivers in the Hindu Kush-Himalaya – Ecology & Environmental Assessment (ISBN 978-3-00-024806-1)

This volume provides the extended abstracts of presentations given on the conference “Rivers in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan Region: Ecology and Assessment” held in Kathmandu and Dhulikhel, Nepal, 3-7 March 2008. It furthermore includes some contributions, which were not presented on the conference but result from the project ASSESS-HKH (Development of an Assessment System to Evaluate the Ecological Status of Rivers in the Hindu Kush-Hima- layan Region).

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Software

ECODAT Version 4.0
download (zip/setup, 18 MB)

Manual for the ASSESS-HKH data-input and calculation program (HKHdip) Version 4.0 [Deliverable 14.1]
download (pdf, 820 KB)

Manual for the ASSESS-HKH calculation module – Screening (HKHscreening) [Deliverable 14.2.]
download (pdf, 406 MB)

Manual for the ASSESS-HKH calculation module – Score Bioassessment (HKHbios) [Deliverable 14.3]
download (pdf, 260 KB)

Preparatory work – typology, reference conditions, pressures and impacts

Description of a simple operative top down stream typology for the HKH region [Deliverable 4]
download (pdf, 350 KB)

List of reference criteria for the individual stream types and list of reference sites to be investigated [Deliverable 5]
download (pdf, 3.3 MB)

Synthesis report – River water quality policies, and pressures and impacts in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan region [Deliverable 6 - Volume I]
download (pdf, 680 KB)

Country report - River water quality policies, and pressures and impacts in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan region [Deliverable 6 - Volume II]
download (pdf, 2.3 MB)

Sampling & sorting work

Manual on pro-rata Multi-Habitat-Sampling of benthic invertebrates from wadeable rivers in the HKH region [Deliverable 8 - Part 1]
download (pdf, 1.3 MB)

Manual for sorting of benthic invertebrates from rivers in the HKH region – standard operation procedure within ASSESS-HKH [Deliverable 8 – Part 2]
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Status report on: Sampling (incl. site protocols) and laboratory results entered into database for use in WP 5 [Deliverable 9]
download (pdf, 210 KB)

Protocols

HKH site protocol
download (pdf, 250 KB)

Manual for HKH site protocol
download (pdf, 90 KB)

Checklist for field and laboratory
download (pdf, 50 KB)

Method development & results

ASSESS-HKH Methodology manual describing fundamentals & application of three approaches to evaluate the river quality based on benthic invertebrates: HKH screening, HKH score bioassessment & HKH multimetric bioassessment [Deliverable 10]
download (pdf, 1.3 MB)

Current status of the HKH macroinvertebrate taxa catalogue with ecological information [Deliverable 11]
download (pdf, 440 KB)

River quality maps for five representative river sections in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan region [Deliverable 15]
download (pdf, 3.2 MB)

Policy recommendations for mitigation strategies for sustainable water management in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan region [Deliverable 16]
download (pdf, 800 KB)

Dissemination

Volume I: Documentation about the information events at the local level [Deliverable 18]
download (pdf, 110 KB)

Volume I, Annexes: Examples of posters, flyers and questionnares for information events [Deliverable 18]
download (pdf, 22 MB)

Volume II: Documentation about the information events at the local level carried out from April 2005 to September 2006 [Deliverable 18]
download (pdf, 120 KB)

Volume II, Annexes: Reports on information events carried out in the individual countries [Deliverable 18]
download (pdf, 2.4 MB)

Volume III: Documentation of the information events carried out by ASSESS-HKH [Deliverable 18]
download (pdf, 150 KB)

Scientific publications and presentations [Deliverable 20]
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Public posters & flyers

Information flyer 1: download (pdf, 315 KB)

Information flyer 2: download (pdf, 315 KB)

Public poster 1: download (pdf, 3 MB)

Public poster 2: download (pdf, 3 MB)

Public poster 3: download (pdf, 5.4 MB)

Public poster 4: download (pdf, 6.5 MB)

Last update 2008-09-05