Dec. 12, 2016: ICIMOD Knowledge Forum on

Glacier Hazards and Mitigation Work in the Peruvian Andes Since 1941

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Ujol Sherchan, ICIMOD's Knowledge Management and Communication Officer, and Director General Dr. David Molden introduced Ing. Cesar Portocarrero, winner of the 2017 Sir Edmund Hillary Mountain Legacy Medal, at a Knowledge Forum set up to share expertise in glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) hazard mitigation. Also in attendance was Dr. John Reynolds, a geophysicist with global experience in natural hazard assessment and mitigation (including the project that lowered Tsho Rolpa in Rolwaling).