The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development promotes the replication, upscaling, and dissemination of innovative and sustainable livelihood options, good practices, and appropriate technologies for the sustainable development of mountain areas. A number of such practices and technologies are demonstrated at the Knowledge Park in Godavari, Kathmandu, Nepal, for users to actually see them. Spread over 30 hectares of land, the ICIMOD Knowledge Park in Godavari attracts more than 5,000 visitors every year to learn about new technologies and practices for sustainable land use and natural resource management in hill areas. Typical visitors to the park include students, farmers, government officials, development practitioners, researchers, and entrepreneurs. The park has been designed as an open space for demonstrating renewable energy technologies, water management, vegetation management, soil management, income generation (vegetables, fruits, livestock, fish, beekeeping), biodiversity conservation, ecotourism, and research and support for replication and/or upscaling by visitors and partners alike.
