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Knowledge Disconnect in Himalaya

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Knowledge Disconnect in Himalaya

Much has been said about Himalayas and its beautiful mountains, rich biodiversity and rich culture. But, sometime it seems that the inhabitants in the region are not cognizant about this richness. Are they?Let me take one of the factors that contributed to such situation in Hindu Kush Himalayan region and that is ‘disconnected…See More
Oct 24, 2011
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Climate Himalaya

Climate Himalaya is an initiative in Himalayan region that works on climate change adaptation through knowledge networking and sharing. Started in year 2010 in INDIA this initiative works in 4 Himalayan countries like India, Nepal, Bhutan and Pakistan, while it works on four cross cutting thematic areas of Water, Forest, Livelihood and Mountain Ecosystem Functions. Climate Himalaya's area of major work are in to Awareness generation, Knowledge networking, Capacity building and Mountain related…See More
Oct 24, 2011
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Aaranyak is a premier non-Governmental organization of North- Eastern part of India, that works mainly on nature conservation, community based natural resources management, livelihoods, natural hazards and climate change issues. Read More>>   The…
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Climate Change in the Hindu Kush Himalayas and Disaster Preparedness by Authorities in India

The vision of India’s National Disaster Management Authority-NDMA http://ndma.gov.in/ndma/index.htm is ‘to build a safer and disaster resilient India by developing a holistic, pro-active, multi-disaster and technology-driven strategy for disaster management through collective…See More
Jan 6, 2011
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Effective Resourcing to Address Climate Change-Experiences from Himalaya

In the recent Regional Climate Change Adaptation Knowledge Platform (http://bit.ly/9rCs7C ) 21-22 October 2010 in Bangkok, a civil society representative from Bangladesh highlighted that, “the NGOs in Bangladesh are flooded with Climate Adaptation Funds”.  This statement is an indication that availability and access to adaptation funds is less of an issue for this country and that the more important issue is the careful monitoring of the use of such fund and…See More
Dec 19, 2010
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Community Water

What steps are involved in developing community water projects? What different types of water projects are there & what practical tools are available? Let’s share discussions, blogs, scientific documents, field guides, photos, videos & case studies.See More
Dec 13, 2010
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Adapting to Climate Change

What does adapting to climate change mean at the community level? What practical tools can we use in communities for adaptation? Let’s explore this theme and share discussions, blogs, scientific documents, field guides, photos, videos & case studies.See More
Dec 13, 2010
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"Hello K N! Thank you for joining our new development community – and welcome. CSDi course participants had quite bit to say about what this network was about. I’m looking forward to seeing you join some groups and enter some…"
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International Mountain Day 2010 and Himalaya

Many of us celebrated Mountain Day on 11 December 2010. Our congratulations to all of you on this occasion, with the hope that we all could highlight the vital and omni-connectedness of Mountains around the world. We feel that, mountains and its communities will be recognized important as well as vulnerable on various fronts. We have covered the ongoing events around the world on this occasion at:…See More
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A native of Himalayas, my work and interest remained in these mighty and beautiful mountains. A seasoned professional, worked on various environment and development issues over decade in India and its mountains. Trained in various ecosystem approaches in water resources, bio-diversity, farming and climatic issues. At present work on an initiative, called 'Climate Himalaya Initiative' http://chimalaya.org , and involved in developing the first phase of knowledge networking and partnership among interest groups.

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Who Cares-God can only save them..

During January, I wrote an article on the preparedness of our government and agencies in disaster preparedness (Link>>) in Himalayan region of Asia. And  now we… Continue

Posted on March 25, 2011 at 7:41am

Almighty Ganges-Can We!

In south Asian region over 75 percent of the people live in rural areas, those have little access to safe potable water systems. Until, recently, people depended more on surface water which was exposed to microbial contamination resulting in water related disease like gastroenteritis, typhoid, dysentery,… Continue

Posted on March 25, 2011 at 7:39am

Climate Change in the Hindu Kush Himalayas and Disaster Preparedness by Authorities in India

The vision of India’s National Disaster Management Authority-NDMA http://ndma.gov.in/ndma/index.htm is ‘to build a safer and disaster resilient India by developing a holistic, pro-active, multi-disaste r and technology-driven strategy for disaster management through… Continue

Posted on January 6, 2011 at 8:45pm

Effective Resourcing to Address Climate Change-Experiences from Himalaya

In the recent Regional Climate Change Adaptation Knowledge Platform (http://bit.ly/9rCs7C ) 21-22 October 2010 in Bangkok, a civil society representative from Bangladesh highlighted that, “the NGOs in Bangladesh are flooded with Climate Adaptation Funds”.  This statement is an indication that availability and access to adaptation funds is less of an issue for this country and that the more important issue is the careful monitoring of the use of such fund…

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Posted on December 19, 2010 at 10:13am

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At 7:39am on December 13, 2010, Tim Magee said…

Hello K N!

Thank you for joining our new development community – and welcome.

CSDi course participants had quite bit to say about what this network was about.
 
I’m looking forward to seeing you join some groups and enter some discussions.

I also look forward to collaborating with a new friend from India.

Thanks again!


Tim Magee

 
 
 

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