Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh has reiterated India's commitment to deepening regional cooperation and institution-building in the fields of environment, forestry and climate change.
Mr. Ramesh was in Nepal last week to inaugurate a conference organised by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), which works on fragile mountain eco-systems and livelihoods of mountain people in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan region.
In an exclusive conversation with The Hindu, Mr. Ramesh said India was intensifying its relationship with the ICIMOD. “Between 1983 and 2006, we gave $1 million to the regional organisation. In three years alone — 2009, 10 and 11 — India would contribute half-a-million dollars to the ICIMOD.” The ICIMOD's areas of operations include India, China, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, and Bhutan.
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Sunday, October 10, 2010
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International Symposium on Adaptation in Himalayan Region Highlights Role of Earth Observations
The Symposium was hosted by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) and focused on: remote sensing of the cryosphere; spatial decision support systems for ecosystems; space-based information for disaster management; land-cover change and carbon stocks; transboundary air pollution monitoring; and spatial data infrastructure for adaptation. More...
The Symposium was hosted by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) and focused on: remote sensing of the cryosphere; spatial decision support systems for ecosystems; space-based information for disaster management; land-cover change and carbon stocks; transboundary air pollution monitoring; and spatial data infrastructure for adaptation. More...
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Nepali Times: Kailash conservation
Announcing the plan for the trans-boundary sanctuary in the Himalaya, India’s Minister for Environment and Forestry, Shri Jairam Ramesh said: “This is an important regional eco-system initiative and will address
the environmental, economic and spiritual aspects of Kailash-Mansarovar and will be similar to other transboundary initiatives like Kangchenjunga and the Tarai Arc landscape.”
Ramesh was in Kathmandu on a three-day visit to attend a regional conference on climate change in the Himalaya organised by ICIMOD. He said India had decided to be “much more active” in supporting ICIMOD and would take on an “expanded role”. He handed over a cheque for $160,000 for this year, and pledged another $200,000 for next year.More details...
the environmental, economic and spiritual aspects of Kailash-Mansarovar and will be similar to other transboundary initiatives like Kangchenjunga and the Tarai Arc landscape.”
Ramesh was in Kathmandu on a three-day visit to attend a regional conference on climate change in the Himalaya organised by ICIMOD. He said India had decided to be “much more active” in supporting ICIMOD and would take on an “expanded role”. He handed over a cheque for $160,000 for this year, and pledged another $200,000 for next year.More details...
Climate Change Monitoring System Expanded To Himalayas
NASA has launched a new system which will help experts keep an eye on the impact of climate change in the Himalayan Mountains, an important source of water for more than a million people, according to an AFP report on Tuesday. The new initiative is part of NASA’s ongoing SERVIR project, a regional monitoring system named for the Spanish word to serve. It is also a Spanish-language acronym for Regional Visualization and Monitoring System for Mesoamerica, according to a 2005 press release announcing its launch. More details...
Himalayan Times: I never dreamt I'd be a spaceman: NASA chief
Ramesh Prasad Bhushal "A risk taker wins the game but risk should not be taken in haste."
SERVIR-Himalaya launched
The chief of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Charles F. Bolden, along with Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Michael Yates, on Tuesday launched the SERVIR-Himalaya system in Nepal.
Addressing a youth symposium that is being organised by ICIMOD between October 1 and 6, the NASA chief said there is a need for technological advancement to help in the risk management, caused due to climate change and natural disasters in the region. “There is also a need to develop an economic growth strategy to cope with the impacts of climate change in the region,” he said. More details....
Addressing a youth symposium that is being organised by ICIMOD between October 1 and 6, the NASA chief said there is a need for technological advancement to help in the risk management, caused due to climate change and natural disasters in the region. “There is also a need to develop an economic growth strategy to cope with the impacts of climate change in the region,” he said. More details....
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
"The future lies in regional cooperation based on strong national institutions," he added.
India's Environment and Forests Minister Jairam Ramesh has stressed the need for regional cooperation for the protection of Himalayan glaciers, an official release said Tuesday. Addressing a symposium on 'Bridging the Data Gap for Adaptation to Climate Change in the Hindu-Kush Himalayan Region' in Kathmandu, the minister reiterated the challenges facing the region and the need for solid scientific information as the basis for decision making and improving governance. "The future lies in regional cooperation based on strong national institutions," he added. More details...
Himalayan climate change action urged
More regional and bilateral cooperation is needed to tackle climate change in the Himalayas, an Indian official said. "The behavior of Himalayan glaciers is fundamentally different from that of glaciers in the polar regions and they need special investigation and analysis," Indian Minister for Environment and Forests Shri Jairam Ramesh said Monday, The Himalayan Times reports. Biodiversity does not stop at geographical boundaries and countries have no choice but to work together for protection and management and also to support adaptation," he said. More details...
Nasa launches monitoring system
Kathmandu – A new system that will allow scientists to monitor the impact of climate change in the Himalayas using images from Nasa satellites was launched in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu on Tuesday.
Around 1.3 billion people depend on the water that flows down from the Himalayan glaciers, which experts say are melting at an alarming rate, threatening to bring floods and later drought to the region. More details...
Around 1.3 billion people depend on the water that flows down from the Himalayan glaciers, which experts say are melting at an alarming rate, threatening to bring floods and later drought to the region. More details...
NASA, USAID Expand Environmental Monitoring System to Another Continent
The partners inaugurated this state-of-the-art regional monitoring system, known as SERVIR-Himalaya, at the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development in Kathmandu, Nepal on Oct. 5. NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and USAID's Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator for the Bureau for Economic Growth, Agriculture and Trade Michael Yates attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony in Nepal. More details...
NASA, USAID Expand Web-Based Environmental Monitoring System
SERVIR Program Brings Satellite Imagery, Decision-Support Tools To Himalayan Region
WASHINGTON — NASA and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) have expanded their successful collaboration with international partners to launch an innovative, web-based environmental management system for the Himalayan region. More details...
WASHINGTON — NASA and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) have expanded their successful collaboration with international partners to launch an innovative, web-based environmental management system for the Himalayan region. More details...
NASA Press Release: NASA, USAID Expand Web-Based Environmental Monitoring System
WASHINGTON -- NASA and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) have expanded their successful collaboration with international partners to launch an innovative, web-based environmental management system for the Himalayan region. More details..
SERVIR: Program Brings Satellite Imagery, Decision Support Tools to Himalayan Region
SERVIR works from space to village, bringing people and their environment into harmony. SERVIR does this by providing access to data and models, coupled with training and capacity building that can be used to help decision makers and their constituencies with climate change, environmental monitoring, and assessment of extreme events. In fact, SERVIR-Himalaya has already been helping to map the recent flooding in Pakistan, shown below, through USAID support and NASA satellite data. More details...
Republica: Earth Observation key to tackle climate change
KATHMANDU, Oct 5: Participants at a symposium Monday aired the view that Earth Observation was one of the keys to improving scientific knowledge and understanding of the climate change phenomena in the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region.
Some 250 participants from 24 countries, who gathered here for a three-day international symposium that kicked off Monday, articulated this view. More details...
Some 250 participants from 24 countries, who gathered here for a three-day international symposium that kicked off Monday, articulated this view. More details...
Himalayan Times India ready for regional cooperation
Himalayan News Service
KATHMANDU: The Indian Minister for Environment and Forests Shri Jairam Ramesh urged enhanced regional cooperation to tackle environment issues, including climate change. Minister Ramesh is here on a three-day visit to discuss environment and conservation issues with the authorities of Nepal.“The objective of my visit is to prepare better environment for bilateral and regional cooperation in the field of climate change and other trans-boundary issues on environment and conservation,” said Ramesh to media persons at an international symposium organised by International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD). More details...
Kathmandu Post: India to give aid to LDCs on climate change
KATHMANDU, OCT 04 -
India has said that it will not submit to any global emission reduction regime, but expressed willingness to assist least developed countries in adapting to the impacts of climate change.
A visiting Indian minister said on Monday that India will not commit to any legal binding emission reduction targets under any global climate treaty to be signed in future but is ready to assist developing countries including Nepal to adapt to the impacts of climate change in the region. More Details...
Monday, October 4, 2010
India ready for regional cooperation
KATHMANDU: The Indian Minister for Environment and Forests Shri Jairam Ramesh urged enhanced regional cooperation to tackle environment issues, including climate change.Minister Ramesh is here on a three-day visit to discuss environment and conservation issues with the authorities of Nepal.
“The objective of my visit is to prepare better environment for bilateral and regional cooperation in the field of climate change and other trans-boundary issues on environment and conservation,” said Ramesh to media persons at an international symposium organised by International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD). More details...
“The objective of my visit is to prepare better environment for bilateral and regional cooperation in the field of climate change and other trans-boundary issues on environment and conservation,” said Ramesh to media persons at an international symposium organised by International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD). More details...
India commits to help smaller neighbours cope with climate change
Aware of the need to work together, India has committed to help its smaller neighbours cope with effects of climate change. Stressing that there is no rift with neighbours on the issue, Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh told on Monday that India would do its bit to help others in capacity building exercises.
“We have a substantial commitment to help our South Asian neighbours adapt to effects of climate change,” he said while addressing a press conference here. More details...
“We have a substantial commitment to help our South Asian neighbours adapt to effects of climate change,” he said while addressing a press conference here. More details...
जलवायु परिवर्तनका मुद्दामा भारत नेपालसंग सहकार्य गर्न तयारः भारतीय वातावरणमन्त्री रामेश
काठमाडौ, आश्विन १८ - भारतका वातावरण तथा वनमन्त्री श्रीजयराम रामेशले जलवायु परिवर्तनका मुद्दामा नेपाल लगायतका कम विकसित मुलकसंग भारत सहकार्य गर्न तयार रहेको बताएका छन् । सोमबार राजधानीमा अन्तराष्ट्रिय पर्वतीय विकास केन्द्र (इसिमोड) द्वारा आयोजित कार्यक्रममा उनले नेपाल, भुटान, माल्दिभ्स लगायतका मुलुक जलवायु परिवर्तनको जोखिममा परेकाले त्यसको असर न्यून गर्न भारत तयार रहेको बताए । More details...
Gorkhapatra: Climate change critical issue: Nembang
Kathmandu, Oct 4 - Chairman of Constituent Assembly Subash Chandra Nembang Monday said that since climate change was becoming a challenging issue globally, Nepal was also trying its best to minimize the harms of climate change.
Inaugurating the opening ceremony of international symposium "Benefiting from Earth Observation: Bridging the Data Gap for Adaptation to Climate Change in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan Region" organized by International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Nembang said that analysis and data on climate change were inadequate and stressed on the need of filling the gaps.
"Nepal is trying its best to minimize the harms of climate change. Our country succeeded in throwing light on the plight of developing countries crippled by climate change in Cop-15," said Nembang. More details...
Inaugurating the opening ceremony of international symposium "Benefiting from Earth Observation: Bridging the Data Gap for Adaptation to Climate Change in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan Region" organized by International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Nembang said that analysis and data on climate change were inadequate and stressed on the need of filling the gaps.
"Nepal is trying its best to minimize the harms of climate change. Our country succeeded in throwing light on the plight of developing countries crippled by climate change in Cop-15," said Nembang. More details...
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