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		<title>Mountain Perspective: Monism Of Ideas And Actions To Alternatives</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2012/05/07/mountain-perspective-monism-of-ideas-and-actions-to-alternatives/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 03:47:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Himalaya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Link button by LinkskuDr. Sudhirendar Sharma: I&#8217;m indeed grateful to all the members who made written submissions to the discussions on &#8216;rewriting mountain perspective&#8216;. At bilateral level, many others have contributed their unwritten thoughts and reflections. While many have gone public with their inputs, others have restricted themselves to drawing-room conversations such that they remain [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bits and pieces 10: Global Warming in Pictures</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 01:45:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Himalaya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Link button by LinkskuJ.C.Moore: Science is about using observation and reason to understand the physical world. Some people are suspicious of computer models and theories; so here is some of the the basic data in pictures and graphs. Ice core data gives a good picture of what has happened to the Earth in the last several [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting Some Basics Right In The Mountains&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2012/02/28/getting-some-basics-right-in-the-mountains/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 07:52:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Himalaya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Link button by LinkskuMr. Cyril R Raphael: In this article Mr. Raphael writes the agony of mountains in general by taking an example of overall development in one of the Indian mountain states called Uttarakhand. His discourse covers the social and economic development, governance, leadership, availability of basic amenities, health, education, livelihood, effectiveness of information [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Revisiting Mountain Perspective: Reasons And Challenges</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2012/02/27/revisiting-mountain-perspective-reasons-and-challenges/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 03:56:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>K N Vajpai</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Link button by LinkskuK N Vajpai: This article is in the series of responses to ongoing discussion on &#8216;Mountain Perspective&#8217; at http://bit.ly/yYlbpl . It looks in to the aspects of mountain perspective and specificities as mentioned by Dr. N. S. Jodha during 1992s, and compares them in present  context. For the reference of readers and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Remote, Fragile And Marginal: On Mountain Perspective</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2012/02/02/remote-fragile-and-marginal-on-mountain-perspective/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:46:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Himalaya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Link button by LinkskuBenedicto Q Sánchez: And so our Kathmandu dinner discussions continue, but this time virtually and through the internet. Five days ago, Dr. Sudhirendar Sharma asked me for my comments on his article &#8220;Need to rewrite the mountain perspective&#8221; that was posted at Climate Himalaya&#8217;s website. Mountains are described as &#8220;fragile, remote and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Need to Rewrite the Mountain Perspective!</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2012/01/26/need-to-rewrite-the-mountain-perspective/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 06:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Sudhirendar Sharma</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chimalaya.org/?p=11702</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Link button by Linksku Sudhirendar Sharma Tagged as fragile, remote and marginal, these three aspects have featured prominently in discussions and deliberations concerning development in the mountains in our part of the world. Retired but active academician N S Jodha, a former senior staff with the Kathmandu-based Integrated Center for International Mountain Development, has been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Life after Death: Looking at Adaptation in Mountains After 2005 Earthquake</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2012/01/24/life-after-death-looking-at-adaptation-in-mountains-after-2005-earthquake/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 04:26:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>noreen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Link button by LinkskuNoreen Haider: It has been more than six years when the Northern areas of Pakistan were hit by one of the most devastating earthquake in the history of the region. The earthquake measured 7.6 on the Richter scale and within the very few first seconds created an unimaginable devastation in an area [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Costly Chocolate, Dearer Diapers And The Durban Dilemma</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2012/01/02/costly-chocolate-dearer-diapers-and-the-durban-dilemma/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 04:34:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Sudhirendar Sharma</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Link button by LinkskuSudhirendar Sharma: By strange coincidence two unrelated developments had surfaced at the time when environment ministers from several countries were mulling over reams of text to resolve the climate conundrum at the port city of Durban in early December  - one, that the branded chocolates were getting costly and two, diapers sales [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Climate Change A Reality: Durban Takes On Equity And Glaciers In Himalaya</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2011/12/09/climate-change-a-reality-durban-takes-on-equity-and-glaciers-in-himalaya/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 06:49:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>K N Vajpai</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Link button by LinkskuK N Vajpai: This UN conference on climate change (COP) remained a place where the people from around the world discuss, debate and come to a conclusion on various confronting issues our communities  face around the world on climate change. In this note I am  trying to discuss three important aspects of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Equitable Development: A Challenge For The World At Durban</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2011/12/07/equitable-development-a-challenge-for-the-world-at-durban/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 04:43:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. C. S Silori</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Link button by LinkskuDurban Post by Dr.C. S. Silori*: This note is on the major happening during COP 17 at Durban in South Africa during UN Climate Change Conference on December 4-5, and how the &#8216;equity&#8217; issues has emerged as major challenge for the world leaders in context to future development and climate change.  December [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ecosystem Based Adaptation In Mountains: A Futuristic Approach From Durban</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2011/12/03/ecosystem-based-adaptation-in-mountains-a-futuristic-approach-from-durban/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 12:56:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. C. S Silori</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Link button by LinkskuDurban Post by Dr. C. S. Silori direct from United Nations Climate Change Conference at Durban 2011. &#8220;We don’t’ understand the message God has sent us…..&#8221;, this is how the mountain communities of Peru react to the recent signs of climate change they observe in their day to day life. There is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Safe Are The Safeguards? Durban Highlights</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2011/12/01/how-safe-are-the-safeguards-durban-highlights/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 04:17:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. C. S Silori</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chimalaya.org/2011/12/01/how-safe-are-safeguards-durban-highlights/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Link button by LinkskuDurban Post: Dr. C. S. Silori* writing from Durban on Day-II &#38; III, 29-30 November 2011 I had promised to come back, and here I am again with a short report of what happened on day 3 of the ongoing conference of the parties (COP 17) in Durban. It was a hectic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Global To Region Perspective: Raising Mountain Voice At Durban !</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2011/11/29/a-global-to-region-perspective-raising-mountain-voice-at-durban/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:15:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>K N Vajpai</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Link button by LinkskuK N Vajpai: Writes on the expected outcomes from Durban Climate Change Conference (CoP 17)in terms of growing momentum of action and alarm bells from new researches. His discourse is about the meager role played by the leaders from most vulnerable regions like Himalayas and Andes during this important global conference.   [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Understanding to Commitments</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:36:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. C. S Silori</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Link button by Linksku Durban Post: Dr. C. S. Silori* writing from Durban on Day-I, 28 November 2011 The 17th Conference of the Parties (COP 17) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the 7th Session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties (CMP 7) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Solar Innovations In India: Making A Cut With The Momentum For Change Initiative?</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2011/11/28/solar-innovations-in-india-making-a-cut-with-the-momentum-for-change-initiative/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 04:18:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suman K A</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chimalaya.org/?p=10408</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Link button by LinkskuSuman K A: The UNFCCC Secretariat in partnership with Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will create a series of platforms to encourage adaptation and mitigation projects that have promise to deliver high resilience and low carbon growth. This will be done through the Momentum for Change Initiative to be launched in Durban [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Little Piece Of Heaven-The Naran Valley</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2011/11/21/a-little-piece-of-heaven-the-naran-valley/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 05:35:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>noreen</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chimalaya.org/?p=10041</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Link button by LinkskuNoreen Haider: Writes from her visit to the beautiful Naran valley of Khyber Pakhtunkwa province in Pakistan, where she observes various dimensions of social and environment development. Noreen came across various developmental projects and activities in the region and finds that poor education and poorly planned social and environmental projects lead to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smokey Village Of Chidipani (Nepal)</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2011/11/19/smokey-village-of-chidipani-nepal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Nov 2011 06:34:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chimalaya.org/?p=9934</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Link button by LinkskuAmrit Banstola: It is surprising to see that after 61 years of initiation of improved cook stove (ICS) by Government of Nepal (such initiative dates as far back as 1950 with the introduction of Indian models of Hyderabad and Magan stoves) traditional and primitive chulas (stoves) are still in extensive use in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Darjeeling – The Fallen Queen</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2011/11/14/darjeeling-%e2%80%93-the-fallen-queen/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 02:35:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pabitra Mukhopadhyay</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chimalaya.org/?p=9671</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Link button by LinkskuPabitra Mukhopadhyay: Writes about the history of Darjeeling town in Indian Himalayan region, its ethnicity, the administrative setup and various social, economic and ecological aspects. He talks about the fragile ecology and increasing demand for environmental resources due to  growing tourist influx and poorly planned urbanization. He feels that hill town like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mountain Agro-Ecosystem: Traditional Science to Cost Effective Solution</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2011/11/07/mountain-agro-ecosystem-traditional-science-to-cost-effective-solution/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 05:48:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shalini Dhyani</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chimalaya.org/?p=9441</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Link button by LinkskuShalini Dhyani: Writes about hill agriculture, agro-forest and such ecosystem practices from Indian Himalayan region. She emphasizes on improving the socio-economic condition of mountain people by adopting a range of animal husbandry, agro-forestry and traditional agriculture practices through better scientific and technical inputs. Entire Himalayan ecosystem is undergoing rapid land-use and climatic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mountains  As  Door-Openers</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2011/11/02/mountains-as-door-openers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 02:10:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. R. S. Tolia</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chimalaya.org/?p=9291</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Link button by LinkskuDr. R. S. Tolia: Writes this article as his ‘Third Inning&#8217;,  days those have been happily spent on reflecting over and about mountains and mountain people. This has taken him to various mountainous parts of India, neighbouring Nepal and recently to the beautiful city and canton of Switzerland, Luzern, in the northern [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mountain Waters &#8211; Elixir Or Envenom?</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2011/10/31/mountain-waters-elixir-or-envenom-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 02:55:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pabitra Mukhopadhyay</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chimalaya.org/?p=9206</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Link button by LinkskuPabitra Mukhopadhyay: The pristine water quality of the mountains is under question despite bottled water manufacturers campaign to the contrary. This issue attempts to examine the dogma and the policy responses in India to protect environmental water quality of the mountains. Bottled water manufactures do a great job of enticing thirsty buyers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Whose Flood Is It Anyway!</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2011/10/28/whose-flood-is-it-anyway/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 02:56:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>noreen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Link button by LinkskuNoreen Haider: On the night of eighth September 2011 unusual amount rain started lashing the districts of southern Sindh including Badin, Mithi, Mirpur Khas and Saanghar and continued unrelentingly for the next two days before it took a break. Its immediate effect was that large areas became inundated and communication was broken [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Watch The Shades Of `Green Economy&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2011/10/27/watch-the-shades-of-green-economy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 03:52:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Sudhirendar Sharma</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Link button by LinkskuSudhirendar Sharma: Writes about the potential of mountain states in India in terms of their natural wealth and kind of benchmark for the services provided by them. By taking examples from developed countries his doubts are about insignificant valuation of tangible ecosystem services, therefore the unlikely transaction of such payments in near [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Community Based Adaptation:  Exporting Upscale Pathways from NAPCC- India</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2011/10/24/community-based-adaptation-exporting-upscale-pathways-from-napcc-india/</link>
		<comments>http://chimalaya.org/2011/10/24/community-based-adaptation-exporting-upscale-pathways-from-napcc-india/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 02:35:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suman K A</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Link button by LinkskuSuman K A : Community based adaptation – CBA as it is popularly called is just that!  What lies at the heart of CBA is reducing the vulnerabilities and improving the adaptive capacities of communities that are likely to be most impacted by climate variability and change. The current body of knowledge [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Low Carbon Strategies; How Good Are They In India?</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2011/10/21/low-carbon-strategies-how-good-are-they-in-india/</link>
		<comments>http://chimalaya.org/2011/10/21/low-carbon-strategies-how-good-are-they-in-india/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 03:53:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shankar Sharma</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chimalaya.org/?p=8899</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Link button by LinkskuShankar Sharma:       Writes about the government of India&#8217;s low carbon emission policy and strategy in respect to climate change vulnerability. This discourse is about all relevant aspects of policy, development, poverty, industrialization, energy and carbon emission. He also gives specific recommendations to Government of India on sustainable use of natural resource, judicious [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Increasing Pressure In Himalayas: PES A Solution</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2011/10/19/increasing-pressure-in-himalayas-pes-a-solution/</link>
		<comments>http://chimalaya.org/2011/10/19/increasing-pressure-in-himalayas-pes-a-solution/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 02:50:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shalini Dhyani</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chimalaya.org/?p=8807</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Link button by Linksku Shalini Dhyani: Writes about the increasing pressure on the Himalayan ecosystem in Indian Himalayan region due to tourist influx, immigrants from neighboring country, environmental degradation and increasing population pressure. She suggests Payment for Environmental Services- PES a way forward through appropriate planning.   “The most striking feature of earth is the existence [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Cascade Of Uncertainties Around Climate Change</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2011/10/17/the-cascade-of-uncertainties-around-climate-change/</link>
		<comments>http://chimalaya.org/2011/10/17/the-cascade-of-uncertainties-around-climate-change/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 02:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anamika Barua</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Link button by LinkskuAnamika Barua: When in late 19th century Svate Arrhenius, a Swedish scientist, first suggested that increased atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels could lead to global climate change, it was a radical claim. He was making a prediction about something that could happen in future, not a claim that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Public Health Preparedness For Climate Change- A Scenario From Nepal</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2011/10/14/public-health-preparedness-for-climate-change-a-scenario-from-nepal/</link>
		<comments>http://chimalaya.org/2011/10/14/public-health-preparedness-for-climate-change-a-scenario-from-nepal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 05:45:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Link button by LinkskuAmrit Banstola: The climate change is disrupting to human health as it causes various health effects. The health effects are vivid in developing countries like Nepal. The precautionary principle, as articulated at the 1998 Wingspread Conference, http://www.sehn.org/wing.html holds that “When an activity raises threats of harm to human health or the environment, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The National Mission on Enhanced Energy Efficiency: A Market Transforming Platform &#8211; Really?</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2011/10/12/the-national-mission-on-enhanced-energy-efficiency-a-market-transforming-platform-really/</link>
		<comments>http://chimalaya.org/2011/10/12/the-national-mission-on-enhanced-energy-efficiency-a-market-transforming-platform-really/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 16:34:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suman K A</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chimalaya.org/?p=8607</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Link button by LinkskuSuman K A: The National Mission on Enhanced Energy Efficiency, one of the key missions, of the National Action Plan for Climate Change has at its core – unlocking staggering INR 74,000 crore energy efficiency opportunities, reducing annual fuel savings by 23 mtoe, avoiding energy capacity addition worth 19000 MW, and achieving [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Land Of Yellow Moon</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2011/10/10/land-of-yellow-moon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 01:20:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>noreen</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chimalaya.org/?p=8560</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Link button by LinkskuNoreen Haider: Nature strikes with mind blowing force at the most pristine of places and with no compassion for people or property. The Hunza Valley of Gilgit Batlistan, a paradise on earth, turned into a chaos with a catastrophic land slide. Noreen makes a personal connection in this passionate essay with suffering [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Black Soot Aerosols and Water Storage Concerns in Himalaya-Tibetan Plateau</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2011/10/06/black-soot-aerosols-and-water-storage-concerns-in-himalaya-tibetan-plateau/</link>
		<comments>http://chimalaya.org/2011/10/06/black-soot-aerosols-and-water-storage-concerns-in-himalaya-tibetan-plateau/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 05:59:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Himalaya</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chimalaya.org/?p=8507</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Link button by LinkskuSyed Iqbal Hasnain:Climate change and black carbon are causing the glaciers in the Hindu Kush-Karakorum, Himalaya, and Tibetan plateau to melt.  Their waters feed the river systems throughout South Asia and Southeast Asia, and are essential for drinking water and for irrigating wheat, rice, and other crops throughout the region on which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Water Woe In Himalayas</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2011/10/04/water-woe-in-himalayas/</link>
		<comments>http://chimalaya.org/2011/10/04/water-woe-in-himalayas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 03:34:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Himalaya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Link button by LinkskuPrakash Kumar: The impending crisis in India for water is very much foreseeable in next 5-10 years. The crisis is not going to happen because of shortage of water but its poor management. The same is true for the Himalayan region the “water kingdom” of the world. Slowly we are robbing this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mountain Environment and Human Security Concerns</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2011/09/29/mountain-environment-and-human-security-concerns/</link>
		<comments>http://chimalaya.org/2011/09/29/mountain-environment-and-human-security-concerns/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 03:46:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Himalaya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Link button by LinkskuVimal Khawas: Mountains form one of the most important bio-geographical resource zones of the world. They are remote areas covering 52 per cent of Asia, 36 percent of North America, 25 per cent of Europe, 22 per cent of South America, 17 per cent of Australia, and 3 per cent of Africa [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mountain Waters-Uneasy Questions</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2011/09/26/mountain-waters-uneasy-questions/</link>
		<comments>http://chimalaya.org/2011/09/26/mountain-waters-uneasy-questions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 04:32:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pabitra Mukhopadhyay</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chimalaya.org/?p=8181</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Link button by LinkskuPabitra Mukhopadhyay:Water as a resource from management perspective needs to be managed in the mountains very differently as compared to plains. This requires handling few uneasy questions. This essay attempts to see water management of the HKH debunked from global culture] If you live in Hindu Kush Himalayas, most likely you have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>National Mission on Sustainable Agriculture- Averting Climate Refugee Class Creation!</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2011/09/23/national-mission-on-sustainable-agriculture-averting-climate-refugee-class-creation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 05:04:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suman K A</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Link button by LinkskuSuman K A: The National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA), one of the eight missions under the NAPCC, lays emphasis on four key functional areas and ten important dimensions. Through these, the mission seeks to target both; the imminent challenges from the likely impacts of climate change on Indian agriculture and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Himalayan Mission: Creating Network of Stakeholders</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2011/09/21/8027/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 04:52:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Himalaya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Link button by LinkskuDr. Akhilesh Gupta: The Government of India launched the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) in 2008 which comprises of eight major national missions. The “National Mission for Sustaining the Himalayan Ecosystem (NMSHE)” is one among them. The Department of Science &#38; Technology, Ministry of Science &#38; Technology, Government of India [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Writing on Water and Sanitation- More Challenging Aspects in Himalayas</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2011/09/20/writing-on-water-and-sanitation-more-challenging-aspects-in-himalayas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 04:35:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pabitra Mukhopadhyay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Link button by LinkskuPabitra Mukhopadhyay: The importance of Climate Himalaya’s knowledge banking and outreach building efforts, one expects, should be portrayed in our essays. An appeal for a pan Himalayan co-operation is already expressed by Noreen, which apart from making good sense for Himalayan people shines a hope for redemption of the long troubled relationship [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Changing niche: climatic changes recorded in Sikkim Himalaya</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2011/09/19/changing-niche-climatic-changes-recorded-in-sikkim-himalaya/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 04:08:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Himalaya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Link button by LinkskuVimal Khawas: With the impacts of global warming becoming more apparent, Sikkim Himalaya is perhaps most in tune to the signs of change brought about by climate warming. The people across the towns and villages of Sikkim narrate revealing insights on how global warming is affecting their lives and livelihood. Those who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does Green Matter?</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2011/09/16/does-green-matter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 05:59:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Sudhirendar Sharma</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Link button by LinkskuSudhirendar Sharma:  Why is the developed world, that is obsessed with the idea of `greed economy&#8217;, thrusting its new capitalist variant &#8211; green economy &#8211; on the growing economies? Is it a calculated move to pin down the growing differences between the north and the south with a green business model?  Henk [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Agroforestry Balances Hill Agriculture And PES Stewardship</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2011/09/15/agroforestry-balances-hill-agriculture-and-pes-stewardship/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 03:52:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shalini Dhyani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Link button by LinkskuShalini Dhyani: Well developed agro-forestry systems have been integral to traditional hill agro-ecosystem for the innumerable techno-socio-economic benefits that they provide. Farmers in the rural areas of Indian Himalayan Region have integrated and practiced agro-forestry based agriculture, reaping rich benefits, individually and for the community as well. Therefore, agro-forestry has been a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Carte Blanche To China In Gilgit-Baltistan</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2011/09/13/a-carte-blanche-to-china-in-gilgit-baltistan/</link>
		<comments>http://chimalaya.org/2011/09/13/a-carte-blanche-to-china-in-gilgit-baltistan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 02:10:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Himalaya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Link button by LinkskuSyed Iqbal Hasnain: China’s high-stake poker game in Gilgit-Baltistan, a mountainous area that is part of the Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan, will have disastrous environmental consequences for the entire South Asia region and beyond. Reports in the local and international media indicate that, over the past few years, Beijing has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>National Mission on Strategic Knowledge for Climate Change (NMSKCC):  Priorities and Challenges</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2011/09/12/national-mission-on-strategic-knowledge-for-climate-change-nmskcc-priorities-and-challenges/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 03:51:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suman K A</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Link button by LinkskuSuman K A: The National Mission on Strategic Knowledge for Climate Change (NMSKCC) seeks to build a dynamic knowledge system that would inform and support national policy and action in addressing the climate change challenges while not compromising on the nation’s growth goals. This, it seeks to achieve through a combination of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>River Returns- The Harbinger Of Prosperity</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2011/09/08/river-returns-the-harbinger-of-prosperity/</link>
		<comments>http://chimalaya.org/2011/09/08/river-returns-the-harbinger-of-prosperity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 18:52:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>noreen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Link button by LinkskuNoreen Haider: It was an amazing sight for me as I reached Kasur District on the Indo Pak border.  After fifteen years the gorgeous River Sutlej had returned, full force, to run in its native course with around eighty thousands cusecs of water flowing in its bed. For most people in Kasur [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Climatic Vulnerabilities- Leading To Health Concerns In Rural Nepal</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2011/09/05/climatic-vulnerabilities-leading-to-health-concerns-in-rural-nepal/</link>
		<comments>http://chimalaya.org/2011/09/05/climatic-vulnerabilities-leading-to-health-concerns-in-rural-nepal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2011 05:41:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Link button by LinkskuAmrit Banstola: Harsh weather and extreme climatic events are expected to become more common as a result of climate change in Nepal (LI-BIRD, 2006). Extreme weather events such as floods, landslides, heat waves, storms, extreme cold, fires, and droughts are among the well-established consequences of climate change in Nepal. Health conditions like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Climate Information and Communication Backbone: A sine qua non for the NAPCC success</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2011/09/03/climate-information-and-communication-backbone-a-sine-qua-non-for-the-napcc-success/</link>
		<comments>http://chimalaya.org/2011/09/03/climate-information-and-communication-backbone-a-sine-qua-non-for-the-napcc-success/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Sep 2011 03:35:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suman K A</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Link button by LinkskuSuman K A : In the earlier article series we saw a strong case for synthesis thinking to draw upon and integrate the perspectives of vulnerability, adaptive social protection and climate smart disaster management approaches to concrete ground level action – both short and long term. Is this thinking being taken seriously [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Himalaya Specific Climate Data-Where Do We Stand?</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2011/09/02/himalaya-specific-climate-data-where-do-we-stand/</link>
		<comments>http://chimalaya.org/2011/09/02/himalaya-specific-climate-data-where-do-we-stand/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 02:57:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anamika Barua</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Link button by LinkskuAnamika Barua: The significance of Himalayan waters cannot be underestimated as it is the lifeline of a huge section of  people which include people from countries like Nepal, India, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Tibet and China. In spite of such a huge dependency on Himalayan water unfortunately our understanding and knowledge regarding the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Global Warming: Media Bias and the Misinformation Pipeline</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2011/08/24/global-warming-media-bias-and-the-misinformation-pipeline/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 02:53:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Himalaya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Link button by LinkskuDr. J. C. Moore: Climate Himalaya takes pleasure in introducing Dr. Moore as our guest writer with this introductory article, which we republished from his website. The Scientific Consensus: All the major scientific organizations in the world have endorsed a  statement similar to that of the American Chemical Society: &#8220;Careful and comprehensive scientific [...]]]></description>
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		<title>National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA):  A Case for Ganga Innovation Mechanism</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2011/08/23/national-ganga-river-basin-authority-ngrba-a-case-for-ganga-innovation-mechanism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 15:13:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suman K A</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Link button by Linksku Image via Wikipedia Suman K: The river Ganga is sacred to India and holds immense spiritual, social, cultural, recreational, and economic value to Indians. It originates in the Himalayas and traverses through a stretch of 2500 km across the north and eastern plains of India serving as a life force for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fire On The Mountain</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2011/08/22/fire-on-the-mountain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 03:13:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pabitra Mukhopadhyay</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Climatic Changes in Himalayas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ecosystem Functions]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Link button by LinkskuPabitra Mukhopadhyay: The gentleman in the payment kiosk swiped the card and gave it back to me. Then he asked my wife for the carry bag to pack the month&#8217;s provision. Carry bags? What?? You are not packing this into plastic bags? My wife looked puzzled. No ma&#8217;am, we are not giving [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cultural Conundrum of Climate Change</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2011/08/22/cultural-conundrum-of-climate-change/</link>
		<comments>http://chimalaya.org/2011/08/22/cultural-conundrum-of-climate-change/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 03:02:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Sudhirendar Sharma</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Carbon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ecosystem Functions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Experts Speak]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Link button by LinkskuSudhirendar Sharma: Even at the cost of being refuted, it wouldn&#8217;t be out of context to prophesize that globalization of climate change will convert the Himalaya into a new playground for capitalism! Not only will the Himalaya get converted into a repository of carbon to counter what others have voluntarily emitted but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Agro-Forestry: A Futuristic Solution In Mountains!</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2011/08/19/agro-forestry-a-futuristic-solution-in-mountains/</link>
		<comments>http://chimalaya.org/2011/08/19/agro-forestry-a-futuristic-solution-in-mountains/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 03:44:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shalini Dhyani</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Livelihood]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Women]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Youth Speak]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fodder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forestry]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Indian Himalayan Region]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Manure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uttarakhand]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Link button by LinkskuShalini Dhyani: With depletion of agricultural lands due to shift in monsoon patterns, landslides, run off, regular leaching of nutrients, and drying up of natural springs and lack of irrigation facilities has resulted into uneconomical agriculture in the mountain regions of India. Most of the villages in mountains are witnessing migration at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Knowledge Disconnect In Himalaya</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2011/08/17/knowledge-disconnect-in-himalayas/</link>
		<comments>http://chimalaya.org/2011/08/17/knowledge-disconnect-in-himalayas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 03:42:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>K N Vajpai</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advocacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Information and Communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[M-20 CAMPAIGN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Youth Speak]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chipko Movement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Himalaya]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hindu Kush]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sustainable development]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Link button by LinkskuK N Vajpai: 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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Climate Smart: Adaptive Social Protection in Hindu Kush Himalaya</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2011/08/16/climate-smart-adaptive-social-protection-in-hindu-kush-himalaya/</link>
		<comments>http://chimalaya.org/2011/08/16/climate-smart-adaptive-social-protection-in-hindu-kush-himalaya/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 03:34:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suman K A</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adaptation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Development and Climate Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ecosystem Functions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[M-20 CAMPAIGN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Youth Speak]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bhutan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Himalaya]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hindu Kush]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nepal]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Link button by LinkskuSuman K: The Hindu Kush Himalayan Region spans eight countries of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Pakistan, India, Myanmar, Nepal and China. It is home to around 1000 living languages, 4 global biodiversity hotspots, 60 eco regions, 27 Ramsar wetland sites, and as many as 13 UNESCO heritage sites. The region covers 10 major [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GLOF Part 2 – Call For Innovations</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2011/08/15/glof-part-2-%e2%80%93-call-for-innovations/</link>
		<comments>http://chimalaya.org/2011/08/15/glof-part-2-%e2%80%93-call-for-innovations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 02:41:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pabitra Mukhopadhyay</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advocacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Climatic Changes in Himalayas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Glaciers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Climate change]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Link button by LinkskuPabitra Mukhopadhyay: When it becomes clear that the increasing risk of GLOFs is the outcome of a global trend in climate change and when it is known that the Hindu Kush Himalayan Region has far too many retreating glaciers leaving far too many glacial lakes that may turn into GLOFs, two realities [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our Waterways: Learning from Failure in Mountains!</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2011/08/10/our-waterways-learning-from-failure-in-mountains/</link>
		<comments>http://chimalaya.org/2011/08/10/our-waterways-learning-from-failure-in-mountains/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 02:43:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>noreen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Development and Climate Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Disasters and Climate Change]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pakistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[River]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Youth Speak]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flood]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Link button by LinkskuNoreen Haider: Disaster are far more dependent on the processes surrounding vulnerability, including asset depletion, deforestation, soil erosion, population growth, poor planning, coping capacities of population, climate change, bad governance and corruption to state a few. The flood effectively proved once again that unless Risk Reduction strategies are incorporated in the overall [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GLOF Part 1– A Threat Present And Real: Indian Summary</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2011/08/09/glof-part-1%e2%80%93-a-threat-present-and-real-indian-summary/</link>
		<comments>http://chimalaya.org/2011/08/09/glof-part-1%e2%80%93-a-threat-present-and-real-indian-summary/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 01:46:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pabitra Mukhopadhyay</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Flood]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Link button by LinkskuPabitra Mukhopadhyay: On August 4, 1985 the Dig Tsho (Tsho-lake), in the western section of the Sagarmatha (Mt. Everest) National Park, Khumbu Himal, Nepal breached the moraine releasing 8 million cubic meters of water that rushed downstream. The lake burst destroyed the Namche Small Hydel Project on its wake and claimed 5 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mountain Women- Key Drivers of Change</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2011/08/08/mountain-women-key-drivers-of-change/</link>
		<comments>http://chimalaya.org/2011/08/08/mountain-women-key-drivers-of-change/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 03:39:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Himalaya</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biodiversity]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Conservation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Link button by LinkskuShalini Dhyani: Changes in the fragile mountain ecosystems affect local people who are very much dependent on agriculture and forests. The economy in major mountain regions of the world is mostly dependent on women, and they are among the important actors of change and holders of significant knowledge and skills, which makes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Building Resilience In Mountains</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2011/08/06/building-resilience-in-mountains/</link>
		<comments>http://chimalaya.org/2011/08/06/building-resilience-in-mountains/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Aug 2011 03:44:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anamika Barua</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advocacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Capacity Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Climatic Changes in Himalayas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Livelihood]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Link button by LinkskuAnamika Barua: Liverman (1994), who is a Professor of Geography and Development, in University of Arizona, once stated that &#8220;The most vulnerable people may not be living in the most vulnerable places-poor people can live in productive biophysical environments and be vulnerable and wealthy people can live in fragile physical environment and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beyond Chipko!</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2011/08/05/beyond-chipko/</link>
		<comments>http://chimalaya.org/2011/08/05/beyond-chipko/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 08:15:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Manish Kr. Semwal</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biodiversity]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Link button by LinkskuManish Semwal: I wish to share with you that how the local actions could make difference at global level and the overall scenario of our forest. As we observe various environmental issues around the world those need to be focused immediately, keeping in mind that what we do locally affect globally. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>International Year of Youth</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2011/08/05/international-year-of-youth/</link>
		<comments>http://chimalaya.org/2011/08/05/international-year-of-youth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 02:37:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Himalaya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Link button by LinkskuIn December 2009, the United Nations General Assembly adopted resolution 64/134 proclaiming the International Year of Youth from 12 August 2010 to 11 August 2011. By doing so, the international community demonstrated the importance it places on integrating youth-related issues into global, regional, and national development agendas. Under the theme &#8220;Dialogue and [...]]]></description>
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