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Director Brian Peniston from the Mountain Institute writes about news from the field
. He had just returned from field trip to Jumla to assess the TMI’s ongoing PRRO programs, to explore community-based tourism and to assess the current water and health sanitation in eigth VDCs of Jumla district.
The Mountain Institute Nepal program is pleased to announced that they received a one year grant from Pro-Public Victims from Switzerland to continue provide assistance to the farmers of Rasuwa and Dhading in central Nepal. Likewise, they have been asked to write full proposal on Improving Water Supply, Hand Washing and Food Security to Reduce Child Malnutrition in Jumla, which the due is on 30th April 2010. Mr. Richard Regan of WFP’s country representative has been nominated for TMI’s 4th Annual “Celebration of Mountain Gala” that will take place in October 2010
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This newsletter gives an update on WCPA Oceania, covering also international, Australian, New Zealand and Pacific island news
. News includes updates on hazards (fires), biodiversity, climate change, policy on national parks and protected areas
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Sustainable Development of Tourism (SDT)'s e-bulletin:
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. Launch of the Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria
2. Sustainable Tourism Policy Initiative at World Heritage Sites
3. Management of Protected Areas as a Tourism Resource
4. Climate Change and Tourism
5. Climate Change in the Maldives
6. Surveys on the Implementation of the Code of Ethics and on Protection of Children in Tourism
7. Migration and Tourism
8. World Committee on Tourism Ethics
9. Economic and Social Impacts of Tourism
10. One-week training course for tourism authorities in the Americas
11. Latest update from the Tour Operators’ Initiative
12. Recent SDT Activities and Events
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In this newsletter, the UK charity CHANCE (Charity Helping the Advancement of Nepali Children's Education) describes athe current situation in Nepal including the political situation, as well as the disaster in the Koshi district
. CHANCE has teamed up with the local organisation CWIN, to improve the educational facilities for children in the Kaski district. Other new project initiatives include making education more accessible for child workers, with mobile classes, and supporting a transit centre for street children to receive rehabilitation and reintegration back to formal education. This charity works in many areas in Nepal,including the hill districts.
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Articles include the following:
- Earth Hour, the Power of One and Shaping Nepali Environmental Thinking by Surya B
. Prasai
The incongruity of territorial perceptions as obstacle to resource management in communal land – case study from southern Morocco by Manfred Finckh & Holger Kirscht
Gender Roles in Household Energy Management: Issues and Implications by Ishari Mahat
Conflict in Kugha watershed by Farmer Tantoh
People’s Participation in Forest Resource Management in the Uttaranchal Himalaya by Vishwambhar Prasad Sati
Natural resource management based micro-enterprises development in the Garhwal Himalayas by Ashok Pokhriyal and Laxmi Prakash Semwal
Irrigation and an approach of sort in Peru by José Carvajal
Ancestral Bio-Indicators in Andean Highland Regions: Disaster warning and resilience mechanisms by Sergio Alvarez Gutierrez
Interview on Everest Eco-Expedition by Marianne Heredge and Ujol Sherchan
Signs of climate change on roof-top of the world by Tsewang Namgail
Book review on Ecology and Human Well-Being by Pushpam Kumar and B. Sudhakara Reddy
Forests, people and power edited by Oliver Springate-Baginski and Piers Blaikie
Seabuckthorn by Helga Ahmad
News from the Mountain Research Initiative: The Global Change Research Network in African Mountains by The Mountain Research Initiative
Visit to Harsing, a beautiful old tea garden in Darjeeling by Nirnay John Chettri
Energy Saving and Drudgery Reducing Technology Initiative by Jagriti
Resource Management: Conflict, Use and Role of Women by C.L.Chowdhary
Education in a remote hill district of Nepal: Deusa Secondary School, Solukhumbu by Marianne Heredge
Reconciling Community Development Needs and Great Apes Conservation: the twin-track approach by African Conservation Foundation
Revival of mountain tourism in earthquake affected areas of Kaghan Valley in Northern Pakistan by Aftab-ur-Rehman Rana
William L. Brown Center for Plant Genetic Resources
Centre for Mountain Studies: Scotland by Martin Price
From Spain: Update on RedMontañas activities by Manzanares el Real
SYFA Update by Farmer Tantoh
MSc Environment and Development of Mountainous Areas - National Technical University of Athens (N.T.U.A.)
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The Mountain Forum Bulletin focuses on the theme of climate change in mountains and adaptation to climate change
. (Individual articles are also available separately):
- Intangible Ecologies: Sacred Mountain Landscapes in a Changing Climate by Jonah Steinberg
- Resources Conflicts in Mountains: Sources and Solutions by Carmen de Jong
- Uncertainties in Climate Change Impacts Versus Certainties in Winter Tourism Adaptation Strategies by Guillaume Prudent, Emmanuelle Marcel-Poil and Vincent Boudières
- After the « White » Gold Rush: European Ski Resorts in Search of Activities for Winters Without Snow by Christoph Maier
- The Impacts of Climate Change on the Alpine Biota and Initial Management Adaptations in the Australian Alps by Roger Good
- When Climate Change Breaks Down Traditional Laws in Mountain Areas: Case Study for the Gabel Elba Protected Area in Egypt on the Effect of Climatic Change on the Endangered Dracaena ombet Tree by Usama Ghazali
- Anthesis of Philippine teak - Mass Flowering Episode Triggered by Climate Change? Species Response Under Climatic Uncertainty by Anacleto M. Caringal
- Local Management of Indigenous Mountain Rice and Fodder Tree: Short Notes on the Lowest Practice of Climate Change Mitigation by Leo D. Cueto and Anacleto M. Caringal
- Historical Changes of the Upper Tree Line in the Carpathian Mountains (Ukraine) by Vladimir Kricsfalusy, Wojtek Mróz and Sergey Popov
- The Climate Change and its Impacts in Peru - Processes of Adaptation in the Rural Areas by Cesar Portocarrero
- Local and Indigenous Practices on Adaptation: An Experience From Herder's Life of Western Bhutan by Nakul Chettri
- Food Security Amidst Climate Change in Nepal by Dinanath Bhandari
- Integrated Conservation and Development Program (ICDP) Could be a Coping Strategy to Impacts of Climate Change in Mountain Regions by Gehendra Bahadur Gurung
- Is Climate Change an Opportunity or Threat in the Mountains: An evaluation of the Central Andes of Peru by Luis Suarez
- Climate Change in the Western Ghat Mountains: Impact and Adaptation by S P Anandan
- Potential Impacts of Climate Change in the Uttarakhand Himalayas by Prakash Rao, G.Areendran and Rajneesh Sareen
- Utah's Wasatch Mountain Range and Climate Change Adaptation: A Story of Mountain Driven Culture, Environmental Focus, Preservation Best-Practices and Balanced Use of Mountain Resources by Gian Zini
- Book review: Mountains Witnesses of Global Changes: Research in the Himalaya and Karakorum: SHARE-Asia Project edited by R. Baudo, G. Tartari, E. Vuillermoz
- Book review: Mountains Witnesses of Global Changes: Research in the Himalaya and Karakorum edited by R. Baudo, G. Tartari, E. Vuillermoz
- Children's Movement for Mountain Environment Conservation - Adventure Foundation Pakistan
- Moving medical camp helps over 1000 people - Mountain Fund
- A Potential Source of Conflict in the Alps: Use of Water for Artificial Snow Production - Mountain Wilderness
- Mountain Academy Nepal by Dorjee Lama
- Balkans Pace Park project in running for top tourism award - Balkans Peace Park Project (BPPP)
- Livelihoods and Conservation of Medicinal Plants: Will it Work in Mountains? - Applied Environmental Research Foundation (AERF)
- Save Your Future Association (SYFA): TBI- Summer Environmental Exchange (SEE) 2007 by Farmer Tantoh
- Geo-referenced biological databases- a new mountain biodiversity tool GMBA
- Devising adaptation to climate change: Biodiversity and sustainable livelihoods at Lake Fúquene, Colombia - German Andrade and Lorena Franco
- Andean Solar Villages - Project Note - Yolanda Ortiz
- Promotion of Environmental Awareness among Children and People - Global Mass Community Welfare Organization
- Mitigation of Climate Change in the Western Himalayas - Pragya
- IUCN-Med Workshop, December 2007 - Mediterranean Mountains in a Changing World - IUCN
- Partnerships in action in the HKKH Region - HKKH Partnership
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This issue of id21 insight focuses on pro-poor tourism and how far it really helps the poor:
- How pro-poor is tourism? New practices can reduce poverty: Pro-poor tourism should increase the benefits of the tourism industry for poor people
. It is a term increasingly used by several development agencies, but what does it mean in practice? This issue of id21 insights looks at how pro-poor tourism has developed and explores some myths and misconceptions that have arisen around this term.
Can the private sector mainstream pro-poor tourism? Businesses run tourism, from micro-enterprises to multinational companies. How companies conduct their business influences how far poor people benefit from tourism.
Black Economic Empowerment - The South African approach: Inequality and unemployment still largely occurs along racial lines in South Africa, despite the end of apartheid. The government is addressing this by promoting Black Economic Empowerment throughout the economy.Pro-poor tourism is part of this.
Government support in Lao PDR - How effective is it? Foreign exchange from tourism (over US$ 146 million in 2005) significantly benefits the national economy in the Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR). This money stimulates local production and consumption in many sectors, including transport, agriculture and education, but does it benefit poor people?
Linkages and leakages - Local supply and imports: Tourism is a major global industry, but is it good for developing countries? Since long-haul tourism to developing countries started in the late 1960s, many commentators have persistently claimed that tourism scarcely benefits the hosts. One suggested problem is the high level of leakages out of the destination country.
Can all-inclusive tourism be pro-poor? A key aspect of pro-poor tourism is creating and - more importantly - maintaining employment opportunities for poor communities. All-inclusive tourism businesses and large hotels can provide jobs in developing countries. As such, they have a potentially important role in pro-poor tourism.
Community-based tourism - Failing to deliver? Community-based tourism was a popular intervention during the 'ecotourism' boom of the 1990s. It is now being suggested as a form of pro-poor tourism. However, few projects have generated sufficient benefits to either provide incentives for conservation - the objective of ecotourism - or contribute to local poverty reduction.
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