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Climate Summit: Conceptualizing Local Environmental Knowledge in Asia and beyond
Photo by the author.This week's article by Frida Hastrup, Copenhagen University, is the last in our series of articles on Climate Change.In her article the author discusses how we view local knowledge in relation to science while drawing on her experiences from field work in a fishing village in Tamil Nadu, South India. Her main focus of research was the way people recovered after the Asian Tsunami in December 2004.
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"This paper outlines options for rural communities to participate in climate change mitigation and adaptation activities in the forest sector in Nepal. We look at the various institutional barriers that would need to be overcome, as well as the existing institutional opportunities, particularly in r
http://zunia.org/uploads/media/knowledge/climateChange1260019425.pdf
Keywords: Agriculture, Climatology, Environment, Forestry, In Focus, In Focus 2009, In Focus 2009 Week 52, Nepal, South Asia,
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A ripple in development? : long term perspectives on the response to the Indian Ocean tsunami 2004 : a joint follow-up evaluation of the links between relief, rehabilitation and development (LRRD) / Emery Brusset ... [et al.]. - Stockholm : Sida. - 2009 (164 p.) This report is a follow-up evaluatio
http://www2.sida.se/shared/jsp/download.jsp?f=SIDA52010en_web_A-ripple-in-develo...
Keywords: Development, Development. Poverty, In Focus, In Focus 2009, In Focus 2009 Week 52, Indonesia, Maldives, Natural disasters, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Sri Lanka, Tsunamis,
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Assessing vulnerability before, during and after a natural disaster in fragile regions : case study of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami in Sri Lanka and Indonesia / Jörn Birkmann. - Helsinki: UNU/WIDER, 2008. - 22 p. (Research paper / United Nations University. World Institute for Development Economics
http://www.niaslinc.dk/gateway_to_asia/nordic_webpublications/x506037346.pdf
Keywords: Finland, In Focus, In Focus 2009, In Focus 2009 Week 52, Indonesia, Natural disasters, Nordic Perspective, Publications, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Sri Lanka, Tsunamis,
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Paper by Pablo Bustelo from Real Instuto Elcano. Summary: Both in the IEA report and in some of the arguments used at the Bali Summit, Asia’s two major emerging economies (China and India) were all but accused of being co–responsible for the planet’s energy and environmental problems. These accusat
http://www.realinstitutoelcano.org/wps/portal/rielcano_eng/Content?WCM_GLOBAL_CO...
Keywords: China, Climatology, East Asia, Environment, Environmental degradation, In Focus, In Focus 2008, In Focus 2008 Week 06, In Focus 2009, In Focus 2009 Week 49, In Focus 2009 Week 52, India, South Asia,
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Office of National Coordination Committee on Climate Change. Includes information on Domestic actions, laws and regulations, reports and publications, international cooperation and more.
http://www.ccchina.gov.cn/en/index.asp
Keywords: China, East Asia, Environment, In Focus, In Focus 2008, In Focus 2008 Week 32, In Focus 2009, In Focus 2009 Week 49, In Focus 2009 Week 52,
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Focusing on the coastal areas of Bangladesh, this report analyses the impact of disasters with specific reference to the effects of climate change. It also looks at the nature of the disasters that frequently occur and discusses efforts to mitigate their impact. The coastal areas of Bangladesh are
http://www.equitybd.org/newsletter/english/Issue-5/Disaster_BD.pdf
Keywords: Bangladesh, Climatology, Environment, In Focus, In Focus 2009, In Focus 2009 Week 52, Natural resources, South Asia,
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This CSIRO report outlines the impacts and risks of climate change in the Asia Pacific region. Key issues addressed in the report include: - Human activity and climate change - The changing regional climate in the Asia - Pacific region - Climate vulnerability of the region - Reducing climate risks
http://www.csiro.au/files/files/p9xj.pdf
Keywords: Climatology, Environment, In Focus, In Focus 2008, In Focus 2008 Week 32, In Focus 2009, In Focus 2009 Week 50, In Focus 2009 Week 52,
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Summary: This project, undertaken in collaboration with the Bangladesh Resource Center for Indigenous Knowledge (BARCIK)/Integrated Action Research and Development (IARD), a local NGO and Pr. Paul Sillitoe, an anthropologist at the University of Durham (United Kingdom), is about matching scientists’
http://portal.unesco.org/sc_nat/ev.php?URL_ID=4574&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=2...
Keywords: Agriculture, Bangladesh, Development, Development. Poverty, Fisheries, In Focus, In Focus 2009, In Focus 2009 Week 52, Rural development, South Asia,
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Etter tsunamien stilnet : en studie av post-tsunami gjenoppbyggingen langs den sørlige kystlinjen av Sri Lanka / Marie Christine Norheim. - Oslo : Institutt for sosiologi og samfunnsgeografi, Universitetet i Oslo, 2008. - 120 s. (Masteropgave) Hovedmålet med denne studien er å se nærmere på hvilke
http://www.duo.uio.no/publ/iss/2008/82651/Norheim.pdf
Keywords: Development, Development. Poverty, In Focus, In Focus 2009, In Focus 2009 Week 52, Natural disasters, Nordic Perspective, Norway, Publications, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Tsunamis,
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The India Water Portal is an open, inclusive, web-based platform for sharing water management knowledge amongst practitioners and the general public. It aims to draw on the rich experience of water-sector experts, package their knowledge and add value to it through technology and then disseminate it
http://indiawaterportal.org/
Keywords: Environment, In Focus, In Focus 2009, In Focus 2009 Week 52, India, South Asia, Water,
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