Governance And Institutions

UNESCO regional EFA conference kicks off

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) South Asia's Education for All (EFA) mid-term policy review conference kicked off in Kathmandu Monday. The four-day conference will review existing policies, identify policy gaps and devise policies and action plans to achieve the EFA goals. Speaking at the inaugural function, director of UNESCO Asia and Pacific region, Sheldon Shaeffer, said "We are happy for the progress in this region but not fully satisfied."

Publication Date: 
16/06/2008
Nepal News (Nepal)
Tags:
Education, UNESCO, Nepal, Kathmandu
Pesticides And Toxins

Standard setting on pesticide residues to ensure food safety

This article highlights some aspects of pesticides contamination in foods and the Government of Nepal's experience in setting MRLs of pesticide on Food. Use of pesticides in agriculture crop has a great concern to all. According to the provision conferred by Food Law, Government of Nepal fixes MRLs of pesticide on food products.

Publication Date: 
01/06/2008
Jiwan Prava Lama
The Journal of Agriculture and Environment
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46
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Pesticides, Food Contamination, Pesticides And Toxins, Maximum Residue Level (MRL), Food Safety, Nepal
Health

Regional health forum: protecting health from climate change

This regional health forum includes the special issue on world health day 2008 theme: protecting health from climate change.

Publication Date: 
01/06/2008
WHO
Tags:
Health Effects, Climate Change, Health, Malaria, Kala Azar, Mental Health, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Maldives, Nepal, India, Mumbai
Biodiversity

Biodiversity conservation in the Kangchenjunga landscape

Around the world, the old paradigm,

Publication Date: 
01/06/2008
Nakul Chettri, Bandana Shakya, Eklabya Sharma
ICIMOD
Tags:
Ecotourism, Himalaya, Protected Area Conservation, Kanchanjunga, Biodiversity, Bhutan, Nepal, India
Climate Change

Making green bucks

Green Ventures India aims to offer technology and advisory services in return for securing carbon credits

Publication Date: 
04/05/2008
Daksesh Parikh
Business India (Mumbai)
Tags:
Carbon Dioxide, Renewable Energy, Emissions Trading, Nepal, India, Sustainable Development
Wildlife

Common ground: solutions for reducing the human, economic and conservation costs of human wildlife conflict

This report deals with the serious conflicts that occur between humans and wildlife. In today

Publication Date: 
01/05/2008
Wendy Elliott, Reimund Kube, Dawn Montanye
WWF International
Tags:
Wildlife, Elephant, People - Animal Conflicts, Namibia, Indonesia, Nepal
Water Resources

Implications of bulk water transfer on local water management institutions

To mitigate a drinking water crisis in Kathmandu valley, the Government of Nepal initiated the Melamchi Water Supply Project in 1997, which will divert water from the Melamchi River to Kathmandu city

Publication Date: 
01/05/2008
Dhruba Pant, Madhusudan Bhattarai, Govinda Basnet
International Food Policy Research Institute
Tags:
Water Management, Urban Water Supply, Water Supply, Nepal, Kathmandu, River Basin
Forests

Nepal's community forestry funds: do they benefit the poor?

Funds generated through community forestry offer crucial and significant resources for rural development in Nepal. This study examines forestry funds in 100 communities in three districts to
assess how large they are and how they are utilized. The study finds that the income from community funds increases local development resources by about 25%. This income is invested

Publication Date: 
01/04/2008
Ridish K. Pokharel
SANDEE
Tags:
Community Forest Management (CFM), Wood, Rural Development, Subsidies, Poverty, Nepal
Health

Leprosy strategy is about control, not eradication

At the end of 2000, WHO declared that leprosy had been eliminated as a global public-health problem. Elimination is defi ned as a prevalence, per 10 000 population, of less than one patient diagnosed with leprosy and registered for treatment. The global prevalence fell from 5

Publication Date: 
22/03/2008
Cairns Smith, Jan Hendrik Richardus
Lancet
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9617
969
Tags:
Congo, Health Care, Health Policy, Diagnostic Methods, Leprosy, WHO, Mozambique, Nepal, Brazil, India, Hyderabad (T)
India

 Kathmandu's water supply plan gets going

Click here to enlarge view the much delayed plan to supply water to Kathmandu is set to roll. On February 13, the Nepal government said the newly formed Kathmandu

Publication Date: 
14/03/2008
R K Srinivasan
Down to Earth
Tags:
Water Policy, Urban Water Supply, Water Pricing, Urban Sanitation, Asian Development Bank (ADB), Nepal, Kathmandu, South Asia

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